Dubnica nad Váhom
Dubnica nad Váhom (Slovak before 1927: Dubnica, Dubnitz an der Waag, Máriatölgyes, before 1899 Dubnic(z)) is a town in the Ilava District, Trenčín Region in Slovakia.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Dubnica nad Váhom • Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Trenčín Region • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Ilava District • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Peter Wolf • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Date — 1193 • Elevation M — 253 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 184 1 • Area Code — +421 42 • Registration Plate — IL • Website — https: www.dubnica.eu/
Geography
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
History
Traces of settlement in the place of today's town are from the Stone Age. The first written mention about Dubnica nad Váhom was in 1193 as Dubnicza. 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 Second World War, a Roma concentration camp was set up in the town. At its height, the camp housed more than 700 Roma prisoners, most of whom had been used as slave labor in the nearby factory and to build a dam on the River Vah. During January 1945 several inmates and one guard fell ill with typhus. On February 23, 1945 the inmates were taken out and murdered to stop the spread of Typhus. This was among the largest killing of Roma in Slovakia during the war. 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.
Population
Population
It has a population of people (31 December).
Ethnicity
Ethnicity
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Religion
Religion
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Notable people
Notable people
• Pavol Demitra (1974-2011), ice hockey player • Rudolf Hrubý (1954-2023), businessman • Tomáš Tatar (born 1990), ice hockey player • Martin Valjent (born 1995), footballer
Twin towns — sister cities
Twin towns — sister cities
Dubnica nad Váhom is twinned with: • Vác, Hungary • Zawadzkie, Poland • Otrokovice, Czech Republic • Yaroslavl, Russia
Genealogical resources
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Bytca, Slovakia" • Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1667-1895 (parish A) • Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1783-1895 (parish B)
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