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Trencsén
Trenčín
Trencsén
Hungarian:
Trencsén
Slovak:
Trenčín
German:
Trentschin
Latin:
Trentsinium, Laugaricio, Trenchinium
Historical Hungarian county:
Trencsén
Country:
Slovakia
District:
Trenčiansky kraj
River:
Vág
Altitude:
211 m
GPS coordinates:
48.895052, 18.041954
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Population
Population:
56k
Hungarian:
0.21%
Population in 1910
| Total | 0 |
|---|---|
| Hungarian | 38.4% |
| German | 11.85% |
| Slovak | 47.1% |
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The magnificent castle on the cliff above the Vág River protected Hungary from the attacks of the Czechs. At its peak, in the turbulent period after the extinction of the Hungarian Árpád House, it was the seat of the infamous Hungarian oligarch, Csák Máté. He plundered secular and church property at will, and did not acknowledge any power over himself. The Church excommunicated him twice in vain and the king waged war on him multiple times, but his power could only be broken by his death due to natural causes in 1321. Afterwards his castles surrendered to King Charles I of Hungary one after another voluntarily. Only Trencsén resisted, until after a hard siege, Csák Máté's cousin gave up the castle to the king in exchange for other estates.
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895
Arrival of the Hungarians
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895
The alliance of the seven Hungarian tribes took possession of the then largely uninhabited Carpathian Basin. Until then, the sparse Slavic population of the north-western Carpathians had lived under Moravian rule for a few decades after the collapse of the Avar Khaganate in the early 9th century.
1000
Foundation of the Hungarian Kingdom
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1000
The Kingdom of Hungary was established with the coronation of King Stephen I. He converted the Hungarians to Christianity and created two archdioceses (Esztergom and Kalocsa) and ten dioceses. He divided Hungary into counties led by ispáns, who were appointed by the king.
1017
King Stephen I of Hungary took back the area from Boleslav I of Poland and organized a county, which was named after its seat, Trencsén.
1069
The castle successfully held up the Moravian Marquis Otto.
1108
The castle resisted the attack of King Svatopluk of Bohemia.
1241-1242
Mongol Invasion
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1241-1242
The hordes of the Mongol Empire invaded Hungary and almost completely destroyed it. One third to one half of the population was destroyed. The Mongols also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Muhi and they could not hunt down the king. After their withdrawal, King Béla IV reorganized Hungary. He allowed the feudal lords to build stone castles because they were able to successfully resist the nomadic Mongols. The vast majority of stone castles were built after this. The king called in German, Vlach (Romanian) and Slavic settlers to replace the destroyed population.
1241
It resisted the attack of the Mongols during the Mongol invasion.
1301
The extinction of the House of Árpád
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1301
The House of Árpád, the first Hungarian royal dynasty, died out with the death of King Andrew III. Hungary was ruled by oligarchs, the most powerful of whom was Csák Máté, whose main ally was the Aba family. King Charles I (1308-1342), supported by the Pope, eventually emerged as the most prominent of the contenders for the Hungarian throne. But it took decades to break the power of the oligarchs.
1302
The Bohemian Wenceslas, a pretender to the throne of Hungary, took it from the Cseszneki family, who supported his rival Charles Robert, and gave it to the ruthless oligarch Csák Máté. It became the seat of Csák Máté, the most powerful Hungarian oligarch who did not recognize any sovereignty over himself. Only death could overthrow him.
March 18, 1321
The oligarch Csák Máté died.
July 13 - August 8, 1321
King Charles I of Hungary besieged Trencsén, the seat of Csák Máté. The cousin of the deceased oligarch, Sternbergi István gave the castle up to the king after a hard siege, in exchange he could keep the castles of Holics and Berencs. By that time the settlement had already been granted town status.
1335
Charles I of Hungary, John of Bohemia and Casimir III of Poland made peace in Trencsén.
1377
The wedding of Queen Mary (daughter of King Louis I of Hungary) and Sigismund of Luxembourg was celebrated in Trencsén.
1412
King Sigismund of Hungary made Trencsén a free royal town.
1431
The Czech Hussite marauders occupied and burned the town, but they did not attack the castle.
1440
After the death of King Albert of the House of Habsburg, the Estates of Hungary elected the Polish Ulászló to the throne. Elisabeth, the widow queen, in order to secure the throne for László, her baby boy, called in the Czech Hussite mercenary leader Jan Jiskra. She gave him the title "Captain of the Mining Towns and Kassa", and gave him the castle of Zólyom.
