Dobrá Voda (Slovakia)
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trnavský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Trnava | ||
| Region : | Dolné Považie | ||
| Area : | 32.977 km² | ||
| Residents : | 790 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 24 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 248 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 919 54 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 33 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 36 ' N , 17 ° 32' E | ||
| License plate : | TT | ||
| Kód obce : | 506915 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | René Blanárik | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Dobrá Voda 121 91954 Dobrá Voda |
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| Website: | www.obecdobravoda.eu | ||
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Dobrá Voda (German Gutwasser or Guttenstein , Hungarian Jókő , Latin Bona Aqua ) is a municipality in western Slovakia .
location
It is located in the Little Carpathians in a small basin on the bank of the Blava River and is about 28 km from Trnava .
history
The history of the place is connected with Guttenstein Castle. A mountain was mentioned in 1262 under the name mons Dobravada . The castle was built around 1300 and served as a border fortress between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Bohemia , on the "Bohemian Road". The village developed from a settlement under the castle and was first mentioned in 1394. 1467 it received from Matthias Corvinus the market law and became a market town levied.
Until 1918 the place in Neutra County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary , after which it came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia .
The place name (literally "good water") is intended to indicate several water sources around the community.
Attractions
- the ruins of Guttenstein Castle ( hrad Dobrá Voda ), built in the 13th century, since the 17th / 18th century. Century in ruins
- classical church from 1820
- baroque chapel from 1730
Guttenstein Castle
Personalities
The Slovak poet Ján Hollý lived in his last years and died in Dobrá Voda in 1849 and is also buried here.
