Dr. Stefan - Záhorie and Myjava

Záhorská Bystrica • Stupava ( The economic centre of the Záhorie area. The ruins of the Roman military station near the old trade route. ) • Zohor ( It belonged to the Pajštún manorial estate - Stupava. In the middle of the 16-th century the Croatian colonization occured. Well known for vegetable growing, especially cabbages. ) • Plavecký Štvrtok ( A village in the central part of the Záhorská nížina lowlands. There are some archeological finds from old Roman-barbarian times and the era of the Great Moravian Empire (Veľká Morava). It belonged in the border area guarded by the "Plavci". ) • Malacky ( It used to be a part of manor's estate. The town and its surroundings are rich in gas. ) • Veľké Leváre ( It came into existence as a guard village near the border in the 14-th century. In the 16-th century then the Croatian people settled here and at the end of the 16-th century the "Habans" came. Habánsky dvor is a resevation of folk architecture in the south-west part of this village. ) • Moravský Svätý Ján • Sekule • Kúty ( An important railway junction and a border crossing to the Czech Republic. There are archeological finds from the Neolithic era, from the period of Hallštatt and Laten periods, the Slavonic and the Great Moravian settlement. ) • Kopčany ( An agricultural village in the north of Záhorská nížina near the Morava river. The emperor Charles III. established the first stud-farm in the Hungarian Empire and a special fishpond for catching wild ducks. ) • Holíč ( A small town in the area between a deep Dolnomoravský úval valley, the Borská nížina lowlands and the Chvojnická pahorkatina hills. It is an important archeological area of Lengyel's culture. The town lies on the old trade route going from Bohemia to the Hungarian Empire - The Bohemian route. In the middle of the 16-th century the "Habans" built a manufacture for producing ceramics and from 1740 to 1827 a manufacture produced faience and porcelain here. A huge baroque-classical manor house with its fortifications is a national cultural monument. ) • Skalica ( An important archeologic area, there is a well known Slavonic barrow from the 8-th to the 10-th century here. Again one of the towns which lies on the old Bohemian route. In 1372 it became a free royal town.The wine Skalický rubín has been produced here for a long time. ) • Radošovce • Častkov • Sobotište ( This is a typical scattered hill settlement ("kopaničiarske osídlenie") known for its agriculture and orchards. In 1547 the "Habans" from Morava came here and in the 16-th and the 17-th century they built their residence "Habánsky dvor" behind the town. They produced ceramics, jugs and various knives. They were interested in tanning, weaving and book-binding. ) • Myjava ( A district town, Turá Lúka belongs to this area too. ) The town is mentioned for the first time in 14-th century, then "kopaničiari" settled here. In 1848 - 1849 Myjava was an important centre of The Slovak national life, The Slovak National Council and the headqarters of the Slovak uprising had their seats here in this town. ) • Rudník • Hrašné • Stará Turá ( Originally it was a village of "kopaničiari", now it is an important industrial town. It used to be well known for the production of spinning wheels and wooden ware. There are two artificial lakes, Bánov and Dubník, south-west of the town. ) • Vaďovce • Hrachovište • Krajné • Košariská ( It is a "kopaničiarska" village again in the south of the Myjavská pahorkatina hills. Two-floor houses with a closet on the ground floor, a typical stucco or handmade decoration of windows are characteristic features of the folk architecture of this area. White bobbin lace - an important part of the national dress - has been made here for a long time. ) • Bradlo ( The highest peak of Myjavská pahorkatina, woodless rock modelled by erosion. There is a monument of Milan Rastislav Štefánik on this rock. ) • Brezová pod Bradlom ( In the 19-th century it became the centre of the activities of Ľudovít Štúr. Nitrianske žiadosti - requests were announced here, this was the centre of the Slovak uprising in 1848. In 1877 the first performance of the Slovak amateur actors took place here. ) • Jablonica ( In 1262 it was mentioned as part of Hlohovec castle's estate, the same as Smrdáky. In the Bronze Age a trade route - called the Bohemian route - went through this town/ village. ) • Cerová • Prievaly ( The town used to be the part of the castle's estate Korlátka, near the Bohemian route. It used to be a town with its own coat-of-arms and the right to organize fairs. ) • Plavecký Peter • Plavecký Mikuláš ( In the 11-th - 12-th century Plavci - who guarded borders in the Hungarian Empire lived here. Well preserved clay houses with wall gables and yards with fences. ) • Plavecké Podhradie ( It lies on the area of "plavecký" karst. During the existence of the First Czecho- Slovak Republic a stone quarry, distillery and a limestone quarry were set up. ) • Plavecký Hrad ( The ruins of the castle are on a steep foothill (400m) of the Small Karpaty. The Pálfy's family owned this castle from 1641 till the 20-th century. There used to be a printing shop in the castle where calendars and religious books were printed. ) • Sološnica • Rohožník ( There are two quarries and a modern cement factory in the town. ) • Kuchyňa • Pernek • Jabloňové ( It was the part of St. George's earldom, at the end of the 17-th century silver, gold and then pyrites (Pernek) were mined here. People produced brooms, ropes and hemp here. ) • Lozorno ( Well preserved clay houses. In 16-th century the Croatian refugees settled here. ) • Stupava • Bratislava