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Revision as of 11:06, 29 November 2010
Šintava (Hungarian: Sempte) 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 country. They launched campaign against King Samuel Aba who, in 1041, had been elected king by the aristocrats who had toppled King Peter. Peter and Henry 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
48°17′N 17°46′E / 48.283°N 17.767°E
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