Dobrá Voda, Trnava District

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Dobrá Voda
Village
Dobrá Voda castle above the village
Name origin: "good water"
Country Slovakia
Coordinates 48°36′00″N 17°32′08″E / 48.60000°N 17.53556°E / 48.60000; 17.53556Coordinates: 48°36′00″N 17°32′08″E / 48.60000°N 17.53556°E / 48.60000; 17.53556
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Location of Dobrá Voda within Slovakia

Dobrá Voda is a municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava region of Slovakia.[1]

Cultural Sights

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

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.[2]

Interesting Facts

The village of Dobrá Voda was the siesmologically 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

References

  1. http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/dobravoda/dobra-voda.html
  2. 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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