Smolenice
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and municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava Region of Slovakia, on the foothills of the Little Carpathians. It is 60 km northeast of Bratislava and 25 km northwest of Trnava. The village is made of two parts, Smolenice and Smolenická Nová Ves (formerly Neštich)
History
Although the site was inhabited since Paleolithic, but more archaeological discoveries are from Neolith. The most significant period was a transition from Bronze to the Iron Ages, when the Celts around the 6th century BC had oppidum above the village. On the same place was a settlement from the Great Moravia period. The village was first mentioned in 1256 under name villa Solmus, though the settlement started to grow in the late Middle Ages. In the 14th century, the gothic Smolenice Castle was built above the village, as a part of chain of the castle protecting passes in the Little Carpathians. The castle with the village was royal at first, but it kept changing its hands for several centuries, until the Pálffys took it in the 18th century, when the castle was in decay. During the Napoleonic Wars, it burned down, and only outer fortifications remained. In the 19th century, new wood processing works sprung up near the village, which were replaced in 1968 with the chemical works Chemolak. In the 20th century, reconstruction of the Smolenice castle ruins began, and was reconstructed as a château. Reconstruction finished after the Second World War.
History
Although the site was inhabited since Paleolithic, but more archaeological discoveries are from Neolith. The most significant period was a transition from Bronze to the Iron Ages, when the Celts around the 6th century BC had oppidum above the village. On the same place was a settlement from the Great Moravia period. The village was first mentioned in 1256 under name villa Solmus, though the settlement started to grow in the late Middle Ages. In the 14th century, the gothic Smolenice Castle was built above the village, as a part of chain of the castle protecting passes in the Little Carpathians. The castle with the village was royal at first, but it kept changing its hands for several centuries, until the Pálffys took it in the 18th century, when the castle was in decay. During the Napoleonic Wars, it burned down, and only outer fortifications remained. In the 19th century, new wood processing works sprung up near the village, which were replaced in 1968 with the chemical works Chemolak. In the 20th century, reconstruction of the Smolenice castle ruins began, and was reconstructed as a château. Reconstruction finished after the Second World War.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolenice
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 48°29'57"N 17°25'33"E
- Dolná Krupá 8.1 km
- Myjava 32 km
- Veľké Leváre 32 km
- Brestovec 36 km
- Kúty 37 km
- Skalica 43 km
- Moravská Nová Ves 47 km
- Lužice 47 km
- Rohatec 48 km
- Mutěnice 56 km
- Smolenice Castle 1.7 km
- Airport Trnava - Boleráz 9 km
- Barracks 12 km
- Senica golf range 19 km
- Aeroclub Senica Airfield 19 km
- Senica Solar Field 20 km
- City Park 21 km
- Racecourse 21 km
- Dojc Agriculture Farm facility 24 km
- Kovalov water reservoir 24 km