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4 unusual facts about Trnava


Ádám Jávorka

Born in Nagykosztolány (today Veľké Kostoľany, Slovakia) later on in his life he became a student at Nagyszombat (today Trnava, Slovakia) University until in 1704 when he joined the Kuruc army as a Hussar.

Economy of Slovakia

The automotive sector is among the fastest growing sectors in Slovakia due to the recent large investments of Volkswagen (Bratislava), Peugeot (Trnava), and Kia Motors (Žilina Plant, Žilina).

Trnava

Although there is a small airstrip at the north-eastern edge, the closest international airports are in Bratislava and Vienna.

Zdenka Cecília Schelingová

As a result of her poor health, she was released early from prison in April 1955 but it was too late; she died in Trnava, aged 38, later that year as a result of the injuries she suffered.


Attila Bátky

Attila Bátky (born January 23, 1973 in Dunajská Streda, Trnava) is an amateur Slovak Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.

Béla IV of Hungary

As he also wanted to strengthen the position of the towns, he confirmed the charter of Székesfehérvár and granted new privileges to several key towns in the kingdom (Pest, Nagyszombat (Trnava), Selmecbánya (Banská Štiavnica), Korpona (Krupina), Zólyom (Zvolen), Bars (Starý Tekov), and Esztergom).

Centrope

CENTROPE is a joint initiative of the Austrian Federal Provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, the Czech Region of South Moravia, the Slovak Regions of Bratislava and Trnava, the Hungarian Counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron and Vas as well as the Cities of Bratislava, Brno, Eisenstadt, Győr, Sopron, St. Pölten, Szombathely and Trnava.

Grob

Veľký Grob, a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia

Johann Grueber

Though in poor health Grueber lived another 14 years as preacher and spiritual guide in the Jesuit schools of Trnava (Slovakia) and Sárospatak (Hungary) where he died in 1680.

Katarínka

Katarínka (German St. Katharein) are the ruins of a Franciscan monastery and church dating back to the early 17th century, located deep in the forests of the Little Carpathian Mountains (Malé Karpaty) in western Slovakia, 20 km north of Trnava over Dubovský creek, close to the villages of Dechtice, Naháč and Dobrá Voda.

Matthias Faber

Faber joined the faculty of the Jesuit university in Tyrnau (which became the University of Budapest), then in the Kingdom of Hungary, now Trnava in Slovakia.

Nové Mesto, Bratislava

Three roads passed throughout the area: one from Bratislava to Modra, second to Vajnory and the third to Trnava and Nitra.

Saliby

Horné Saliby, village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia

Dolné Saliby, village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia

Škoda 1203

Škoda 1203, Škoda 1203 M, TAZ-Š 1203 and TAZ 1500 was a car which was produced from 1968 to 1999 in Vrchlabí and Trnava by AZV Škoda and TAZ.

Vlastimil Jansa

In international tournaments, he has been many times a winner, taking outright or shared first prize at Cerveny Kostelec 1959, Prague 1968, Madonna di Campiglio 1973, Amsterdam 1974, Vrnjacka Banja 1981, Trnava 1982, Borgarnes 1985, Gausdal 1987 (and twice in 1988), Badenweiler 1990, Munster 1992 and Lazne Bohdanec 1997.


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