TRNAVA

tûrˈnävä, Ger. Tyrnau, Hung. Nagyszombat, city (1991 pop. 71,783), W central Slovakia. The market for a fertile agricultural region, it produces refined sugar, agricultural machinery, and railroad cars. The city is also a Roman Catholic episcopal see. Founded in the 6th or 7th cent., Trnava was a center of Slovak Catholicism in the Middle Ages; it is called the Slovak Rome because of its many churches and monasteries, notably the fine Gothic cathedral.

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books on: Trnava  - 68 results

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Ethnic Theatre in the United States
Book by Maxine Schwartz Seller; Greenwood Press, 1983
Subjects: Ethnic Theater--United States
...Hudobne a dramaticke umenie v Tmave v minulosti a dnes A Review of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Trnava, Past and Present ". In Trnava 1238-1938 . Trnava: Rada mesta Trnavy, 1938. pp. 156-70. An authoritative chapter on music and drama in...
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Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defense in Central and Eastern Europe
Book by Petr Pavlínek, John Pickles; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Environmental Policy--Europe, Eastern, Europe, Eastern--Economic Policy--1989-, Post-Communism--Europe, Eastern
...plynofikacia a priciny umrtia v okrese Trnava Air quality, conversion to natural gas household heating and mortality in the Trnava District , Hygiena 41, 2: 95-100. 1996b Pitna voda a priciny umrtnosti v okrese Trnava Drinking water and causes of mortality...
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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
...entered the seminary in 1778 and studied in Trnava, Vienna, and Bratislava. Ordained in...Ceklis, served in the vicars office in Trnava, and in 1797 became pastor in Nove Zamky...language used by educated Slovaks of the Trnava region and, hence, based his codification...
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Architecture and Revolution: Contemporary Perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe
Book by Neil Leach; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Architecture--Europe, Central--20th Century, Architecture--Europe, Central--Public Opinion, Architecture--Europe, Eastern--20th Century, Architecture--Europe, Eastern--Public Opinion
...We passed a few kilometers from Trnava where Michael Klein my grandfather was born. I have never been there. But Trnava exists in the Atlas. At the time...Bohemian. An inhabitant of Turnau of Trnava. One day Dr Franz Kafka of Prague...
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Local Communities and Post-Communist Transformation: Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Book by Simon Smith; Routledge Courzon, 2003
Subjects: Civil Society--Czech Republic, Civil Society--Czechoslovakia, Civil Society--Slovakia, Post-Communism--Czech Republic, Post-Communism--Czechoslovakia, Post-Communism--Slovakia
...the nuclear power plant in Jaslovske Bohunice near Trnava to meet the management of the plant, an international womens march from Bratislava to Trnava, a happening in Trnava and a similar action in Bratislava, demonstrations...
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journal articles on: Trnava  - 15 results

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The Rise and Fall of Investment Companies in Slovakia
Journal article by Eric R. Hake; Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Investment companies--Research, Slovakia--Business and industry
...1998 period can be seen in the so-called Trnava Group, as depicted in Figure 1. Centered around the HZDS regional organization in Trnava chaired by Vladimir Poor is the Trnava Group, which has controlled important enterprises...
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A History of Lutheran Hymnody in Slovakia
Journal article by Cathryn Wilkinson; The Hymn, Vol. 58, 2007
...Sylvan (1493-1573), who was born in Trnava in western Slovakia.24 He worked as...Reformation, for example, Bratislava, Trnava, Levoca, Bardejov, Spisska Nova Ves...Reformation, the Cantus Catholici published in Trnava in 1655. The succeeding editions of the...
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Events
Journal article by Carly Smith; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 25, 2005
...Festival was held from September 23 to September 28 in Nitra, Trnava, and Bratislava, Slovakia. The festival highlighted new work...HaCompany of Brno, Czech Republic, at the J. Palarik Theatre, Trnava, Slovakia, on September 26. POWERPOINT by Luke Wright, Ross...
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Children's Literature in (Czecho) Slovakia: Ideological Inheritance from a Communist Past
Journal article by Branislav Pupala, Ondrej Kascak, Zuzana Petrova, Tata J. Mbugua; Childhood Education, Vol. 87, 2011
Subjects: All About Doggie and Pussycat (Fictional work)--Criticism and interpretation, Children's literature--Analysis, Czech Republic--History, Czech Republic--Social aspects, Danka and Janka (Fictional work)--Criticism and interpretation, Slovakia--History, Slovakia--Social aspects
...Associate Professor, and Zuzana Petrova is Assistant Professor, University of Trnava, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool and Elementary School Education, Trnava, Slovakia. Tata J. Mbugua is Associate Professor, Education Department...
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Workgroup Report: Drinking-Water Nitrate and Health-Recent Findings and Research Needs
Journal article by Mary H. Ward, Theo M. Dekok, Patrick Levallois, Jean Brender, Gabriel Gulis, Bernard T. Nolan, James Vanderslice; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: World Health Organization
...nitrate in municipal drinking water and cancer incidence in Trnava District, Slovakia. Environ Res 88:182-187. Gupta SK...Denmark University and Department of Public Health, University of Trnava, Slovakia; (6) U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia...
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magazine articles on: Trnava  - 3 results