1440-1441
The Czech Hussites soon occupied much of northern Hungary. They reinforced the castles and turned them into bandit lairs. They were pillaging everywhere and large areas became uninhabited. They wiped out the local German and Hungarian population, who were replaced by Czech and other Slavic settlers. The Czech Hussite devastation largely contributed to the Slavicisation of northern Hungary (now Slovakia).
1454
Hunyadi János bought Trencsén from Cillei Ulrik along with other castles, thus the entire Trencsén County was in his power.
1462
At the end of the war that King Matthias of Hungary had waged against the Hussites since 1458, Jiskra swore loyalty to the king and handed over the castles he still held. Afterwards Jiskra fought in the service of King Matthias until his death.
1458-1490
The reign of King Matthias. The king resided in its castle several times, and it was one of the starting point of his wars fought for Moravia and Bohemia.
1475
King Matthias pawned Trencsén to Szapolyai István.
1499
The Szapolyai family received it as a fief from King Ulászló II of Hungary. They encircled the town with strong walls.
1526
Battle of Mohács and the splitting of Hungary into two parts
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1526
Sultan Suleiman I launched a war against Vienna, instigated by the French. Ferdinand I, Duke of Austria, was the brother-in-law of King Louis II of Hungary. The army of the Ottoman Empire defeated the much smaller Hungarian army at Mohács, and King Louis II died in the battle. A group of the barons elected Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg to the throne, who promised to defend Hungary from the Turks. He was the younger brother of the most powerful European monarch Emperor Charles V. But the nobility chose the most powerful Hungarian baron, Szapolyai János, who was also crowned as King John I. The country was split in two and a decades-long struggle for power began.
June 30, 1528
King Ferdinand I captured Trencsén from Szapolyai István by a one-month siege. The town was looted and burned.
1599
Crimean Tatar hordes destroyed the entire area.
late 16th century
Trencsén was given to the Illésházy family as a fief.
1604-1606
Uprising of Bocskai István
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1604-1606
The alliance of the Habsburgs and the Principality of Transylvania was defeated by the Ottoman Empire in the Fifteen Years' War. The war devastated Transylvania, which was occupied by the Habsburg imperial army, and General Basta introduced a reign of terror. The nobility and the burghers were upset about the terror, the plundering mercenaries and the violent Counter-Reformation. Bocskai István decided to lead their uprising after the Habsburg emperor tried to confiscate his estates. Bocskai also rallied the hajdú warriors to his side. He was elected Prince of Transylvania and soon liberated the Kingdom of Hungary from the Habsburgs. In 1605 Bocskai István was crowned King of Hungary with the crown he received from the Turks.
July 1, 1605
Prince Bocskai István of Transylvania occupied Trencsén. Illésházy István could only return after the Peace of Vienna in 1606.
23 June 1606
Peace of Vienna
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23 June 1606
Bocski István made peace with Emperor Rudolf. Their agreement secured the constitutional rights of the Estates of Hungary, and the freedom of religion. The counties of Szatmár, Bereg and Ugocsa were annexed to the Principality of Transylvania. Bocskai died of illness in the same year, leaving to his successors the idea of unifying Hungary from Transylvania.
1618-1648
In the Thirty Years War Czech and Moravian refugees flooded the area.
1619
The campaign of Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania in the Thirty Years' War
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1619
At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania went to war against the Habsburg emperor as an ally of the rebelling Czech-Moravian-Austrian estates. The whole Kingdom of Hungary joined him, only the Austrian defenders of Pozsony had to be put to the sword. With his allies, he laid siege to Vienna. However, he was forced to abandon the siege because the Habsburg-loyal Hungarian aristocrat Homonnai Drugeth György attacked his heartland with Polish mercenaries. On 25 August 1620, the Diet of Besztercebánya elected Bethlen Gábor King of Hungary as vassal of the Turks. He continued to fight after the defeat of the Czechs at White Mountain on 8 November 1620, but without real chance to achieve decisive victory, he decided to come to an agreement with Emperor Ferdinand II.
1619
Illésházy Gáspár fought on the side of Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania against the Habsburg emperor, Ferdinand II. Afterwards he lived in Trencsén castle from 1627 till his death in 1648.
