Nitra

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Nitra
Nitra city centre from the castle
Nitra city centre from the castle
Location of Nitra within Slovakia
Location of Nitra within Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°18′25″N, 18°05′11″E
Country Slovakia
Region (kraj) Nitra Region
Districts Nitra District
First mentioned beginning of the 9th century
Area  
 - City 107.97 km²
Elevation 151 m
Population  
 - City (2006) 84,693
 - Density 784.4/km²
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal Code 94901
Website: www.nitra.sk

Nitra (Hungarian: Nyitra / Nyitria [archaic]; German: Neutra (  pronunciation ?)) is a city in western Slovakia (and the fifth largest urban settlement in Slovakia) situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley.

Nitra is one of the oldest cities in Slovakia. It existed as a town since at least the early 9th century.

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Nitra is a city of extraordinary historic importance. Inhabited since time immemorial, it was an important center of the Celts (last centuries B.C.), and later the seat of the first known rulers of what is today Slovak territory, i.e. of :

  • the Germanic Quadi around 396? (disputed)
  • the Slavic/Slovak Principality of Nitra:
    • an independent state (late 8th century - 833)
    • Principality of Nitra as part of Great Moravia (833 - ?907)
    • Principality of Nitra under Hungarian rule (?925/970 - 1107) [between 1000 and 1030 temporarily under Polish rule ]

Nitra is also site of the first known Church in Central and Eastern Europe, built in 828.

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