Horná Streda | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Trenčín |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nové Mesto nad Váhom |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Horná Streda in the Trenčín Region |
Coordinates: | 48.6567°N 17.8422°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1263 |
Area Total Km2: | 9.82[1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.79 |
Elevation M: | 169[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 554 |
Population Total: | 1406[3] |
Population Density Km2: | 141.96[4] |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 54.81 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 916 24 |
Area Code: | +421 32 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | NM |
Website: | www.hornastreda.sk |
Horná Streda (known as Vág-Szerdahely before 1898) is a village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1263.
Prior to 1918 it was part of Nyitra County, Austria-Hungary. It then became part of the First Czechoslovak Republic. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.
The municipality lies at an altitude of 169 metres and covers an area of 9.827 km². It has a population of about 1300 people. The village lies about 7 km north of Piešťany and approximately 12 km south of Nové Mesto nad Váhom. Horná Streda is about an hour's drive away from Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.
The village lies on the banks of the river Váh and is the site of a small hydroelectric power plant.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"