June 1621
After having repelled the Imperial counter attack, Thurzó Imre forced Trencsén County to surrender to Prince Bethlen again.
31 December 1621
Peace of Nikolsburg
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31 December 1621
Prince Bethlen Gábor of Transylvania made peace with Emperor Ferdinand II. Their agreement secured the constitutional rights of the Estates of Hungary, and later it was supplemented with the freedom of religion. Bethlen renounced the title of King of Hungary in exchange for seven counties of the Upper Tisza region (Szabolcs, Szatmár, Bereg, Ugocsa, Zemplén, Borsod, Abaúj) for the rest of his life, other estates in Hungary as his private property and the imperial title of Duke of Oppeln and Ratibor (Opole and Racibórz), one of the Duchies of Silesia. Prince Bethlen went to war against the Habsburgs in 1623 and 1626, but was unable to negotiate more favourable terms.
1625
Flood.
1649
Jesuits settled down in town.
1656
Plague.
1663
The Turkish attack destroyed 17 villages entirely in the neighborhood.
after 1670
Imperial troops occupied the castle.
after 1671
Kuruc Movement
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after 1671
Many noble, burgher and preacher fled to the Principality of Transylvania and the territory under Turkish occupation from the reprisals after the exposure of the anti-Habsburg Wesselényi-conspiracy and from the violent Counter-Reformation. They were joined by dismissed Hungarian soldiers of the Turkish border forts, who were replaced by German mercenaries. They were called the fugitives (bujdosók). They started an armed movement against the Habsburg rule. Because of the Turkish ban, the Principality of Transylvania could not openly support them. From 1677, the French supported their cause with money and Polish mercenaries. They achieved their first serious success when they temporarily occupied the mining towns of northern Hungary (now central Slovakia) under the command of Thököly lmre. He then became the sole leader of the movement. In 1679, the French made peace with Emperor Leopold I and withdrew their support for the fugitives. Between 1678 and 1681 Thököly Imre led successful raids against the Habsburgs and their supporters in the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary. The insurgents were called kurucs.
1682
Thököly Imre, Prince of Upper Hungary
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1682
Thököly Imre, the leader of the kuruc insurgents, gained the support of the Turks. He launched a campaign against the Habsburgs in the Kingdom of Hungary. With the support of the Turkish army, he occupied the town of Kassa and also the important stronghold of Fülek. He was then recognized by the Turks as King of Hungary, but he chose the title of Prince of Upper Hungary.
autumn 1683
The kuruc army of Thököli Imre besieged the castle in vain.
1683
Turkish defeat at Vienna and the formation of the Holy League
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1683
The combined armies of the Habsburg Empire and the Kingdom of Poland defeated the Turkish army besieging Vienna. Emperor Leopold I wanted to make peace with the Turks, but was refused by Sultan Mehmed IV. In 1684, at the persistent urging of Pope Innocent XI, the Holy League, an alliance of the Kingdom of Poland, the Habsburg Empire, the Republic of Venice and the Papal States, was formed to expel the Turks from Hungary. Thököly Imre, who had allied himself with the Turks, was gradually driven out of northern Hungary.
1685
The Turkish captivity of Thököly Imre and the fall of the kuruc movement
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1685
The Pasha of Várad captured Thököly Imre as he was asking for Turkish help and offered him to Emperor Leopold I for peace. But the Imperial emissaries laughed at his face, because, having the upper hand, they no longer cared for Thököly. On the news of his capture, the town of Kassa and the kuruc strongholds surrendered to the Emperor one after the other. The Turks, seeing their fatal mistake, released Thököly the following year and tried to restore his authority, but his power was broken forever and the Hungarian insurgents no longer trusted the Turks. Most of the insurgents joined the imperial army and helped to liberate the rest of Hungary from the Turks.
1686
Recapture of Buda and the liberation of Hungary from the Turks
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1686
The army of the Holy League recaptured Buda from the Turks by siege. In 1687, the Imperial army invaded the Principality of Transylvania. The liberation was hindered by the French breaking their promise of peace in 1688 and attacking the Habsburg Empire. By 1699, when the Peace of Karlóca was signed, all of Hungary and Croatia had been liberated from the Ottoman Empire with the exception of Temesköz, the area bounded by the Maros, the Tisza and the Danube rivers. It was not until the Peace of Požarevac in 1718 that Temesköz was liberated from the Turks. However, the continuous war against the Turkish invaders and the Habsburg autocracy, which lasted for more than 150 years, wiped out large areas of the Hungarian population, which had previously made up 80% of the country's population, and was replaced by Vlachs (Romanians), Serbs and other Slavic settlers and Germans. The Habsburgs also favoured the settlement of these foreign peoples over the 'rebellious' Hungarians.
