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Piešťany (German: Pistyan, Hungarian: Pöstyén) is a spa town in western Slovakia located on the Váh river. Slovakia is subdivided into 8 kraje (singular - kraj, usually translated as regions, but actually meaning rather county), each of which is named after their principal city. ...
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Car registration plates in Slovakia: Since 1997, a car registration plate number (EČ, evidenčné číslo) generally takes the form XX-NNNYY, where XX is a two letter code corresponding to a district (okres), NNN is three digit number and YY are two letters (assigned alphabetically). ...
A spa town is a town frequented, in times past, for health reasons, to take the waters. The name derives from the Belgian town Spa, and in continental Europe, a spa was known as a ville deau (town of water). ...
The Váh (German: Waag, Hungarian: Vág) is a left tributary of the Danube River in Slovakia. ...
Geography Piešťany is located in western part of Slovakia, in the valley of the Váh river, at an altitude of 162 m. Považský Inovec mountains form the east boundary of this part of the Váh valley. The highest hill of these mountains, Inovec (1042 m), is about 25 km northest from the town. Hills immediately east of the town (about 10km away) reach height about 700 m. On the west side, the valley boundary is formed by Little Carpathians, which are somewhat lower and further away from the town. The valley is open to the south, and thus has warm and sunny temperate climate. The Váh (German: Waag, Hungarian: Vág) is a left tributary of the Danube River in Slovakia. ...
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Most of the town is located on the right bank of the river. South of the town is Sĺňava water reservoir created by a dam on the Vah river. Artificial canal Biskupický kanál and the main river branch join in the town. Another short branch of the river (Obtokove rameno) creates the Spa Island.
The hills of Považský Inovec are mostly covered with deciduous forests. These consists of oak and hornbeam in lower parts, beech in upper parts. The Vah valley is used for agriculture. The main products are cereals, sugar beet, animal feed, and pork. Deciduous forest after leaf fall Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). ...
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Spa
 The spa houses Napoleon (1822 - 1862). Piešťany spa has capacity 2 thousand beds (as of 2004) and treats over 40 thousand patients per year. More than 60% of clients are foreigners (mostly from Germany, Czech Republic, Israel, Arab countries, and Austria). The spa specializes in treatment of chronic rheumatic and arthritic diseases and post-accident lesions of joints and bones. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine, is devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases. ...
Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation) is a group of conditions that affect the health of the bone joints in the body. ...
The spa is located on the Spa Island between two branches of the Váh river, at the site of several hot springs with temperature 67-69 °C. The water originates in a tectonic break at 2,000 meters depth. The sulfate-carbonate water from the springs is used in pools and tubs. Sulfurous mud extracted from the bed of a side channel of the river is also used for treatment in the form of thermal mud pools with temperature 39 °C and for partial and full body packs. Spring water and mud therapy is complemented by electrotherapy, excercise, massage, medication, and diet. Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser A hot spring is a place where warm or hot groundwater issues from the ground on a regular basis for at least a predictable part of the year, and is significantly above the ambient ground temperature (which is usually around 55~57 F or...
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History First human settlement of the area dates to prehistoric times, about 80,000 years ago. People were attracted to the area by abundance of game in the vicinity of thermal springs that were not freezing in winter. Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ...
A small female statue called Venus of Moravany was found in a nearby village Moravany nad Váhom. It is made of mammoth ivory and dates to 22,800 BC. Today it is located in the museum in Bratislava Castle. Species Mammuthus columbi Columbian mammoth Mammuthus exilis Pygmy mammoth Mammuthus jeffersonii Jeffersonian mammoth Mammuthus meridionalis Mammuthus primigenius Wooly mammoth A mammoth (Russian mamont) is any of a number of an extinct genus of elephant, often with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. ...
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Another nearby village, Krakovany-Stráže, was a site of discovery of a collection of luxury items from glass, bronze, silver, and gold in three graves from 200 - 300 AD. Krakovany is small village near Piestany, birth place of Stefan Zazo, famous slovak rebel. ...
Piešťany was first mentioned in written records in 1113 (under the name Pescan). At that time it consisted of several smaller settlements. The medicinal springs were used already in Middle Ages. They were visited for example by the king Matthias Corvinus. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Matthias Corvinus (Mátyás in Hungarian, Matei Corvin in Romanian), (February 23, 1443 (?) - April 6, 1490) was one of the greatest Kings of Hungary, ruling between 1458 and 1490,he was also the rival King of Bohemia,and as so controled the most of Bohemia,and also,by surviving his rival...
The first book mentioning the Piešťany springs was "De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation" (About the Miraculous Waters of the Hungarian Monarchy) by Georgius Wernher, published in 1549 in Basel. In the 16th and 17th centuries Piestany suffered Turkish raids and anti-Habsburg uprisings. Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate...
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Throughout the centuries Piešťany were owned by different noble families; last of them, Erdődys, owned the area from 1720 to 1848, and the spa until 1940. Erdődys built the first spa buildings in 1778. They were damaged by destructive flood in 1813. In 1820 the spa buildings were expanded and remodeled in neo-classical style and named Napoleon spa. Erdődys also established the Spa park in this period. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ...
In the years 1889 to 1940 Winter family rented the spa from Erdődys and developed them to international fame. They improved spa treatment as well as accommodation and entertainment for visitors. They have built several spa buildings and hotels.
In 1945 Piešťany received the official status of a town, and in 1996 it became a seat of a district (okres). In 1959, Sĺňava water reservoir was built south of town. In late 1960s and 1970s more spa buildings were built.
July 5, 2001 three members of Irish Republican Army (IRA) were arrested in Piešťany. They were lured to a trap by agents of British secret service MI5 who were posing as arms dealers from Iraq. There are several paramilitary groups which claim or have claimed the title Irish Republican Army (IRA) and advocate a unitary Irish state with no ties to the United Kingdom. ...
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