NITRA

nyĭˈträ, Ger. Neutra, Hung. Nyitra, city (1991 pop. 89,969), W Slovakia, on the Nitra River, a tributary of the Danube. It is an agricultural market center and has extensive food-processing industries. Dating from Roman times, Nitra was important from the 9th cent. onward as a religious center and fortress. It became a free city by royal decree in 1248 and was made a Roman Catholic bishopric in 1288. Nitra's bishopric church and a castle (founded c.830) are the oldest structures in Slovakia. The city also has an agricultural college.

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books on: Nitra  - 113 results

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The Changing Landscape in Eastern Europe: A Personal Perspective on Philanthropy and Technology Transfer
Book by Richard E. Quandt; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Economic Assistance--Europe, Eastern, Economics--Europe, Eastern--Endowments, Library Science--Europe, Eastern--Endowments, Management--Europe, Eastern--Endowments, Technology Transfer--Europe, Eastern
...undergraduates could be left in the hands of the Nitra faculty. They particularly wanted to strengthen...create research contacts between Cornell and Nitra faculty members. All this was sensible...programs such as the Cornell program at Nitra. After due deliberation, the Foundation...
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Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Central Europe
Book by Anton Spiesz, Dusan Caplovic, Ladislaus J. Bolchazy; Bolchazy-Carducci, 2006
Subjects: Slovakia--History
...sprang up along the middle flow of the Nitra River from which it took the name the Nitranian...Principality. It was in this period, too, that Nitra became a fortified town. Christianity...missionaries. Citadels sprang up on the middle Nitra River in Turiec County, on the middle...
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Pan-Slavism: Its History and Ideology
Book by Hans Kohn; Vintage Books, 1953
Subjects: Panslavism
...early 19th century." The Slavonic Review X , 30 April, 1932 , 588-601. 10. The popular song began: Nitra mila, Nitra, ty vysoka Nitra! Kde ze su tie casy, v ktorych si ty kvitla ? . . . Stur himself wrote poems glorifying Nitra: see Josef...
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Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788-907
Book by Charles R. Bowlus; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Subjects: Danube River Valley--History, Europe, Central--History
...Nytra , which Boba identifies with modern Nitra, but not necessarily with Nitrava in the...the Hungarians from crossing the river Nitra, but his forces were badly defeated and...was captured and hanged on a hill near Nitra, "which to this day is called mons Zubur...
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The World of Theatre: An Account of the World's Theatre Seasons 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002
Book by Ian Herbert, Nicole Leclercq; Routledge, 2003
...Prague. In recent year he has returned to Nitra and Bratislava, where he has staged several...Turzonovova) in the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra. Nor should we omit Bednariks successful...Moravek in the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra. The production was presented in the Thalia...
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Events
Journal article by Carly Smith; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 25, 2005
...August 19 to 22. The Forteenth Divadelna Nitra International Theatre Festival was held from September 23 to September 28 in Nitra, Trnava, and Bratislava, Slovakia...Millenaris, at the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, Slovakia, on September 23. Ignorant...
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The Other Comes to Holland: Paradise Regained? Festival in the Netherlands
Journal article by Dasha Krijanskaia; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 25, 2005
Subjects: Arts festivals, Culture, Netherlands, Theater
...international festivals as Dialog in Wroclaw, Poland; Nitra in Nitra, Slovakia; Sibiu in Sibiu, Romania; and the Theorem...It is no surprise then that festivals in Wroclaw, Nitra, and Sibiu, for the most part, present regional European...
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Post-yugoslavian Ethnomusicologies in Dialogue
Journal article by Naila Ceribasic, Ana Hofman, Ljerka Vidic Rasmussen; Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 40, 2008
...four years later, after the war, at the ICTM conference in Nitra. The photos were taken in the late 1980s in Banija, the region...presentation was very warmly received among the ICTM audience in Nitra. These two examples soundly illustrate how the war ethnography...
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Events
Journal article; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 26, 2006
...new play by David Gooderson, at POSK Theatre in London, U.K., from September 19 to 21. The Divadelna Nitra Festival was held in Nitra, Slovakia, from September 22 to 27. Productions included: Woyzeck by Georg Buchner, directed by Maja...
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Events
Journal article by Christopher Silsby; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 28, 2008
...adapted by Roman Polak from short stories by Frantisek Svantner, Margita Figuli and Dobroslav Chrobak, Andrej Bagar Theatre, Nitra. Birthday by Christopher McKey, directed by the creative ensemble, SkRAT Theatre, Bratislava. Before/After by Roland...
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Around the World in 180 Days
Magazine article by Eliza Bent, Covey Crolius; American Theatre, Vol. 24, May-June 2007
Subjects: Festivals--Directories, Theater--Fairs and festivals
