Nitra

Nitra (Hungarian: Nyitra / Nyitria [archaic]; German: Neutra ()) is a city in western Slovakia (and the fifth largest urban settlement in Slovakia) at the base of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley.

Nitra is one of the oldest cities in Slovakia. It existed as a town since at least the early 9th century.

 History 
Nitra is a city with special history. People have lived there for at least 6000 years. It was an important center of the Celts (in the last few hundred years BC), and later the seat of the first known rulers of what is today Slovak territory, i.e. of : 
 the Germanic Quadi around 396? (disputed) 
 the Slavic/Slovak Principality of Nitra:
 an independent state (late 8th century - 833)
 Principality of Nitra as part of Great Moravia (833 - ?907)
 Principality of Nitra under Hungarian rule (?925/970 - 1107) [between 1000 and 1030 temporarily under Polish rule ]

Nitra is also site of the first known Church in Central and Eastern Europe, built in 828.

 Population 

 Ethnic composition 

 Religion 

 Sister cities 
 Bački Petrovac, Serbia
 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
 Kroměříž, Czech Republic
 Naperville, Illinois, USA
 Osijek, Croatia
 Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
 Zielona Góra, Poland
 Zoetermeer, Netherlands

References

 Other websites 

 Official site

Category:Cities in Slovakia
Category:Nitra Region