Welcome to Trenčín

The town of Trenčín is dominant and also a district town of the Trenčin region. You will fall for it on the first sight – it is a town of relax, fun culture with a pleasant atmosphere. Its historical centre is full of valuable and cultural sights above which is for centuries towering the largest city castle complex - the majestic Trenčín castle.
Trenčín lies in the valley of the river Váh. Surrounded by mountains – Biele Karpaty (White Carpathians) from the west, Považský Inovec from the south and Strážovské mountains from the east.
The geographical advantages became of strategic importance and are related to the development of this town in the past. Stone age settling of the Trenčín locality is confirmed from archaeological findings. Original proof regarding the presence of Roman legions on Slovak land is the roman inscription carved into the Trenčín castle rock.
It is a memorial to the victory of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius over Quadi tribes in year 179. The starting of the town can be traced underneath the massive castle in a trade settlement mentioned in the year 1111 on the old route from the ford under the hill Brezina. History of the castle and of town was for following centuries very closely connected. The largest boom was in 1275, when the castle became property of Matúš Čák, ruler of most of present day Slovakia. During the middle ages Trenčín gained privileges and advantages, the trades and skills were being developed, there were annual markets and from the year 1380 there was a brewery. Thanks to King Žigmund Trenčín became of city of kings in 1412 with the freedom of kings. It also experienced plenty of catastrophes mainly suffered from wars. The development of the town did not stop and from the second half of the 19th century when Trenčín became an important business and industrial centre of the Vah Valley (Považie). Today it has almost 60,000 inhabitants and is the seat of Trenčín district. Thanks to its location it does not lack investors and belongs to one of the dynamically developing towns in Slovakia. Quality schools are secured by two high schools and two universities – Trenčín university of Alexander Dubček and a branch of the American City University Bellevue.

Thousands of visitors come to the town to see Trenčín castle in its full beauty and to hear the most famous myth about the well of love. Stories from the past are told by museums, galleries and will feast your eyes, castle rock will remind of roman times when Trenčín was known as Laugarício.

The city breaths colourful and cultural social city life especially during the summer. Come and have fun at the largest open-air festival of Slovakia - Pohoda, visit the film festival ArtFilm, in August Trenčianske historické a hradné slávnosti (Trenčín historical and castle celebrations) or autumn festival of traditional folk entertainment Pri Trenčianskej (at Trenčian’s gate), or take advantage of the other options on how to spend time pleasantly in our town. The number of cultural events, interesting things and tourist attractions are not only offered by the town of Trenčín, but by the whole region.

The highest located railway station in the region and at the same time starting point towards the highest peak around - Inovec, can be found in Mníchova Lehota. The village of the year 2001 is Soblahov and Pominovec – Sedmerovec by an old church. The oldest pilgrimage places in Slovakia, Skalka nad Váhom also attracts many tourists and pilgrimages. Close to Trenčianske Teplice with rich streams of mineral water and well-known spas a wide range of possibilities of active rest and relax are offered. So enter our town and region through our web pages.
Photo: Ctibor Bachratý