1703-1711
Hungarian War of Independence led by Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II
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1703-1711
After the expulsion of the Turks, the Habsburgs treated Hungary as a newly conquered province and did not respect its constitution. The serfs rose up against the Habsburg ruler because of the sufferings caused by the war and the heavy burdens, and they invited Rákóczi Ferenc II to lead them. Trusting in the help promised by King Louis XIV of France, he accepted. Rákóczi rallied the nobility to his side, and soon most of the country was under his control. The rebels were called the kurucs. In 1704, the French and the Bavarians were defeated at the Battle of Blenheim, depriving the Hungarians of their international allies. The Rusyn, Slovak and Vlach peasants and the Saxons of Szepes supported the fight for freedom, while the Serbs in the south and the Saxons in Transylvania served the Habsburgs. Due to lack of funds Rákóczi could not raise a strong regular army, and in 1710, Hungary was also hit by a severe plague. Rákóczi tried unsuccessfully to forge an alliance with Tsar Peter the Great of Russia. In his absence, without his knowledge, his commander-in-chief, Károlyi Sándor, accepted Emperor Joseph I's peace offer. The Peace of Szatmár formally restored the Hungarian constitution and religious freedom and granted amnesty, but did not ease the burden of serfdom. Rákóczi refused to accept the pardon and went into exile. He died in Rodosto, Turkey.
1703
The guards of the castle escaped from the army of Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II, but in 1704 it was again in Habsburg hands. The kuruc insurgents kept the town under a blockade for four years.
May 14, 1708
A great fire destroyed in the town.
August 3, 1708
The battle of Trencsén was fought under the castle. The Imperials were victorious and the kuruc insurgents left the county.
1710, 1715
Plagues.
1782
The military abandoned the castle. Illésházy János wanted to set it on fire.
June 11, 1790
The castle was ruined in a fire.
1805
The Russian army of Alexander I marched through Hungary here towards the battle of Austerlitz.
1813
The Russian army of Alexander I marched through Hungary here towards the battle of Leipzig.
1837
Sina Simon, a Greek banker purchased the castle. He covered the keep and the guard tower with roof.
1848-1849
Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence
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1848-1849
Following the news of the Paris Revolution on 22 February 1848, the Hungarian liberal opposition led by Kossuth Lajos demanded the abolition of serfdom, the abolition of the tax exemption of the nobility, a parliament elected by the people, and an independent and accountable national government. The revolution that broke out in Pest on 15 March expressed its demands in 12 points, which, in addition to the above mentioned, included the freedom of the press, equality before the law, the release of the political prisoners and the union with Transylvania. A Hungarian government was formed, Batthyány Lajos became prime minister, and on 11 April Emperor Ferdinand V ratified the reform laws. On August 31 the Emperor demanded the repeal of the laws threatening with military intervention. In September the Emperor unleashed the army of Jelacic, Ban of Croatia, on Hungary, but they were defeated by the Hungarians in the Battle of Pákozd on 29 September. An open war began for the independence of Hungary. The Habsburgs incited the nationalities against the Hungarians. The Rusyns, the Slovenes and most of the Slovaks and Germans supported the cause persistently, but the Vlachs (Romanians) and the Serbians turned against the Hungarians. The glorious Spring Campaign in 1849 led by General Görgei Artúr liberated almost all of Hungary. On 1 May 1849, Emperor Franz Joseph, effectively admitting defeat, asked for the help of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, who sent an intervention army of 200,000 soldiers against Hungary. The resistance became hopeless against the overwhelming enemy forces and on 13 August Görgei Artúr surrendered to the Russians at Világos. Bloody reprisals followed, and on 6 October 1849, 12 generals and a colonel of the Hungarian Revolution, the martyrs of Arad, were executed in Arad. On the same day, Batthyány Lajos, the first Hungarian Prime Minister, was executed by firing squad in Pest. The Habsburgs introduced total authoritarianism in Hungary, but they also failed to fulfil their promises to the nationalities that had betrayed the Hungarians.
