- 20-11-2018 11:30
- Velizar Petrov
In implementation of the project "INSiGHTS
- INtegrated Slow, Green and Healthy Tourism Strategies"
under the Programme for transregional cooperation "Danube" 2014-2020
in November in Komarno, Slovakia will be held the 7th thematic meeting
and 5th meeting of project
Steering Committee
Komárno (Hungarian: Komárom), a town in South 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 and
the Treaty of Trianon, the border of the newly created Czechoslovakia cut the
historical, unified town in half, creating two new towns. The smaller part,
based on the former suburb of Újszőny, is in present-day Hungary as Komárom
(the historical Hungarian town had the same name). Komárno and Komárom are
connected by the Elisabeth Bridge, which used to be a border crossing between
Slovakia and Hungary until border checks were lifted due to the Schengen Area
rules.
Komárno is Slovakia's principal port on the
Danube. It is also the centre of the Hungarian community in Slovakia, which
makes up roughly 60% of the town's population.