Velký Meder
Encyclopedia
Veľký Meder is a town in the Dunajská Streda District
, Trnava Region
in southwestern Slovakia
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around 20 km south-east of Dunajská Streda
and 35 km north-west of Komárno
. Administratively, the town belongs to the Trnava Region, Dunajská Streda District.
The 9-hectare resort, partly on forest land, was originally built in 1974 and has been undergoing a process of rolling renovation since 2004. The water here comes out of the ground at 57 degrees Celsius but is cooled to the mid-30s before being fed into a bewildering array of indoor and outdoor pools. These are mostly of the waist-deep, wallow-at-your-leisure variety.
There is also a full-size conventional swimming pool and two water slides (with more planned), and the complex is filled with food outlets and surrounded by hotels and pensions of varying standards. It seems tremendously popular in summer, with people sprawled out on every spare scrap of lawn. This may be partly explained by its relatively low prices, at least compared to the newer thermal resorts elsewhere in Slovakia.
(13.5%), and there are small minorities of Czechs and Roma/Gypsies (both 0.7%).
Dunajská Streda District
Dunajská Streda District is a district in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia....
, Trnava Region
Trnava Region
The Trnava Region is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions.-Geography:It is located in the middlewest part of Slovakia and forms a territorial band between the Bratislava Region and the rest of Slovakia, between Austrian and Czech borders in the north and Hungarian border in the south...
in southwestern Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
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Geography
Veľký Meder lies in the eastern part of Great Rye Island, on the western border of historical Komárom CountyKomárom county
Komárom county was a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day southern Slovakia and north-western Hungary on both sides of the...
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around 20 km south-east of Dunajská Streda
Dunajská Streda
Dunajská Streda is a town in southern Slovakia . Dunajská Streda is the most important town of the Žitný ostrov region. It has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population is 23,562 -Name:...
and 35 km north-west of Komárno
Komárno
Komárno is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Komárno was formed from part of a historical town in Hungary situated on both banks of the Danube. Following World War I, the border of the newly created Czechoslovakia cut the historical, unified town in half,...
. Administratively, the town belongs to the Trnava Region, Dunajská Streda District.
Spa
The spa can be a little tricky to find, but once you get there, there's no missing it: the entrance, indoor pools and newer buildings are in a curious, brightly-coloured pseudo-Turkish style.The 9-hectare resort, partly on forest land, was originally built in 1974 and has been undergoing a process of rolling renovation since 2004. The water here comes out of the ground at 57 degrees Celsius but is cooled to the mid-30s before being fed into a bewildering array of indoor and outdoor pools. These are mostly of the waist-deep, wallow-at-your-leisure variety.
There is also a full-size conventional swimming pool and two water slides (with more planned), and the complex is filled with food outlets and surrounded by hotels and pensions of varying standards. It seems tremendously popular in summer, with people sprawled out on every spare scrap of lawn. This may be partly explained by its relatively low prices, at least compared to the newer thermal resorts elsewhere in Slovakia.
History
The first written record about Veľký Meder was in 1248 under name Villa Meger. Meder (Megyer) is the name of the ancient Hungarian Megyer tribe.Ethnic groups
According to the 2001 census, the most dominant group in the town are the Hungarians (84.6%), next are the SlovaksSlovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
(13.5%), and there are small minorities of Czechs and Roma/Gypsies (both 0.7%).