Považany
Považany is a municipality in western Slovakia. It is located in Považie on the banks of the Waag, 7 km from Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
Today's church was built in 1960 by merger of three places: Mošovce ( incorporated as Mošovce nad Váhom, first mentioned in 1263 ), Kríž nad Váhom ( incorporated as Svätý Kríž nad Váhom; German Holy Cross, first mentioned in 1297 ) and Vieska (first mentioned in 1368 ) and was first Nové Mošovce before 1961 its present name was given. The name means "like at the Waag lying ".
The Slovak Cardinal Alexander Rudnay was born in 1760 in what is now the district Kríž nad Váhom.
Beckov | Bošáca | Brunovce | Bzince pod Javorinou | Čachtice | Častkovce | Dolné Srnie | Haluzice | Horna Streda | Hôrka nad Váhom | Hrádok | Hrachoviště | Kálnica | Kočovce | Lubina | Lúka | Modrová | Modrovka | Moravské Lieskové | Nová Bošáca | Nová Lehota | Nová Ves nad Váhom | Nové Mesto nad Váhom | Očkov | Pobedim | Podolie | Potvorice | Považany | Stara Lehota | Stara Turá | Trenčianske Bohuslavice | Vaďovce | Višňové | Zemianske Podhradie
- Považany
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- Location in Slovakia