Plavecké Podhradie
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Slovakia | ||
| Kraj : | Bratislavský kraj | ||
| Okres : | Malacky | ||
| Region : | Záhoria | ||
| Area : | 21.188 km² | ||
| Residents : | 667 (Dec. 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Height : | 256 m nm | ||
| Postal code : | 906 36 | ||
| Telephone code : | 0 34 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 29 ' N , 17 ° 16' E | ||
| License plate : | MA | ||
| Kód obce : | 504629 | ||
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| Community type : | local community | ||
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Július Papán | ||
| Address: | Obecný úrad Plavecké Podhradie 34 90636 Plavecké Podhradie |
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| Website: | www.ppodhradie.sk | ||
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Plavecké Podhradie (Slovak until 1927 "Plavecký Podhrad"; German bladder stone or Plasenstein , Hungarian Detrekőváralja ) is a municipality in the Okres Malacky within the Bratislavský kraj in Slovakia .
geography
The place is located on the western slope of the Little Carpathians in the Záhorie (German Marchauen ) landscape . The Vápenná mountain ( 752 m nm ) rises 3 km south of the village, while the Pohanská hill ( 495 m nm ) is 1 km northeast. Plavecké Podhradie is located on the road between Lozorno and Jablonica and is 30 km from Malacky and 33 km from Senica . The place can also be reached by train, in seasonal traffic with direct trains from Záhorská Ves .
history
The mountain Pohanská is a location for a Celtic oppidum and numerous finds of the Lusatian culture . The place itself was created in the 11th and 12th centuries, when the Cumans ( Slovak Plavci ), a Turkic people, served here as border guards for the Kingdom of Hungary . The first document dates from 1247, where the place is mentioned as Detreh . The German name bladder stone is mentioned in 1396. The place belonged to the estate of the Bladder Stone Castle ( Plavecký hrad ).
The place in Pressburg County belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1918 , after which it came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia .
Attractions
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Barbora from 1797
- Renaissance country castle, built by Pálffys in the 17th century
- Bladder Stone Castle (Slov. Plavecký hrad ), a former royal border castle, built between 1256–73, abandoned in 1707 after a siege
- Pohanská, a Celtic oppidum and fort
- some caves in the area (e.g. Plavecká jaskyňa , Pri kríži )
