Myjava ( Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmijaʋa] ; historically also Miava, German : Miawa , Hungarian : Miava ) is a town in Trenčín Region , Slovakia .
4-820: It is located in the Myjava Hills at the foothills of the White Carpathians and nearby the Little Carpathians . The river Myjava flows through the town. It is 10 km away from the Czech border, 35 km from Skalica and 100 km from Bratislava . The settlement was established in 1533 and was colonized by two groups of inhabitants: refugees fleeing from the Ottomans in southern Upper Hungary (today mostly Slovakia ) and inhabitants from north-western and northern Upper Hungary. During
8-643: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Myjava Hills The Myjava Hills ( Slovak : Myjavská pahorkatina ) is an area of hills in western Slovakia , rugged highlands along the Myjava River composed of Carpathian flysch . Geologically it is one range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians . The highest peak is Bradlo (543 meters above sea level), site of
12-796: The Revolutions of 1848 , the first Slovak National Council met in the town as a result of the Slovak Uprising . Today, the house of their meeting is now part of the Museum of the Slovak National Councils, a part of the Slovak National Museum network. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Myjava was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary . From 1939 to 1945, it
16-691: Was part of the Slovak Republic . On 8 April 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Myjava and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. According to the 2001 census , 95.5% of the inhabitants were Slovaks , 1.5% Czechs and 0.4% Roma . The religious makeup was 51.4% Lutherans , 28.2% people with no religious affiliation and 14.2% Roman Catholics . Myjava is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Myjava at Wikimedia Commons This Trenčín District location article
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