Nové Mesto nad Váhom
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| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Trenčiansky kraj | ||
| Okres : | Nové Mesto nad Váhom | ||
| Region : | Stredné Považie | ||
| Area : | 32.583 km² | ||
| Residents : | 20,071 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 616 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 195 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 915 01 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 32 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 46 ' N , 17 ° 50' E | ||
| License plate : | NM | ||
| Kód obce : | 506338 | ||
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Jozef Trstenský | ||
| Address: | Mestský úrad Nové Mesto nad Váhom Čsl. armády 1 91501 Nové Mesto nad Váhom |
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| Website: | www.nove-mesto.sk | ||
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |||
Nové Mesto nad Váhom (German Neustadt (l) an der Waag or Waag-Neustadtl, Hungarian Vágújhely ) is a city in western Slovakia .
geography
The city is located in the middle Waag Valley (northern Danube hill country ) about 20 kilometers north of Piešťany and just as far south of Trenčín . Geographically, the place is located between the Little Carpathians in the west, the White Carpathians in the northwest and the Inowetz in the east.
history
The place was mentioned in writing for the first time in 1253. This was a letter from the Hungarian King Béla IV. , Who thanks the city for the loyalty in the battles against the Mongols .
Catholic Church in Nové Mesto nad Váhom
State Administration Building
City structure
The following districts belong to the city, but they are not official:
- Mnešice (incorporated in 1949)
- Izbice
- Hájovky
- Rajková
- Záhumenice
- Horné Samoty
- Dolné Samoty
- Lúka I.
- Lúka II.
- Center I.
- Center II.
- sídlisko
Attractions
Transport links
The town of Nové Mesto nad Váhom is located on the Slovak D1 motorway ; The “old” State Road 61 and State Road 54 leading to the Czech city of Veselí nad Moravou also run through the city. It is also on the Bratislava – Žilina railway line ; The Nové Mesto nad Váhom – Veselí nad Moravou railway begins from here .
Town twinning
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Uherské Hradiště , Czech Republic -
Petrohrad , Russia -
Kysáč , Serbia -
Newark , United States -
Baku , Azerbaijan -
Maribor , Slovenia
Nové Mesto nad Váhom is a member of the New Town in Europe working group , to which 36 towns in six Central European countries belong.
sons and daughters of the town
- Ede Horn (1825–1875), Hungarian economist and politician
- Ludwig Doleschall (1827-1859), entomologist
- Salomon Stricker (1834–1898), Hungarian-Austrian pathologist and histologist
- Ernest Nagel (1901–1985), American philosopher and science theorist
- Josef Meisel (1911–1993), Austrian communist, interbrigadist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Vladimír Černušák (1921–2018), Czechoslovak sports official
- Jela Špitková (* 1947), Slovak-Austrian violin soloist and university teacher
People related to the city
- Elisabeth Báthory (1560–1614), Hungarian noblewoman, convicted serial killer
Culture
See also
- List of cities in Slovakia
- Neustadt (place name) , to the name customer
