Stará Turá
Stará Turá is a town in the Trenčín Region in western Slovakia.
Geography
It is located in the Myjava Hills close to the Little Carpathians as well as the White Carpathians. It is situated from Nové Mesto nad Váhom to the west, from Myjava to the east and around from Bratislava to the north.History
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, 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.
Population
It has a population of people.Education
Secondary Industrial School is located in the city.Notable people
- Viliam Vagač, SDB, Roman Catholic priest and religious prisoner.