Čachtice
Sign in to saveČachtice (, ) is a village in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in western Slovakia with a population of 4,010 (as of 2014).
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Čachtice
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Cachtice z Velkeho Plesivca.jpg
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Cachtice-nove_mesto_nad_vahom-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Cachtice erb.jpg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Nové Mesto nad Váhom District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Trenčín Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Čachtice in the Trenčín Region##Location of Čachtice in Slovakia
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1263
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 182
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 916 21
- Slovak place.area_code
- +421 32
- Slovak place.registration_plate
- NM
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Castle
- Genealogical resources
- Monuments
- Transport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Čachtice (, ) is a village in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in western Slovakia with a population of 4,010 (as of 2014).
The village is situated between the Danubian Lowland and the Little Carpathians. It is best known for the ruins of the nearby Čachtice Castle, home of Erzsébet Báthory. The castle stands on a hill featuring rare plants, and the area was declared a national nature reserve (Čachtický hradný vrch) for this reason.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Čachtice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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