Dobrá Voda, Trnava District Explained

Dobrá Voda
Settlement Type:Village
Etymology:"good water"
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Slovakia
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Trnava
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Trnava
Pushpin Map:Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia
Pushpin Relief:1
Coordinates:48.6°N 17.5356°W
Area Total Km2:32.97[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:12.73
Elevation M:244[2]
Elevation Ft:801
Population Total:803[3]
Population Density Km2:24.35[4]
Population Density Sq Mi:9.40
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code:919 54
Area Code:+421 33
Website:obecdobravoda.eu

Dobrá Voda (Hungarian: Jókő) is a municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava region of Slovakia.[5]

Cultural sites

A Roman Catholic church from 1820 and a Holy Trinity chapel from 1730 are located in the village.

The ruins of the Dobrá Voda castle are located in the Little Carpathians in Dobrá Voda.

Notable people

The most important poet of the Bernolák's group. Ján Hollý, lived and worked during the last years of his life (1843–1849) in Dobrá Voda.[6]

Earthquakes

The village of Dobrá Voda was the seismologically most active region of Slovakia in the 20th century. In 1906 this resulted in the heaviest earthquake of that century in Slovakia happening in this region.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)] ]. sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  2. Web site: Základná charakteristika . sk . 2015-04-17 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  3. Web site: Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne) . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  4. Web site: Hustota obyvateľstva - obce . sk . 2022-03-31 . www.statistics.sk . Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31.
  5. Web site: Dobrá Voda – Okres Trnava – E-OBCE.sk. www.e-obce.sk.
  6. Book: Kollár. Daniel. Nešpor. Jaroslav. Castles – Most Beautiful Ruins. 2007. DAJAMA. Bratislava. 978-80-89226-42-9. 28–31. 1st.