...www.singaporetheatrefestival.com Aug 2-20. SLOVAKIA International Theatre Festival Divadelna Nitra, Svatoplukovo nam. 4, 950 53 Nitra; (421) 37-6524-870; www.nitrafest.sk Sep 21-26. Zvolen Castle Festival, Zamocke hry...
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Festival Hunting
Magazine article by Jenni M. Loer, Nicole Estvanik Taylor; American Theatre, Vol. 26, May-June 2009
Subjects: Drama festivals
...421) 2-5930-4780; www.novadrama.sk; MAY 11-16. International Theatre Festival Divadelna Nitra, Svatoplukovo nam. 4, 950 53 Nitra; (421) 37-6524-870; www.nitrafest.sk; SEP 25-30. Zvolen Castle Festival, Zamocke hry...
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A Parade of Festivals: March Your Way to One of 195 Cities in Our Annual Listing of Theatre Events from May through September
Magazine article by Jessica Showers, Nicole Estvanik Taylor, Jessica Lewis; American Theatre, Vol. 28, May-June 2011
Subjects: Festivals, Theater companies--Fairs and festivals
...Singapore; (65) 6348-5555; www.singaporeartsfest.com; May 13-Jun 5. SLOVAKIA Divadelna Nitra International Theatre Festival, Nitra; (421) 37-6524-870; www.nitrafest.sk; Sep 23-28. Festival Nova Drama, Bratislava...
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Festivals All in a Row
Magazine article by Nicole Estvanik, K. Sarah Dell'Orto; American Theatre, Vol. 23, May-June 2006
Subjects: Festivals--Calendars, Theater--Calendars
...9589; www.singaporeartsfest.com Jun 1-25. SLOVAKIA International Theatre Festival Divadelna Nitra, Svatoplukovo nam. 4, 950 53 Nitra, Slovakia; 037-6524-870; www.nitrafest.sk; Sep 22-27. Zvolen Castle Festival, Zamocke...
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World's Eye View
Magazine article by Eliza Bent, S. Holland Bivins, Nicole Estvanik; American Theatre, Vol. 25, May-June 2008
Subjects: Festivals--Calendars
...2-59-30-47-02; www.novadrama.sk May 9-14. International Theatre Festival Divadelna Nitra, Svatoplukovo nam. 4, 950 53 Nitra; (421) 37-6524-870; www.nitrafest.sk Sep 26-Oct 1. Zvolen Castle Festival, Zamocke hry...
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Nitra Group Visiting for City's Birthday
Newspaper article by Jake Griffin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 10, 2006
Subjects: Courier services, Express delivery services, FedEx Corp.
Nitra Group Visiting for Citys Birthday. by Jake...sister city. A six-member contingent from Nitra, Slovakia, is coming to Naperville on Tuesday...have to vote. Tuesday is election day in Nitra, and the ballots already are waiting for...
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Public Art Project Spreads to Sister City
Newspaper article by Jake Griffin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 27, 2006
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations, Public art
...Lachka decided her nonprofit organization in Nitra could benefit from a similar fundraising promotion. The money Nitra collects from its public art display will...said. Instead of animals, though, the Nitra Community Fund sculptures will be of 5...
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Almost like Home Slovak Official Meets Up with Countrymen during Visit to City
Newspaper article by Jake Griffin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 16, 2006
...from Napervilles Sister City and Surkos hometown of Nitra, Slovakia. The 48-year-old diplomat is based...coincidence, simply coincidence. Im proud to be a native of Nitra, but I left Nitra after completing my secondary education. My wife is...
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Sister Cities to Share Advice in Naperville State Convention Bringing 30 Illinois Towns Together
Newspaper article by Kimbriell Granderson; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 6, 2000
...Towns Together. by Kimbriell Granderson Nitra, Slovakia, was never fond of baseball...introduced the game a few years ago. Now Nitra has its first Little League team and is...supply a few baseball hats and mitts. But Nitra might not have had its league at all if...
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Churches Reach beyond Borders on Mission Trips
Newspaper article by Laura Zahn Pohl; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 24, 2004
...the newly built Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Nitra, Slovakia. Naperville and Nitra have been sister cities for more than a decade...Lutheran Churchs high school youth choir first visited Nitra in 1999 when the church building was not yet complete...
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Nitra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NITRA nyi tra, Ger. Neutra, Hung. Nyitra...1991 pop. 89,969), W Slovakia, on the Nitra River, a tributary of the Danube. It is...processing industries. Dating from Roman times, Nitra was important from the 9th cent. onward...
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Slovakia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...hydroelectric power. Major cities include Bratislava and Komarno , which are the major Danubian ports; and Kosice , Trnava , and Nitra . Slovaks comprise more than 85% of the population; other groups include Hungarians (about 10%), Gypsies, and Czechs...
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VÁh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rising in the High Tatra, and the Cierny Vah, rising in the Low Tatra, and flows SW into the Danube at Komarno. The Orava and Nitra rivers are its chief tributaries. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Neutra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEUTRA see Nitra , Slovakia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nyitra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NYITRA see Nitra , Slovakia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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