| Myjava | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Trenčín |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Myjava |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Myjava in the Trenčín Region |
| Coordinates: | 48.7492°N 17.5644°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Pavel Halabrín |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1586 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 48.54 |
| Elevation M: | 313[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 1,027 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 10705 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 907 01 |
| Area Code: | +421 34 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | MY |
| Website: | www.myjava.sk |
| Area Note: | |
Myjava (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈmijaʋa/; historically also Miava, de|Miawa, hu|Miava) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia.
It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians. The river Myjava flows through the town. It is 10 km away from the Czech border, 35 km from Skalica and 100 km from Bratislava.
The settlement was established in 1533 and was colonized by two groups of inhabitants: refugees fleeing from the Ottomans in southern Upper Hungary (today mostly Slovakia) and inhabitants from north-western and northern Upper Hungary.
During the Revolutions of 1848, the first Slovak National Council met in the town as a result of the Slovak Uprising. Today, the house of their meeting is now part of the Museum of the Slovak National Councils, a part of the Slovak National Museum network.
Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Myjava was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 8 April 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Myjava and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia.
According to the 2001 census, 95.5% of the inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.5% Czechs and 0.4% Roma.[4] The religious makeup was 51.4% Lutherans, 28.2% people with no religious affiliation and 14.2% Roman Catholics.[4]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia.
Dolní Němčí, Czech Republic Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
Flisa, Norway Åsnes, Norway
Janošik, Serbia
Oroszlány, Hungary
Little Falls, NY[6]