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Location of Galanta District in the Trnava Region

Šintava is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1042, when King Peter, the successor of Stephen I of Hungary, having been deprived from his throne united with German emperor Henry III to gain back its county. They launched campaign against King Samuel Aba who, in 1041, was elected king by the aristocrats who toppled King Peter. They conquered Pozsony (now: Bratislava) and the whole area of the river Vah, castles Šintava, Galgóc (now: Hlohovec), Bana and they reached up to river Hron.

Second written historical report from year 1074 comes from Vienna picture chronicle, where Šintava castle is mentioned as a place, where owerthrown King Salomon of Hungary, son of King Andrew, was succoured by Emperor Henry IV of Germany. They fought for Salomon to regain his throne occupied by King Géza having his residence in Nitra. The chronicle shows: "And when the emperor came to the river Vah, Solomon rode on horseback with three formations from Šintava towards Nitra".

Geography

The municipality lies at an elevation of 139 metres and covers an area of 11.565 km². It has a population of about 1719 people.

External links

http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

48°17′N 17°46′E / 48.283°N 17.767°E / 48.283; 17.767

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 ==History==
-In [[history|historical records]] the [[village]] was first mentioned in 1042, when Peter Orseola, descendant of Stephen I., united with German emperor Henry III. Together, they arranged campaign against Ugrian aristocracy, that in 1041 raised against Peter led by palatine Samuel Abe. They conquered Bratislava, whole area of river Vah, castles Šintava, Hlohovec, Bana and they reached up to river Hron.
+In [[history|historical records]] the [[village]] was first mentioned in 1042, when [[Peter Orseolo|King Peter]], the successor of [[Stephen I of Hungary]], having been deprived from his throne united with German emperor Henry III to gain back its county. They launched campaign against [[Samuel Aba|King Samuel Aba]] who, in 1041, was elected king by the aristocrats who toppled King Peter. They conquered Pozsony (now: [[Bratislava]]) and the whole area of the river Vah, castles Šintava, Galgóc (now: [[Hlohovec]]), Bana and they reached up to river Hron.
-Second written historical report from year 1074 comes from Vienna picture chronicle, where Šintava castle is mentioned as a place, where owerthrown king Solomon, Son of Ugrian king Ondrej I., was succoured by Henry IV., German emperor. They fought about recuperation of the throne against count Gejza I., who had his residence in Nitra. The chronicle shows: "And when emperor came to the river Váh, Solomon rode on horseback with three formations from Šintava towards Nitra".
+Second written historical report from year 1074 comes from Vienna picture chronicle, where Šintava castle is mentioned as a place, where owerthrown [[Salomon of Hungary|King Salomon of Hungary]], son of [[Andrew I of Hungary|King Andrew]], was succoured by Emperor Henry IV of Germany. They fought for Salomon to regain his throne occupied by [[Géza I of Hungary|King Géza]] having his residence in Nitra. The chronicle shows: "And when the emperor came to the river Vah, Solomon rode on horseback with three formations from Šintava towards Nitra".
 ==Geography==