Vrbovce, Slovakia
Vrbovce (Hungarian Verbóc ) is a municipality in western Slovakia.
Location
The name of the village was first mentioned in 1394 as Vrbowich. The municipality lies on the River Teplica in the White Carpathians, near the Czech border. Myjava is located about 10 km southeast of the community. Since 1998, the community still divided next to the main village in the municipality part Šance who has previously part of the Czech Republic.
Transport links
The community is connected to the regional public bus network as well as to the railway on the railway line Nové Mesto nad Váhom - Veseli nad Moravou. The track is from the Slovak Railways Železničná spoločnosť ( ZSSK ) served hourly.
Personalities
- Karol Adamiš (1813-1849), author and evangelical pastor
- Ján Beblavý (1898-1968), writer and Protestant minister
- Ján Pravoslav Leška (1831-1909), writer and Protestant minister
- Stepan Leška (1757-1818), writer and Superintendent