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Horná Streda (Hungarian: Felsőszerdahely, known as Vág-Szerdahely before 1898) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.
Horná Streda | |
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Village | |
 Church of All Saints | |
  Horná Streda Location of Horná Streda in the Trenčín Region  Horná Streda Horná Streda (Slovakia) | |
| Coordinates: 48°39′24″N 17°50′32″E | |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Region | Trenčín |
| District | Nové Mesto nad Váhom |
| First mentioned | 1263 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.82[1] km2 (3.79[1] sq mi) |
| Elevation | 169[2] m (554[2] ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,406[3] |
| Postal code | 916 24[2] |
| Area code | +421 32[2] |
| Car plate | NM |
| Website | www.hornastreda.sk |
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263.
Prior to 1918 it was part of Nyitra County, Austria-Hungary. It then became part of the First Czechoslovak Republic.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 169 metres and covers an area of 9.827 km². It has a population of about 1300 people. The village lies about 7 km north of Piešťany and approximately 12 km south of Nové Mesto nad Váhom. Horná Streda is about an hour's drive away from Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
The village lies on the banks of the river Váh and is the site of a small hydroelectric power plant.
Genealogical resources
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"
- Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1735-1919 (parish A)
- Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1871-1922 (parish B)
See also
- List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia
References
- "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
External links
Media related to Horná Streda at Wikimedia Commons
- Official page
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
- Description of the power plant[permanent dead link] (in Slovak)
- Local plant breeding station (in Slovak)
- Surnames of living people in Horna Streda
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На других языках
[de] Horná Streda
Horná Streda (bis 1927 slowakisch „Streda“, bis 1948 „Horná Streda nad Váhom“; ungarisch Felsőszerdahely – bis 1907 Vágszerdahely) ist eine Gemeinde in der Westslowakei. Sie liegt im nördlichen Donauhügelland am Fluss Waag, 8 km von Piešťany und 13 km von Nové Mesto nad Váhom entfernt.- [en] Horná Streda
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