1866
The survivals of the Austrian army defeated at Königgrätz by Prussia caused a serious cholera outbreak in Trencsén.
1867
Austro-Hungarian Compromise
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1867
The Habsburg Empire was weakened by the defeats it suffered in the implementation of Italian and German unity. The Hungarians wanted to return to the reform laws of 1848, but they did not have the strength to do so. Emperor Franz Joseph and the Hungarian opposition, led by Deák Ferenc, finally agreed to restructure the Empire and abolish absolutism. Hungary was given autonomy in its internal affairs, with its own government and parliament, which was essential for the development of its economy and culture. However, foreign and military affairs remained in the hands of the Habsburgs and served their aspiration for becoming a great power. The majority wanted Hungary's independence, but they were excluded from political power.
1878
The railway reached the town from the direction of Pozsony. The railway continued to Zsolna. Textile, food and machine industry wad established.
1905
The inheritors of Sina Simon gave the castle to the town.
1914-1918
World War I
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1914-1918
As part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Hungary took part in the war on the side of the Central Powers.
November 1918 - January 1919
The Czech, Romanian and Serbian occupation of Hungary
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November 1918 - January 1919
In Hungary, the freemasonic subversion brought the pro-Entente Károlyi Mihály to power. The new government, naively trusting the Entente powers, met all their demands and disbanded the Hungarian military, which rendered the country completely defenseless in the most dire need. Under French and Italian command, Czech, Romanian and Serbian troops invaded large parts of Hungary, where they immediately began the takeover. They fired Hungarian railway workers, officials and teachers, banned the use of the Hungarian language, abolished Hungarian education, and disposed of everything that reminded them of the country's Hungarian past. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians were forced to leave their homeland, and the forcible assimilation of the remaining Hungarians was begun.
November 10, 1918
The Czechoslovaks invaded Trencsén.
4 June 1920
Trianon Dictate
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4 June 1920
Hungary was forced to sign the Treaty of Trianon, although the country was not invited to the peace talks. Hungary lost two thirds of its territory that had belonged to it for more than 1000 years. One-third of the Hungarian population came under foreign rule. On the basis of the national principle, countries with a more mixed and less ethnically balanced composition than the former Hungary were created, such as Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). For example, while 48% of the population of the territory ceded to Czechoslovakia was Slovak and 30% Hungarian, 54% of the population of the former Hungary was Hungarian and 10.6% Slovak. And in the territory that is now part of Serbia, the Hungarians outnumbered the Serbs. The part of the territory allocated to Romania from Hungary was larger than the remaining territory of Hungary, despite the fact that there were 10 million Hungarians and less than 3 million Romanians in the former Hungary. While Hungary used to have the most liberal nationality policy in Europe, the successor states had no respect at all for the national and cultural rights of the indigenous Hungarians and engaged in forced assimilation. The Trianon Dictate destroyed the organic economic unity of the region. Before the First World War, Hungary had a dynamic economy, more advanced than Spain's. After 1920, the successor states formed the so-called "Little Entente", putting Hungary under an economic blockade and sabotaging it on the international stage.
1920
The Hungarian inhabitants were driven away. The Czechoslovaks replaced the relief commemorating the heroes who died in World War I with a relief of Jan Jiskra, Czech Hussite thug leader.
14 March 1939
First independent Slovakia was established
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14 March 1939
The first independent Slovakia was established under German patronage. Josef Tiso became president of the country. In 1938, Hungary regained 11,927 km2 of territory from Czechoslovakia under the First Vienna Award. Its population was 869 thousand people, 86.5% of whom were Hungarian. From the remaining territory that Hungary did not get back, Slovakia was formed.
Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
Soviet occupation
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Autumn 1944 - Spring 1945
The Soviet Red Army occupied Hungary and Slovakia, which resulted in the recreation of Czechoslovakia.
April 10, 1945
The Soviets invaded Trencsén.
5 April 1945
Beneš decrees and the persecution of Hungarians
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5 April 1945
In Hungarian-majority Kassa, the president of occupying Czechoslovakia, Edvard Beneš, promulgated his government program, the so-called Beneš decrees. As part of this, the Hungarian population was deprived of their rights. Their complete expulsion was planned, with the support of the Soviet Union, and only the veto of the USA prevented it. Under the 'Reslavakization' programme, only those Hungarians who recognised themselves as Slovaks were allowed to regain their rights, thus renouncing all linguistic and cultural rights. In the violent expulsions that followed, nearly 200,000 Hungarians were deprived of their property and expelled from their homeland on the basis of their nationality.
