Dlhá Nad Váhom: Hotels, Landscape and Historical Traces

Dlhá nad Váhom lies on the left bank of the Váh River in the central part of the Danubian Lowland, a lower-lying region of the Danubian Lowland in southwestern Slovakia. Its distinctive landscape setting includes a narrow transverse levee between the floodplain of the Váh and the floodplain of the Jác stream. In the eastern part of the cadastral area, there are interconnected flat sand ridges that rise 1 to 3 metres above the surrounding plain. Former channels of the Váh are also still visible in the landscape around Dlhá nad Váhom.

Landscape

The geographical features remain closely connected with the river environment. The village is located not only on the left bank of the Váh, but also in a section of the Danubian Lowland whose lower-lying landscape is shaped by floodplains and low elevations. The former channels of the Váh remain recognisable in the landscape as historical waterways, while the sand ridges in the eastern cadastral area rise only 1 to 3 metres above the surrounding plain.

History

The history of the village stretches back through many eras. The cadastral area of Dlhá nad Váhom contains settlement traces from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Early and Late Iron Ages, the Roman period and the Middle Ages. The river’s history has also been preserved: in 1828, eleven mills were operating on the Váh near Dlhá nad Váhom. Another archaeological connection emerged in 1963, when local resident V. Takács handed over two mammoth teeth, a rhinoceros tooth, a rhinoceros joint bone and a deer antler to the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra.

Culture

Several monuments commemorate people and events from the village’s history. In front of the parish office stands a carved wooden monument to Dávid Mészáros. He was born in Dlhá nad Váhom, was a Roman Catholic priest and was executed in 1849 for anti-imperial statements. There is also a commemorative plaque at house no. 111 dedicated to Alajos Izsóf, who was likewise born in Dlhá nad Váhom and worked as a priest, editor, writer and traveller.

The village’s appearance also includes religious monuments from different periods. In Dlhá nad Váhom stands a Classicist wayside statue of Saint Florian dating from 1826. A statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1890 stands on the main road. The Church of the Most Holy Trinity is mentioned in a document from 1252. Today, it is a single-nave Empire-style building that was rebuilt in 1899. The church is in good condition and continues to be used for its religious purpose.

Folk Culture

The everyday life of past generations has also been preserved: for Dlhá nad Váhom, forms of folk cuisine and annual customs from the last hundred years can be reconstructed on the basis of ethnographic and historical descriptions as well as residents’ memories.

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Other places in the same area: Diakovce, Močenok, Tešedíkovo, Kráľová Nad Váhom, Šaľa, Vlčany, Hájske, Žihárec.

To the higher-level travel overview: Šaľa.