Nitra
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Nitra | |
Nitra city centre from the castle | |
Location of Nitra within Slovakia | |
Coordinates: | |
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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.
[edit] History
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.
[edit] Sister cities
Bački Petrovac, Serbia
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Kroměříž, Czech Republic
Naperville, Illinois, USA
Osijek, Croatia
Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
Zielona Góra, Poland
Zoetermeer, Netherlands
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