Nové Mesto nad Váhom (; ; ) is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in the
Trenčín Region
The Trenčín Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of nine districts ('' okresy''). The region was established in 1996: previously it had been a part of the West Slovak Region () and partly the Central S ...
of
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
.
Geography
District town located at the northern edge of the
Danubian Hills at the foothills of the northern end of the
White Carpathians
The White Carpathians (; ; ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians.
They are part of the macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpat ...
, on the
Váh
The Váh (; , ; ; Wag
w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (''in Geograph ...
river. Other mountains nearby are the White Carpathian and the
Považský Inovec. It is situated 27 km from
Trenčín
Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...
and 100 km from
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...
and has an area of 32.583 km
2.
The Town parts are: Mnešice, Izbice, Javorinaská, Hájovky, Samoty, Luka, Centrum, Rajková (northern city), Záhumenice.
Places of interest
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Zelená voda Lakes 1 km - watersports, windsurfing, fishing, sports centre, camping area, disco and music festival place
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Čachtice
Čachtice (, ) is a village in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in western Slovakia with a population of 4,010 (as of 2014).
The village is situated between the Danubian Lowland and the Little Carpathians. It is best known for the ruins of the nea ...
Castle 6 km - home of
Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (, ; ; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the powerful House of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and fo ...
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Beckov Castle 5 km
* Tematin Castle 12 km
* the most famous Slovak Spa town
Piešťany
Piešťany (; , , , ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its Piešťany District, own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around ...
18 km
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Trenčín
Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...
22 km
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Veľká Javorina Mountain (SK-CZ border) 15 km
* Ski Resort
Kálnica 7 km
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Ducové - the Great Moravian Empire settlement 16 km
* Romanesque church in
Haluzice 12 km
History
Lands in the place of today's Nové Mesto nad Váhom were inhabited in the prehistoric ages, as many artefacts from the Stone and Bronze Ages were discovered. In the local part ''Mnešice'' a prehistoric settlement was discovered.
The first written record about Nové Mesto nad Váhom was in 1263, when King
Béla IV of Hungary
Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of Andrew II of Hungary, King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group ...
granted freedoms for the loyalty during the
Mongol invasions. It belonged to the Benedictine order, later to
Matthew III Csák and others. It received its town privileges in 1550. Industry developed in the 19th century and was mainly focused at processing agricultural products.
Before the establishment of independent
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
in 1918, Nové Mesto nad Váhom was part of
Nyitra County
Nyitra County (; ; ; ) was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory lay in what is now western Slovakia.
Geography
Nyitra County shared borders with the Austrian land Moravia and Trencsén County, Turó ...
within the
Kingdom of Hungary
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. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the
Slovak Republic
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's ...
.
Sport
Slovak Bandy Association has organised
rink bandy
Rink bandy is a variant of the larger sport of bandy. Unlike bandy which is played on a large bandy field, rink bandy is played on significantly smaller ice hockey-sized ice rinks.
While a bandy field is about the same size as a football pi ...
practice in Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
Monuments
* Fortified Roman-Reneissance-Baroque Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
* Renaissance Vicariage Palace
* Renaissance church fortification
* Renaissance-Baroque Ghillanys' Palace (17th Century)
* Renaissance Nadasdys' Palace (16th Century)
* Protestant Church (1787)
* St. Ondrej Church (1643)
* Baroque Chapel in Hurbanova St. (18th Century)
* Baroque St. Rochus Chapel (18th Century)
* Plague Memorial on the main square (1696)
* St. Florian Statue (1762)
Demographics
According to the 2001
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, the town had 21,327 inhabitants.
98.1% of inhabitants were
Slovaks
The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...
,
1.1%
Czechs
The Czechs (, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavs, West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common Bohemia ...
0.6%
Roma.
The religious make-up was 56%
Roman Catholics
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
, 23.3% people with no religious affiliation, and 13.8%
Lutherans
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation in 15 ...
.
Transport
* Railway - the town lies on the most important trans-Slovak railway track Bratislava - Kosice and a local railway branch connects Nové Mesto nad Váhom with Veselí na Moravě in the Czech Republic; express trains stop at Nové Mesto nad Váhom Station. Fast trains Bratislava-Kosice route every one to two hours, regional trains to Bratislava, Žilina, Veselí na Moravě approximately ten times a day. Arriva Express Train connects the town with Prague and Nitra daily.
* Road - main motorway D1 Bratislava - Zilina, local roads to Piešťany Spa, Trenčín, Stará Turá, Strání (SK-CZ state border)
* Public transport in the town - blue local busses stop at all the stops in the town area; the town public transport bus service RED BUS line 1 (Hajovky-Centrum-Railway station/Bus station - Industrial zone/MILEX) and line 2 (Railway station/Bus station - Centrum - Mnešice)
* Buses - blue local buses "SAD" join the town with all the villages within the district; the bus station is just right at the train station about 10 mins walk from the town centre; long-haul bus services join the town with all the important towns in Slovakia and Czech Republic
* Airport - the nearest airport Piešťany Airport (PZY) no scheduled flights; scheduled flights from Bratislava M.R. Stefanik Airport (BTS) (100 km southwest, 55min. drive by motorway D1)
* Taxi service - taxi stand at railway and bus station
Notable people
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Dominik Černý
Dominik Černý (born 1 November 1997) is a Slovak race walker.
Biography
Dominik Černý was born 1 November 1997 in Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
His engagement to his fellow athlete Hana Burzalová whom he proposed at the finish line of the 35 k ...
,
racewalker
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Stibor of Stiboricz
Stibor of Stiboricz of Ostoja coat of arms, Ostoja (also written in English as Scibor or Czibor; , , , ; c. 1348 – February 1414) was an aristocrat of Polish people, Polish origin in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was a close friend of King Sig ...
(ca. 1348–1414) and his wife the Dutchess Dobrochna
* (), ''born Ignacz Einhorn'' (1825–1875), a Hungarian Jewish economist, politician
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Ernest Nagel
Ernest Nagel (; ; November 16, 1901 – September 20, 1985) was an American philosopher of science. Suppes, Patrick (1999)Biographical memoir of Ernest Nagel In '' American National Biograph''y (Vol. 16, pp. 216-218). New York: Oxford University ...
(1901–1985), philosopher of science
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Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1872–1951) writer, lived in Nové Mesto nad Váhom since 1910
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Jela Špitková (born 1947), violinist
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Salomon Stricker (1834–1898), Jewish pathologist
Twin towns — sister cities
Nové Mesto nad Váhom is
twinned with:
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Uherský Brod
Uherský Brod (; ) is a town in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrati ...
, Czech Republic
References
External links
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Nové Mesto nad Váhom - Information website also about tourismVirtual Travel 3D panorama Nove Mesto nad Vahom
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Cities and towns in Slovakia
Historic Jewish communities in Slovakia