Vrbovce, Slovakia

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Vrbovce
Municipality
Lutheran church
Vrbovce Location of Vrbovce in the Trenčín Region Vrbovce Vrbovce (Slovakia) Show map of Trenčín RegionShow map of SlovakiaShow all
Coordinates: 48°48′N 17°28′E / 48.800°N 17.467°E / 48.800; 17.467Coordinates: 48°48′N 17°28′E / 48.800°N 17.467°E / 48.800; 17.467
Country	Slovakia
Region	Trenčín
District	Myjava
First mentioned	1394
Area
• Total	51.52 km2 (19.89 sq mi)
Elevation	317 m (1,040 ft)
Postal code	906 06
Area code(s)	421-34
Car plate	MY
Website	vrbovce.sk

Vrbovce (Hungarian: Verbóc or Verbósz) is a village stretching out in the protected landscape area of the White Carpathians in Myjava District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia, on the border with the Czech Republic.

History[]

Vrbovce was mentioned in historical documents for the first time in 1394 when it belonged to the Branč castle. Since 1569 its owner was transferred gradually to the Amades, , , families and others. The village was also granted town privileges which were destroyed in a fire in 1757. In 1810 the Vrbovce villagers were granted the right to hold markets.

Geography[]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 317 metres and covers an area of 51.520 km². From the northern side the village cadastre is bounded with the state border and the border crossing with the Czech Republic.

Population[]

The people of Vrbovce mainly went in for agriculture, stock breeding, small trades and handicrafts (sack-making, basket-making, wood-making). The number of people: 1787 – 4493, 1900 – 3686, 2001 – 1620.

Tourism[]

A large square dominates to the village where a Roman Catholic church is situated from 1590. In the last few years the village has become well known to the wide surroundings by setting up so-called . If you want a spirit of an old Slovak ground floor house with rich furnishings wafting around you, visit it – you would never regret it. In the last years the tradition of organizing traditional St. Lucas markets (Saturday – market, Sunday – village fete) has been restored in the village, In the village environs there are excellent conditions for skiing, hiking and cycling. You can start or finish here a known cycle parth Vrbovce – Chvojnica – Havran – Častkov – Sobotište, Enthusiasts of technical monuments can visit water mill. The village offers boars and lodgings facilities.

See also[]

• Vrbové

References[]

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External links[]

Media related to Vrbovce at Wikimedia Commons

• Vrbovce Official Site (in Slovak)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

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