Partizánske

Coordinates: 48°37′33″N 18°22′22″E / 48.62583°N 18.37278°E / 48.62583; 18.37278
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Partizánske
Town
Aerial view of the old part of Partizánske
Aerial view of the old part of Partizánske
Car plate
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Websitewww.partizanske.sk

Partizánske (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpartizaːnske] , meaning "partisan town", formerly: Šimonovany, from 1948: Baťovany, Hungarian: Simony) is a town in Trenčín Region, Slovakia.

Geography

Partizánske is located in the northern part of the Danubian Hills around 55 km (34.18 mi) from Nitra and 131 km (81.40 mi) from the capital Bratislava, at the confluence of the Nitra and Nitrica rivers, near the Tribeč mountains.

History

Partizánske is a relatively young town. Its history starts in 1938–1939, when Jan Antonín Baťa of Zlín and his powerful network of companies built a shoe factory in the cadastral area of Šimonovany municipality. The newly created settlement for workers carried the name of Baťovany and was part of Šimonovany. With the growth of the factory, so grew the settlement. The whole municipality was renamed to Baťovany in 1948 and given town status. As a sign of recognition of local inhabitants fighting in the Slovak National Uprising, the town was renamed Partizánske on 9 February 1949.[4] The factory was renamed by communists to Závody 29. augusta (29 August works), and it produced 30 million pairs of shoes and employed around 10,000 people.[5] However, after a failed privatisation in the 1990s, only a fraction is left now.[citation needed]

Demographics

According to the 2001

Lutherans.[6]

Sport

The association football team ŠK Slovan Šimonovany play at the stadium in the east of the town, off the Nemocničná cesta road.[7] The stadium was a former venue for motorcycle speedway from 1958 to 1965 and hosted a final round of the Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship in 1961 and 1962.[8]

Another football team FK Tempo Partizánske play at the Rudolfa Jašíka stadium in the south of the town, which is adjacent to and on the right of the ice hockey stadium (Zimný štadión).

Notable natives and residents

Twin towns – sister cities

Partizánske is twinned with:[9]

Gallery

  • The confluence of the Nitra and Nitrica rivers
    The confluence of the Nitra and Nitrica rivers
  • Manor house in Šimonovany
    Manor house in Šimonovany
  • St. Thomas Church in Partizánske
    St. Thomas Church in Partizánske

See also

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ "História mesta Partizánske" [History of the town of Partizánske]. partizanske.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  5. ^ Michaela Stanková (6 August 2007). "Shoemaking: A troubled business". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 23 February 2008.[dead link]
  6. ^ a b "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Sport" (PDF). Novinytempo. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Individual Czechoslovak Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Mesto Partizánske bude mať nových cezhraničných partnerov" (in Slovak). Partizánske. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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