Šintava

Šintava is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1042, when Peter Orseola, descendant of Stephen I., united with German emperor Henry III. Together, they arranged campaign against Ugrian aristocracy, that in 1041 raised against Peter led by palatine Samuel Abe. They conquered Bratislava, whole area of river Vah, castles Šintava, Hlohovec, Bana and they reached up to river Hron.

Second written historical report from year 1074 comes from Vienna picture chronicle, where Šintava castle is mentioned as a place, where owerthrown king Solomon, Son of Ugrian king Ondrej I., was succoured by Henry IV., German emperor. They fought about recuperation of the throne against count Gejza I., who had his residence in Nitra. The chronicle shows: "And when emperor came to the river Váh, Solomon rode on horseback with three formations from Šintava towards Nitra".

Geography

The municipality lies at an elevation of 139 metres and covers an area of 11.565 km². It has a population of about 1719 people.

External links

*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html