 
 
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Student Mobility in the European Union
Magazine article by Elaina Loveland; International Educator, Vol. 17, November 2008
Subjects: Developing countries--LDCs, Higher education, Industrialized nations, International relations, Lifelong learning, Personal development, Students, Study abroad
...Committee before stepping down in 2004 to take up his Commission post. From 1995 to 2000 he lectured in international relations at Trnava University. He holds an engineering degree from Technical University in Kosice, from which he graduated in 1983. He also...
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Central Europe's Investment Drive
Magazine article by Nicholas Spiro; Global Finance, Vol. 18, April 2004
Subjects: EU membership, Eastern Europe, Economic conditions, Emerging markets, European Union, Expansion, Foreign investment, Manycountries
...Hyundai deal is the second major automotive investment in Slovakia in little over a year after Frances PSA Peugeot Citroen chose Trnava, in the western-half of the country, as the site for a new $745 million plant. The Czech Republic has also lured foreign...
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Bach in der Weiner Schubertkirche
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 40, December 2006
...this Viennese church. Modest in size, its clear voices bloom in the gracious acoustic. Stanislav Surin was born in 1971 in Trnava, Slovakia. He is an active musical force in his homeland, and a fine Bach player. His solid performances of the Preludes...


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newspaper articles on: Trnava  - 113 results

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Welsh Architects in Pounds 62m Slovak Project; HOLDERMATHIASEXPANDS ITSCONTINENTALACTIVITIES
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 29, 2010
...000sq m fashion outlet project in the Trnava region around 29 miles north-east of...capital of the eastern European country. Trnava was identified as a potential "development...investment, the areas secure markets ranked Trnava at number 10. The first phase of the...
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Peugeot Workers Join Gloomy May Day March on the Capital
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 2, 2006
Subjects: Automobile industry, Peugeot S.A., Transportation equipment industry
...state aid anomalies. Peugeot is building the new 207 at the Trnava plant in Slovakia instead of at Coventry where the ageing 206...phased out with the loss of 2,300 jobs. Mr Nattrass claims Trnava has received pounds 73 million in state aid, 15 per cent of...
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Did We Subsidise Peugeot Jobs Axe?
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 4, 2006
Subjects: Automobile industry--Downsizing, Peugeot S.A.--Downsizing, Transportation equipment industry--Downsizing
...Slovakian Government to provide details of aid going into the Trnava factory in Slovakia, where Peugeot is building the new 207...workers jobs. Mr Nattrass, a UK Independence Party MEP, claimed Trnava received pounds 73 million in state aid, 15 per cent of the...
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Hain Backing 'Wronged' Ryton Workers
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 15, 2006
Subjects: Peugeot S.A.--Production management, Transportation equipment industry--Production management
...not to go ahead with the pounds 240 million extension of the Trnava plant in Slovakia, to make the new model to replace the 206...well. "But, now they are cutting back on their investment at Trnava as well, shows that Peugeot chief executive Jean Martin Folzs...
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Football: I'M TO BLAME SAYS TOSH; EURO 2008 GROUP D: SLOVAKIA V WALES ANTON MALATINSKY STADIUM, TODAY, 5.30PM Boss Admits He Handled Bellers Baby Crisis Badly
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 12, 2007
...Byline: By MARK CURRIE Chief Sports Writer reporting from Trnava WALES manager John Toshack yesterday shouldered much of the...striker, who has returned to lead the side against Slovakia in Trnava this evening, pulled out on the day of the Cardiff clash because...
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encyclopedia articles on: Trnava  - 4 results

 
 
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Trnava
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRNAVA tur nava, Ger. Tyrnau, Hung. Nagyszombat, city (1991 pop. 71,783...is also a Roman Catholic episcopal see. Founded in the 6th or 7th cent., Trnava was a center of Slovak Catholicism in the Middle Ages; it is called the Slovak...
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Slovakia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...dammed for 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...
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Tyrnau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TYRNAU see Trnava , Slovakia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nagyszombat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAGYSZOMBAT see Trnava , Slovakia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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