Virt should not be confused with Jake Kaufman.
Virt | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Komárno District |
Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Virt in the Nitra Region##Location of Virt in Slovakia |
Coordinates: | 47.75°N 18.32°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1256 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.68 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 114 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 331 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 946 38 |
Area Code: | +421 35 |
Blank Name: | Car plate |
Blank Info: | KN |
Virt (Hungarian: Virt) is a municipality at the Danube in the Komárno District in Slovakia in the Nitra Region.
The village is known for findings of richly endowed Avar graves from the 7th and 8th century AD.In the 9th century, the territory of Vrbová nad Váhom became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The first written mention of the village dates back to 1256. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 territory of Vrbová nad Váhom once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.Before 1990 it was part of Radvaň nad Dunajom.