| Vrbové | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Trnava Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Piešťany District |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vrbové in the Trnava Region |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 48.62°N 17.7236°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Dott. Mgr. Ema Maggiová |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1332 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.97 |
| Elevation M: | 182[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 597 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 5637 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 922 03 |
| Area Code: | +421 33 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | PN |
| Website: | www.vrbove.sk |
| Area Note: | |
Vrbové (German: Vrbau (modernized: Werbau); Hungarian: Verbó) is a village in the Trnava Region of Slovakia. It has a population of about 6,000. The village lies around 8km (05miles) northwest from Piešťany.
The village features an originally Gothic church from 1397, an Evangelical Lutheran church from 1928-1929 (on the site of an older Protestant church of 1784), a baroque curia from the 17th century, an oriental-style synagogue from 1883, and a modern St. Gorazd Church.
The Čerenec Dam (0.46 km²), situated to the northwest of the village, is a recreation area.
The present-day village is a very old settlement. The name of the village is derived from a Slavic word for willow. The first written reference to the town stems from 1332. at that time it was part of the Čachtice Castle domain . The village was famous for its grain markets, promoted mainly by Jews, who made up a large part of the village's population. In the late 20th century, the village was home to clothing (Trikota works), trading and wood-processing industries.
Vrbové is infamous for its past as a Jewish ghetto. During World War II, the entire village of Vrbové was a ghetto for the Jewish population of the Piešťany province of Slovakia. The ghetto was liquidated by the Slovak Nazis known as the Hlinka Guard and the German SS; most of the Jewish people were deported to the death camp at Auschwitz. Most of Vrbove's Jewish population was gassed in Auschwitz's gas chambers.[4]
According to the 2001 census, the village had 6,249 inhabitants. 98.75% of inhabitants were Slovaks and 0.59% Czechs.[5] The religious make-up was 75.48% Roman Catholics, 10.80% people with no religious affiliation and 10.67% Lutherans.[5]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia.
Vítkov, Czech RepublicVrbové also is the birthplace of: