Myjava (; historically also Miava, german: Miawa, hu, Miava) is a town in
Trenčín Region,
Slovakia.
Geography
It is located in the
Myjava Hills
The Myjava Hills () is an area of hills in western Slovakia, rugged highlands along the Myjava River composed of Carpathian flysch. Geologically it is one range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The highest pea ...
at the foothills of the
White Carpathians and nearby the
Little Carpathians. The river
Myjava flows through the town. It is 10 km away from the
Czech border, 35 km from
Skalica and 100 km from
Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
.
History
The settlement was established in 1533 and was colonized by two groups of inhabitants: refugees fleeing from the Ottomans in southern
Upper Hungary (today mostly
Slovakia) and inhabitants from north-western and northern Upper Hungary.
During the
Revolutions of 1848, the first
Slovak National Council met in the town as a result of the
Slovak Uprising. Today, the house of their meeting is now part of the Museum of the Slovak National Councils, a part of the
Slovak National Museum network.
Demographics
According to the 2001
census, 95.5% of the inhabitants were
Slovaks
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In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...
, 1.5%
Czechs and 0.4%
Roma
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.
The religious makeup was 51.4%
Lutherans, 28.2% people with no religious affiliation and 14.2%
Roman Catholics
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.
Twin towns — sister cities
Myjava is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
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Dolní Němčí, Czechia
*
Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czechia
*
Flisa
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, Norway
*
Åsnes, Norway
*
Janošik, Serbia
*
Oroszlány
Oroszlány (german: Ohreslahn) is a city in Hungary, Komárom-Esztergom county, Central Transdanubia region, located on the North-West flanks of the Vértes Mountains. It has a population of 20.487. The main tourist attraction of the town is the ...
, Hungary
*
Little Falls, NY
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Slovakia
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