Stará Turá | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
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 Stará Turá in the Trenčín Region |
Coordinates: | 48.7767°N 17.6961°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1392 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 50.94 |
Elevation M: | 386[2] |
Elevation Ft: | 1,266 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 8486 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET (UTC+1) |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 916 01 |
Area Code: | +421 32 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | NM |
Website: | www.staratura.sk |
Area Note: |
Stará Turá (German: Alt-Turn, Hungarian: Ótura) is a town in the Trenčín Region in western Slovakia.
It is located in the Myjava Hills close to the Little Carpathians as well as the White Carpathians. It is situated 11km (07miles) from Nové Mesto nad Váhom to the west, 12km (07miles) from Myjava to the east and around 99km (62miles) from Bratislava to the north and has a population of 8,832 (2018) with an area of 50942km².
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 the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary.
In 1467, Matthias Corvinus promoted Stará Turá to the servile town (oppidum), boosting the town's economy. In 1848, the town was nearly destroyed by fire.
It is mentioned in the popular folk song Teče Voda, Teče.
Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Stará Turá was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.
According to the 2001 census, the town had 10,291 inhabitants. 97.4% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1.7% Czechs and 0.2% Roma.[4] The religious make-up was 45.5% Lutherans, 27.3% Roman Catholics and 23.6% people with no religious affiliation.[4]
Secondary Industrial School is located in the city.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia. Stará Turá is twinned with:[6]