1950s
The start of the renovation of the castle.
1 January 1993
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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1 January 1993
Czechoslovakia disintegrated due to ethnic differences between Czechs and Slovaks, shortly after the withdrawal of Soviet tanks. Slovakia was formed entirely from territory carved out of historic Hungary, and Slovak national identity is still largely based on falsified history and artificial hatred of Hungarians. Despite deportations, expulsions, forced assimilation and strong economic pressure, there are still nearly half a million Hungarians living in the country.
Source: Wikipedia, varak.hu , arcanum.hu - Bánlaky József: A magyar nemzet hadtörténelme
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Churches, religious buildings
Nativity of Virgin Mary Roman Catholic church
Farský kostol Narodenia Panny Márie
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church
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church
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Nativity of Virgin Mary Roman Catholic church
History
It was originally a Gothic church of three naves built in the 14th century (around 1234). A roofed wooden stairway leads to the church. It was reconstructed in Renaissance style in the 16th century. The church was devastated by fire several times. In 1790 three out of four bells melted in a fire. After the fire in 1886, the church was completely reconstructed between 1911 and 1912. It is a popular destination for those seeking indulgence on the feasts of Virgin Mary.
To the left is the chapel of the Illésházy family, while the chapel to the right is dedicated to Saint Imre. He was the only son of St. Stephen of Hungary, who died too early during a hunt.
St. Francis Xavier Piarist Church, Monastery and Grammar School
Kostol sv. Františka Xaverského
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church and monastery, school
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church
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St. Francis Xavier Piarist Church, Monastery and Grammar School
History
The Jesuits moved to the town of Trencsén in 1646. They occupied the house that Blessed Bosnyák Zsófia had left on them in her will back in 1632. The Jesuits were not welcomed in the Lutheran town. They started peaceful conversion and opened a grammar school in 1649. Count Illésházy György supported their activities. The Jesuit novitiate was opened in 1655 and the building was raised between1656 and 1661. The Jesuit church was built between 1653 and 1657 from the contribution of Archbishop Lippay György of Esztergom. The architect was Pietro Spazzo. The church was damaged in a fire in 1708. It gained its Baroque appearance in the reconstruction between 1709 and 1713. The main altar was made in 1767.
In 1773 the pope dissolved the Jesuit order. The Piarists were invited in their place by the burghers of the town in 1776.
Immaculata Church
Nepoškvrneného počatia Panny Márie
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church
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church
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Immaculata Church
History
The church was built in 1909 in neo-Romanesque style. it was used by the Merciful Sisters (Society of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul) until 1918, who were engaged in teaching and tending the sick. Afterwards the church was taken over by the Notre Dame Sisters, who were teaching poor children.
Lutheran Church
Evanjelický a. v. kostol
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Martin Hlauka (Pescan) / Attribution
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Lutheran Church
History
The church was consecrated in 1794. The interior was completely renewed in a reconstruction in 1935.
Synagogue
History
It was built in 1913 in a mixed style of modern, Bizantine and Art-Nouveau architecture. The Jews first arrived in Trencsén in the 17th-18th centuries fleeing from Moravia before the persecution.
Public buildings
former County Hall, Museum of Trencsén
Trenčianske múzeum
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county hall
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former County Hall, Museum of Trencsén
History
The museum presents the history of the town and the county. It is located in the building of the former county hall.
Executioner‘s House, Museum of Trencsén
Trenčianske múzeum - Katov dom
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prison/jail, house
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Executioner‘s House, Museum of Trencsén
History
It is a Renaissance burgher‘s house from the 16th century. It is said that the executioner of the town lived in it in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it also served as a prison in the 19th century.
Commerce, industry, hospitality
Elisabeth Hotel
Hotel Elizabeth Trenčín
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hotel / tavern / guesthouse
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hotel / tavern / guesthouse
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Hotel Elizabeth
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Elisabeth Hotel
History
The hotel was built in 1901 in Art-Nouveau style by Popper Ármin, a rich landowner and factory owner, who named it after Queen Elisabeth, popularly called Sissi. He allegedly lost it in a card game.
