Stará Turá
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| Stará Turá | |
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| Coat-of-arms N/A | |
| Region (kraj) | Trenčín Region |
| District (okres) | Nové Mesto nad Váhom |
| Location | 5 |
| Altitude | 279 m |
| Population | 10,291 |
| Area | 50.94 km² |
| Time Zone • Summer DST |
CET: UTC+1 CEST: UTC+2 |
| Telephone prefix | +421-32 |
| Postal code | 916XX |
| Car registration plate | NM |
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Stará Turá (German: Alt-Turn, Hungarian: Ótura) is a town in the Nové Mesto nad Váhom District, Trenčín Region in northwestern Slovakia.
[edit] History
The first written record about Stará Turá was in 1392, as a village belonging to the Čachtice Castle. It was part of it until feudalism ceased to exist in Hungary.
In 1467, Matthias Corvinus promoted Stará Turá to the servile town (oppidum). As a consequence, people of this town were freed from paying various taxes and fees and the town's economy boosted.
In 1848, the town was nearly burnt down.
[edit] Transport
The town is conneted by a road nr. 581 and by a railway between Nové Mesto nad Váhom and Myjava.
[edit] External links
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