Dubnica nad Váhom

Coordinates: 48°57′38″N 18°10′26″E / 48.96056°N 18.17389°E / 48.96056; 18.17389

Dubnica nad Váhom
Town
Coat of arms
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Ilava
Tourismn region	Stredné Považie
River	Váh
Elevation	242 m (794 ft)
Coordinates	48°57′38″N 18°10′26″E / 48.96056°N 18.17389°E / 48.96056; 18.17389
Area	49.137 km2 (18.972 sq mi)
Population	25,427 (2006-12-31)
Density	517 / km2 (1,339 / sq mi)
First mentioned	1193
Mayor	Jozef Gašparík
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	018 41
Area code	+421-42
Car plate	IL
Location in Slovakia
Location in the Trenčín Region
Wikimedia Commons: Dubnica nad Váhom
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.dubnica.sk

Dubnica nad Váhom ( pronunciation (help·info); Slovak before 1927: Dubnica, German: Dubnitz an der Waag, Hungarian: Máriatölgyes, before 1899 Dubnic(z)) is a town in the Ilava District, Trenčín Region in Slovakia.

Geography

It is located on the Váh river, in the Ilava Basin, between the White Carpathians and Strážovské vrchy mountains, at an altitude of 242 metres. The town's cadastral area is composed of Dubnica and "city part" Prejta, annexed in 1973.

History

Traces of settlement in the place of today's town are from the Stone Age.^{[citation needed]} The first written mention about Dubnica nad Váhom was in 1193 as Dubnicza, when it was a yeoman village.^{[citation needed]} Sometime in the 15th century the village passed to the rule of the Trenčín Castle. After incorporation into Czechoslovakia, construction of a munition factory was negotiated in 1928 and built in 1936. During the Communist Czechoslovakia, it was one of the biggest arms producers in the whole country. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the factory was shut down and only fragments are left now.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 25,995 inhabitants. 96.6% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.4% Czechs and 0.2% Roma and 0.2 Hungarians.^[2] The religious make-up was 76.7% Roman Catholics, 16.4% people with no religious affiliation, and 2.5% Lutherans.^[2]

Famous people

• Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player
• Tomas Kopecky, Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) Right Winger
• Štefan Štefina, Slovak champion in run-up

Partner towns

• Vác, Hungary
• Zawadzkie, Poland
• Otrokovice, Czech Republic

See also

• FK ZTS Dubnica
• www.skhdubnica.szm.sk

References

1. ^ Dubnica's silenced guns (Spectacular Slovakia travel guide)
2. ^ ^{a b} "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20071027094149/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html. Retrieved 2007-11-06. 

External links

• Official municipal website