Town infrastructure
Lower Gate or Turkish Gate
History
It is one of the gates of the former fortifications of the town. The other one, the Upper Gate, has already been demolished. The gatehouse was built at the beginning of the 15th century. It was besieged by the Habsburgs in 1528, afterwards a new floor was added to the tower. The tower gained its final form in the first quarter of the 17th century.
Memorials
former Hunnia Relief, Relief of Thug Leader Jiskra
Michal Kara (sculptor) - cc-by-3.0 Olay Ferenc (photo) / Public domain
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former Hunnia Relief, Relief of Thug Leader Jiskra
History
The relief was placed on the cliff under the castle of Trencsén. The artwork of Kara Mihály was unveiled on October 4, 1916.
It commemorated the heroes, who had fallen during World War I. After the Czechoslovaks invaded the town, they ordered the town to remove the memorial several times, but they were refused. Finally the new Czechoslovak administration of the county replaced it in 1921 with the relief of Jiskra, a Czech Hussite bandit Ieader, whose thugs plundered northern Hungary for decades in the middle of the 15th century.
Trinity Column
Morový stĺp
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statue / memorial / relief
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statue / memorial / relief
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Trinity Column
History
The Jesuits erected the column in 1712 with the support of lspán Illésházy Miklós in memory of the plague in 1710.
Latin Inscription on the Castle Rock
History
It commemorates the victory of the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus over the Germanic people. He and his 855 soldiers spent the winter of the years 178-179 in a camp near the Germanic town of Laugaricio. This event took place during the victorious campaign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius against the Marcomanni. The inscription was discovered in 1854.
Museums and Galleries
Synagogue
History
It was built in 1913 in a mixed style of modern, Bizantine and Art-Nouveau architecture. The Jews first arrived in Trencsén in the 17th-18th centuries fleeing from Moravia before the persecution.
former County Hall, Museum of Trencsén
Trenčianske múzeum
Originally:
county hall
Currently:
museum
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former County Hall, Museum of Trencsén
History
The museum presents the history of the town and the county. It is located in the building of the former county hall.
Executioner‘s House, Museum of Trencsén
Trenčianske múzeum - Katov dom
Originally:
prison/jail, house
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museum
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Executioner‘s House, Museum of Trencsén
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It is a Renaissance burgher‘s house from the 16th century. It is said that the executioner of the town lived in it in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it also served as a prison in the 19th century.
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Ill\u00e9sh\u00e1zy J\u00e1nos wanted to set it on fire.@June 11, 1790|The castle was ruined in a fire.@1805|The Russian army of Alexander I marched through Hungary here towards the battle of Austerlitz.@1813|The Russian army of Alexander I marched through Hungary here towards the battle of Leipzig.@1837|Sina Simon, a Greek banker purchased the castle. He covered the keep and the guard tower with roof.@#28|@1866|The survivals of the Austrian army defeated at K\u00f6niggr\u00e4tz by Prussia caused a serious cholera outbreak in Trencs\u00e9n.@#30|@1878|The railway reached the town from the direction of Pozsony. The railway continued to Zsolna. Textile, food and machine industry wad established.@1905|The inheritors of Sina Simon gave the castle to the town.@#31|@#32|@November 10, 1918|The Czechoslovaks invaded Trencs\u00e9n.@#36|@1920|The Hungarian inhabitants were driven away. 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The town was looted and burned.@#11|@late 16th century|Trencs\u00e9n was given to the Ill\u00e9sh\u00e1zy family as a fief.@#13|@July 1, 1605|Prince Bocskai Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania occupied Trencs\u00e9n. Ill\u00e9sh\u00e1zy Istv\u00e1n could only return after the Peace of Vienna in 1606.@#14|@#15|@1619|Ill\u00e9sh\u00e1zy G\u00e1sp\u00e1r fought on the side of Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania against the Habsburg emperor, Ferdinand II. Afterwards he lived in Trencs\u00e9n castle from 1627 till his death in 1648.@June 1621|After having repelled the Imperial counter attack, Thurz\u00f3 Imre forced Trencs\u00e9n County to surrender to Prince Bethlen again.@#16|@#19|@after 1670|Imperial troops occupied the castle.@#20|@#21|@#22|@autumn 1683|The kuruc army of Th\u00f6k\u00f6li Imre besieged the castle in vain.@#23|@#24|@#25|@#27|@1703|The guards of the castle escaped before the army of Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Ferenc II, but in 1704 it was again in Habsburg hands. 