20 Facts About Nitra

Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra.

Nitra is one of the oldest cities in Slovakia; it was the political center of the Principality of Nitra.

Nitra might be derived from the old Indo-European root neit-, nit- meaning "to cut" or "to burn" using a derivation element -r- .

Development of Nitra was temporarily slowed down after the disintegration of Great Moravia.

However, Nitra did not follow the fate of other prominent Great Moravian centres, and until the 13th century it preserved its status as a prestigious centre.

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Finally, Nitra became an integral part of the Kingdom of Hungary and the seat of several Arpads princes.

Nitra continued to be the seat of the Nitra county, until it was dissolved in 1928.

In 1933, Nitra played an important role in the Slovak autonomist movement when the Pribina's Celebration turned to the largest demonstration against Czechoslovakism.

The period of the First Slovak Republic was tragic for the numerous Jewish population of Nitra, which was first victimized by the anti-Jewish law and then mostly exterminated in German concentration camps .

Slovak historians believe that Nitra is the location of the oldest Slovakian Jewish community.

Notable religious structures located in Nitra are St Emmeram's Cathedral in Nitra castle, a Piarist church of St Ladislaus and the adjacent monastery.

The Nitra Synagogue serves as a permanent exhibition space for graphic works by the Nitra-born Israeli artist Shraga Weil.

Nitra's enterprises were brewery, grain mill, food processing plants and other food-related industries.

Nitra is supported by the following political parties: Smer-SD, KDH, SNS, SF and HZD.

Nitra used to be the site of the Jewish school Yeshiva of Nitra, the last surviving yeshiva in occupied Europe during World War II, associated with famous rabbis Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl and Shmuel Dovid Ungar.

Nitra is connected to Bratislava, Trnava, Ziar nad Hronom, Zvolen and Banska Bystrica by a freeway .

Nitra has one train connection with Prague via Piestany, Trencin, Uhersky Brod, Olomouc and Pardubice.

Nitra has its own recreational airfield; it hosts the factory of the Aeropro Eurofox ultralight.

Nitra is the home town of popular Slovak music bands Gladiator, Horkyze Slize, Desmod, Zoci Voci and Borra.

Nitra hosted the final tournament of the 2019 rink bandy league.