Chtelnica

Chtelnica ( German Tellnitz or Wittenz, Hungarian Vittenc ) is a municipality in Piešťany Okres within the Trnavský kraj in Slovakia with about 2,500 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality is located in the northern part of the Slovak Danube lowland, in the Danube hills. It lies below the Little Carpathians at the foot of the mountains Klenová ( 585 m nm) and Vrátno ( 576 m nm), at which a small artificial lake was created by the stream Chtelnický creek. The center is located at the altitude of 204 m nm and is 20 kilometers from Piešťany and 24 miles from Trnava.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1208 as Wytelnize writing. In 1394 he became a medieval market town. In the 15th century it was because of the plague and war events to a decline. In the 16th century it was settled by the passing to the south of the former Kingdom of Hungary Turkish wars of the Slovak, Croatian and to a lesser extent, Magyar refugees.

Until 1918, the site was within the county Neutra in the Kingdom of Hungary, after which he came to Czechoslovakia and since 1993 has been part of the present-day Slovakia.

Attractions

• Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity from the end of the 18th century
• Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist from the end of the 13th century
• A country castle from the late 16th century
• Built a hunting lodge in a recreation area Výtok in the Little Carpathians, 19, of the family Palffy early century