Žitava River
Žitava may refer to: *Žitava (river), a river in Slovakia *a part of the municipality Radvaň nad Dunajom *Zittau, Žitava being the Slavic name of the town in Germany See also *Peace of Žitava The Peace of Zsitvatorok (or Treaty of Sitvatorok) was a peace treaty which ended the 13-year Long Turkish War between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy on 11 November 1606. The treaty was part of a system of peace treaties which put an ...

Žitava (river)
The Žitava () is a river in southern Slovakia. It is the left tributary of the river Nitra Nitra (; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra (river), Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of .... It flows into the Nitra near Å urany. It is long and its basin size is . The old branch of the Žitava, ''Stará Žitava'', branches off near Dolný Ohaj and flows into the old branch of the Nitra near Martovce. Etymology The name comes from Slavic ''žito'': grain, corn. Žitava: probably "the river flowing through the grain fields". See also * Peace of Zsitvatorok (or Žitava) References Rivers of Slovakia {{Slovakia-river-stub ...
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Radvaň Nad Dunajom
Radvaň nad Dunajom (, ) is a municipality at the Danube in the Komárno District of the Nitra Region in Slovakia. Etymology The name is derived from the Slavic personal name Radovan. History In the 9th century, the territory of Radvaň nad Dunajom became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. It was first mentioned as a village in 1260. The 1606 Peace of Zsitvatorok was signed in Žitavská Tôň, a small settlement near or identical with Žitava, which is now part of Radvaň nad Dunajom. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Radvaň nad Dunajom once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it decla ...
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Zittau
Zittau (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, Upper Lusatian dialect: ''Sitte''; ) is the southeasternmost city in the Germany, German state of Saxony, and belongs to the Görlitz (district), district of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost Districts of Germany, district. Zittau is located in Upper Lusatia, the southern part of Lusatia, on the Mandau and Lusatian Neisse rivers, in the foreland of the Zittau Mountains. The city has a population of around 25,000 and is located directly on the western edge of the Turów Coal Mine, one of the largest artificial holes visible from Outer space, space, on the other side of the Lusatian Neisse. The ''Großes Zittauer Fastentuch'' (Great Zittau Lenten Cloth) is, along with the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most impressive textile works in Western tradition. It is the third-largest existing Lenten veil. It was made in Zittau in 1472 and is now exhibited in the secularized ''Kreuzkirche, Zittau, Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz'', that belongs to the Zittau Muni ...
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