Sintava

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First mentioned in 1042, Second written historical report from year 1074 comes from Vienna picture chronicle, where Šintava castle is mentioned as a place, where owerthrown King Salomon of Hungary, son of King Andrew, was succoured by Emperor Henry IV of Germany. They fought for Salomon to regain his throne occupied by King Géza having his residence in Nitra. The chronicle shows: "And when the emperor came to the river Vah, Solomon rode on horseback with three formations from Šintava towards Nitra". third historical report :1177
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Šintava
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Coordinates:   48°17'6"N   17°45'40"E
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