Plavecký Štvrtok

Village in Slovakia

48°22′N 17°00′E / 48.367°N 17.000°E / 48.367; 17.000CountrySlovakiaRegionBratislavaDistrictMalackyFirst mentioned1206Area

• Total24.17^[2] km² (9.33^[2] sq mi)Elevation

157^[3] m (515^[3] ft)Population

(2021)

• Total2,548^[1]Postal code

900 68^[3]

Area code+421 34^[3]Car plateMAWebsitewww.obecplaveckystvrtok.sk

Plavecký Štvrtok (Hungarian: Detrekőcsütörtök) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava region.

Etymology

Štvrtok means in Slovak Thursday and it indicates that the settlement held a market on Thursdays. The attribute Plavecký comes from the name of Plavecký Castle estate (the castle is named after Cumans, in Slovak Plavci).^[5]

Landmarks

Saint Mission Church Plavecký Štvrtok

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
^ Uhlár, Vlado (1989). "Toponymá utvorené od etnických mien a názvy Slovany, Slovniky a Sklabiňa" [Toponyms derived from ethnic names and the names Slovany, Slovniky and Sklabiňa] (PDF). Slovenská reč (in Slovak) (54). Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra SAV: 260.