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History
Nové Mesto nad Váhom is an economic and cultury center of podjavorinský region.It stretches on Považie under the Beckovská brána which is near the river Váh and fertile lowland limited with mountains Malé Karpaty and Považský Inovec. Since 1886 Nové Mesto nad Váhom was a township.
Lands in the place of today's Nové Mesto nad Váhom were inhabited in the prehistoric ages, as many artefacts from the Stone and Bronze Ages were discovered. In the local part Mnešice a prehistoric settlement was discovered.
The first written record about Nové Mesto nad Váhom was in 1263, when King Bela IV granted freedoms for the loyalty during the Mongol invasions. It belonged to the Benedictine order, later to the Matúš Csák and others. It received its town privileges in 1550. Industry developed in the 19th century and was mainly focused at processing agricultural products.