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Finally the new Czechoslovak administration of the county replaced it in 1921 with the relief of Jiskra, a Czech Hussite bandit Ieader, whose thugs plundered northern Hungary for decades in the middle of the 15th century."},{"sightId":574,"townId":29,"active":1,"name_LO":"Farsk\u00fd kostol Narodenia Panny M\u00e1rie","address":"Mat\u00fa\u0161ova 2, 911 01 Tren\u010d\u00edn","mapdata":"1|662|502","gps_lat":"48.8938030000","gps_long":"18.0418880000","religion":1,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"http:\/\/trencin.fara.sk\/?page_id=152","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"http:\/\/emlekhelyek.csemadok.sk\/emlekhelyek\/szuz-maria-szuletese-templom-trencsenben\/\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Scotch Mist \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_27.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Tren\u010d\u00edn 27\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f3\/Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_27.jpg\/256px-Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_27.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_27.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EScotch Mist\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"Nativity of Virgin Mary Roman Catholic church ","seolink":"nativity-of-virgin-mary-roman-catholic-church","note":"","history":"It was originally a Gothic church of three naves built in the 14th century (around 1234). A roofed wooden stairway leads to the church. It was reconstructed in Renaissance style in the 16th century. The church was devastated by fire several times. In 1790 three out of four bells melted in a fire. After the fire in 1886, the church was completely reconstructed between 1911 and 1912. It is a popular destination for those seeking indulgence on the feasts of Virgin Mary.@To the left is the chapel of the Ill\u00e9sh\u00e1zy family, while the chapel to the right is dedicated to Saint Imre. He was the only son of St. Stephen of Hungary, who died too early during a hunt."},{"sightId":575,"townId":29,"active":1,"name_LO":"Kostol sv. Franti\u0161ka Xaversk\u00e9ho","address":"Mierov\u00e9 n\u00e1mestie 43, 911 01 Tren\u010d\u00edn","mapdata":"1|561|407","gps_lat":"48.8947160000","gps_long":"18.0404640000","religion":1,"oldtype":"9, 74","newtype":"1","homepage":"http:\/\/trencin.fara.sk\/?page_id=158","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"http:\/\/emlekhelyek.csemadok.sk\/emlekhelyek\/trencseni-xaveri-szent-ferenc-templom-es-rendhaz\/\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Ladislav Luppa \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_-_Piarist_Church.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Tren\u010d\u00edn - Piarist Church\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c4\/Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_-_Piarist_Church.jpg\/256px-Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_-_Piarist_Church.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn_-_Piarist_Church.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003ELadislav Luppa\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"St. Francis Xavier Piarist Church, Monastery and Grammar School ","seolink":"st-francis-xavier-piarist-church-monastery-and-grammar-school","note":"","history":"The Jesuits moved to the town of Trencs\u00e9n in 1646. They occupied the house that Blessed Bosny\u00e1k Zs\u00f3fia had left on them in her will back in 1632. The Jesuits were not welcomed in the Lutheran town. They started peaceful conversion and opened a grammar school in 1649. Count Ill\u00e9sh\u00e1zy Gy\u00f6rgy supported their activities. The Jesuit novitiate was opened in 1655 and the building was raised between1656 and 1661. The Jesuit church was built between 1653 and 1657 from the contribution of Archbishop Lippay Gy\u00f6rgy of Esztergom. The architect was Pietro Spazzo. The church was damaged in a fire in 1708. It gained its Baroque appearance in the reconstruction between 1709 and 1713. The main altar was made in 1767.@In 1773 the pope dissolved the Jesuit order. The Piarists were invited in their place by the burghers of the town in 1776."},{"sightId":576,"townId":29,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"","mapdata":"1|820|481","gps_lat":"48.8941490000","gps_long":"18.0447470000","religion":0,"oldtype":"62","newtype":"62","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"\r","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Pufacz \/ Public domain\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Trencin_Castle_Well.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Trencin Castle Well\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/bb\/Trencin_Castle_Well.jpg\/512px-Trencin_Castle_Well.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Trencin_Castle_Well.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EPufacz\u003C\/a\u003E \/ Public domain","name":"Castle Well ","seolink":"castle-well","note":"","history":"According to the legend the well was built in the time of Szapolyai J\u00e1nos. 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