Dobrá Voda, Trnava District

Dobrá Voda (Hungarian: Jókő) is a municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava region of Slovakia.[5]

Dobrá Voda
Village
Dobrá Voda castle above the village
Dobrá Voda castle above the village
Etymology: "good water"
Dobrá Voda is located in Trnava Region
Dobrá Voda
Dobrá Voda
Location of Dobrá Voda in the Trnava Region
Dobrá Voda is located in Slovakia
Dobrá Voda
Dobrá Voda
Dobrá Voda (Slovakia)
Coordinates: 48°36′00″N 17°32′08″E / 48.60000°N 17.53556°E / 48.60000; 17.53556
CountrySlovakia
RegionTrnava
DistrictTrnava
Area
 • Total
32.97[2] km2 (12.73[2] sq mi)
Elevation
244[3] m (801[3] ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
803[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+421 33[3]
Websiteobecdobravoda.eu

Cultural sites

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A Roman Catholic church from 1820 and a Holy Trinity chapel from 1730 are located in the village.

The ruins of the Dobrá Voda castle are located in the Little Carpathians in Dobrá Voda.

Notable people

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The most important poet of the Bernolák's group. Ján Hollý, lived and worked during the last years of his life (1843–1849) in Dobrá Voda.[6]

Earthquakes

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The village of Dobrá Voda was the seismologically most active region of Slovakia in the 20th century. In 1906 this resulted in the heaviest earthquake of that century in Slovakia happening in this region.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ a b c d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ a b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. ^ "Dobrá Voda – Okres Trnava – E-OBCE.sk". www.e-obce.sk.
  6. ^ Kollár, Daniel; Nešpor, Jaroslav (2007). Castles – Most Beautiful Ruins (1st ed.). Bratislava: DAJAMA. pp. 28–31. ISBN 978-80-89226-42-9.
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