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12-525: The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were Lewe , Lewa (the same historic name as Levice ), Lewa de cidca fluviom Vag , later Ilava . The form Illava is known from the 19th century and was used after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 . According to the 2001 census , the town had 5,441 inhabitants. 98.1% of inhabitants were Slovaks , 0.9% Czechs and 0.1% Roma and Hungarians . The religious makeup

24-468: A Secondary Technical School, a Secondary Agricultural School and various apprentice schools. Levice is twinned with: Fodor%27s Fodor's / ˈ f oʊ d ər z / is a producer of English-language travel guides and online tourism information. It was founded by Hungarian Eugene Fodor , who created his first travel guide, 1936...on the Continent , with the intention of improving upon

36-622: Is a town in western Slovakia . The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Slavic name of the town was Leva , which means "the Left One". The town is located in the north-eastern corner of the Danubian Lowland ( Podunajská nížina ), 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of Bratislava , 40 kilometres (25 miles) south-east of Nitra , 32 kilometres (20 miles) south-west of Banská Štiavnica , 55 kilometres (34 miles) south-west of Zvolen and 25 kilometres (16 miles) from

48-461: Is a trademark for locally produced red-wine). One of Slovakia's two nuclear power plants is in Mochovce , 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) north-west of Levice. There are 8 elementary schools (7 secular including 1 Hungarian, and 1 Roman Catholic school), Gymnazium Andreja Vrabla , a general High School, a Hungarian Calvinist High School ( Lyceum ), a Business Academy, a Pedagogical and Social Academy,

60-398: The 7th Day, Modrý kríž (Blue Cross) , several Charismatic and Pentecostal communities, Jehovah's Witnesses , Muslim community (non-practising), Jewish community (non-practising), atheists Textiles, cosmetics, furniture, products from locally obtained Golden Onyx , machinery and construction components, cereals, meat, eggs, dairy products, soft drinks, malt, wine (Levická frankovka

72-643: The border with Hungary . It is the capital of the Levice District , which is the largest district in Slovakia at 1,551 square kilometres (599 square miles). The town's heraldic animal is lion (in Slovak lev ), and the town's colours are green and yellow. Levice is first mentioned as Leua, one of the villages belonging to the parish of St. Martin 's Church in Bratka ( Hungarian : Baratka ) in 1156. It

84-602: The directory-type travel guides in existence through the inclusion of practical guidance, such as tipping advice, and levity (the introduction noted that "Rome contains not only magnificent monuments [...] but also Italians."). Fodor’s pioneering book was a success in England and the United States, and was immediately updated as 1937 in Europe . After an interruption caused by World War II , Fodor's Modern Guides, Inc.,

96-664: The town's castle. During the anti- Habsburg revolution of 1709, the fort was blown up by kuruces . After the break-up of Austria-Hungary , the town became a part of Czechoslovakia (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon in 1920). As part of the breakup of Czechoslovakia under the Munich Agreement in World War II, the town again belonged to Hungary from 1938 to 1945. At the end of the Second World War it

108-459: Was 87.2% Roman Catholics , 7.9% people with no religious affiliation, and 1.2% Lutherans . Ilava is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Ilava at Wikimedia Commons This Trenčín District location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Levice Levice ( Slovak pronunciation: [ˈleʋitse] ; Hungarian : Léva , Hungarian pronunciation : [ˈleːvɒ] ; German : Lewenz )

120-460: Was founded in Paris in 1949, and a year later David McKay Company became its publisher. Fodor’s was acquired with McKay by Random House in 1986 and sold to Internet Brands in 2016. Fodor's has published more than 440 guides (in 14 series) on over 300 destinations, and has more than 700 permanently placed researchers all over the world. Its website, which was launched in 1996, was nominated for

132-688: Was part of the comitatus Tekov ( Bars ). First attacked by the Turks in 1544, the town was set on fire while the castle was left unharmed. Between 1581 and 1589, the settlement was the seat of the Captaincy of Lower Hungary . The town was captured by the Turks in 1663 but recaptured only a year later by the Imperial Army led by General de Souches in the Battle of Levice , which took place beneath

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144-495: Was returned to the restored Czechoslovakia. In 1993 it became part of present-day Slovakia . It was the hometown of Hungarian-American Eugene Fodor (1905–1991), the founder of Fodor's travel book company. Census 2021: 31,974 inhabitants (100%) Roman Catholic (majority), Reformed Protestant ( Calvinist ), Moravian Brethren (the biggest congregation in Slovakia), Lutheran, Baptist, Old Catholic Church , Adventist of

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