Dubnica nad Váhom

Dubnica nad Váhom (pronunciation ; 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.

Dubnica nad Váhom
Town
Coat of arms
Dubnica nad Váhom
Location of Dubnica nad Váhom in the Trenčín Region
Dubnica nad Váhom
Dubnica nad Váhom (Slovakia)
Coordinates: 48°57′38″N 18°10′26″E
Country Slovakia
RegionTrenčín
DistrictIlava
First mentioned1193
Government
 • MayorPeter Wolf
Area
 • Total49.137 km2 (18.972 sq mi)
Elevation
242 m (794 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31[1])
 • Total23,762
 • Density480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
018 41
Area code(s)+421-42
Car plateIL
Websitewww.dubnica.eu

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.[2] The first written mention about Dubnica nad Váhom was in 1193 as Dubnicza, when it was a yeoman village. 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 labour in the nearby factory and to build a Damn 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.[3]

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.[4] The religious make-up was 76.7% Roman Catholics, 16.4% people with no religious affiliation, and 2.5% Lutherans.[4]

Notable people

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Dubnica nad Váhom is twinned with:[5]

See also

References
  1. "Population and migration". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Dubnica's silenced guns (Spectacular Slovakia travel guide)
  4. "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
  5. "Družobné mestá" (in Slovak). Dubnica nad Váhom. Retrieved 2019-09-03.

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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