- the oldest free royal city in , the synonym „The small Roma“ due to it´s spiritual and cultural tradition coat of arms

Trnava region History  1211 – The first written reference of Trnava  1238 – Ugrian king Belo IV. awarded Trnava the privileges of free royal town and Trnava became the first free royal town on the territory of present Slovakia. Trnava belonged to the biggest towns in the middle Europe in the 13th century.  1347 – The oldest seal of Trnava was justified  1543 – Ostrihom Archbishopric and canonry moved to Trnava and the town became for nearly three hundred years cultural and religious centre of Ugrian empire.  1635 - Cardinal Peter Pázmany established Trnava University, which was the only one university in the Ugrian empire at the time of its activity.  1831 – The first stone Slovak theatre was build in Trnava.  1846 – The first horse railway in was installed into operation, line – Trnava.  1977 – Establishment of the Slovak Clerical Province with the seat in Trnava  1987 – Proclamation of historic centre as the City monumental zone  1992 – Re-opening of Trnava University  1996 – Trnava became the regional seat  2003 – Signing of contract on the building-up the factory PSA – Peugeot Citroën  2003 – The Pope Ján Pavol II. visited Trnava. Historical monuments

 A monumental city fortification  town hall and town tower  Cathedral Church of St. (Cathedral -National cultural monument)  Temple of St. Nicolas (Basilica Minor)  Trnava University buildings  ´s palace as well as many town houses and squares with sculptures can be found in Trnava.  They all represent typical features of the royal town, that became also the seat of the archbishop and Trnava University.  Trnava is also called Little for 13 churches.

Economy and industry

 The belongs at present time into the most important and vivid districts in Slovakia.  Traditional branches are food-processing, machine and chemical industry, agriculture, research and development in nuclear energy. Further progress in machine, electrotechnical and chemical industry has been recently achieved by arrival of foreign investors - SONY Slovakia, American company John Manwille Slovakia, PSA – Peugeot Citroën and Corean company Samsung Slovakia. Culture

 New Year´s concert, concert of classical music – January 1st  Representative ball of the city of Trnava (proceeds from the ball is dedicated for charita purposes) – February  Trnava Music Spring, cycle of classic music concerts, March, May  Lumen, international festival of gospel music- May  International Vocal Competition of Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský, bienale, welknown event aimed into surching of the young talented singers - May,  Dobrofest, bienale international festival of country and bluegrass music, dances and world music - May  Trnava Cultural Summer - focused of the events of relax style almost at every type of art, June, July, August,  Concerts of Brass Music, every Sunday at Bernolák´s park, summer  Concerts of popular music, music groups from Trnava and region present themselves on St. Trinity square  Wanderlust Street Theatre, theatre performances at the open area in the historical city centre, June  Trnava JAZZyk, jazz festival, August  Summer kinematograph, review of the Czech and Slovak films on St. Trinity Square  Trnava Gate, international folklore festival  Trnava Organ Days, international festival of organ music - August, September  Traditional Trnava Market , continues in tradition of medieval markets, show of folk crafts, gastronomy, traditional and modern culture – September  Exhibition of Posters in Trnava, ( trienale,) international exhibition of posters (2006) – September to December  Trnava Days, (love, peace, understanding) - meeting of outstanding Trnava persons living in abroad connected with Galaprogram – September  Trnava Music Autumn, cycle of concerts of classical music - October, November  Trnava Choir Days, international festival of singing choirs – October  DIV – Theatre Inspirational Performances, festival of alternative theatre - November  Christmas Market, market connected with a rich cultural programme and charity activities - December Education  There are 19 kindergartens, 8 elementary schools, 1 elementary school with a kindergarten, 2 elementary art schools and a Centre of Leisure Time – Kalokagatia in the city. Thanks to 16 secondary schools and 3 universities situated in the city it has a very good educational structure of secondary school leavers and university graduates.  Universities in Trnava: - Material and Technological Faculty of the Slovak Technical University in Trnava - University of St. Cyril and Methodius - Trnava University Sport  Traditional sport – football, hockey, basketball, volleyball, tennis, handball, shorttrack, figure skating, couple dancing, gymnastics, international athletics meeting.  Trnava Sport Games  Exchange events  Challenge Day  Kalokagatia – international Olympic Games for children  The Sport Programme for Traditional Trnava's Fair (car races of small offroads, basketball, cycling, shorttrack speed scating)  Trnava's days of the physical culture, various sport programe at the turn of old and new year Relax and trip opportunities  There is a recreation area Kamenný Mlyn with a reservation Trnava ponds at the edge of the city.  Mountain Malé Karpaty spreads in the surrounding. It offers a wide range of opportunities for hiking and cyclotourism and trips to Driny Cave or castles , Červený Kameň, etc.  Sport facilities: City Sport Hall, City Ice-Stadium, Football stadium of A.Malatinský, several city sport areas Shooting range Štrky, Squash Centre, two indoor swimming pools and three summer swimming pools. International cooperation

City of Trnava cooperates on bilateral contract base with these cities:  Břeclav () – www.breclav.org  (Italy) - www.comune.casale- monferrato.al.it  Fuding (China), Fujian province, Fuding City is situated in the northeast of Ningde and next to Zhejiang Province  (Slovenia) - www.novomesto.si  (Germany) - www.sangerhausen.de  Scranton (U.S.A.) - www.scrantonpa.gov  (Hungary) - www.szombathely.hu  Varaždín (Croatia) - www.varazdin.hr  () - www.um.zabrze.pl Břeclav the Czech republic  Cooperation since 70-tieth, active contacts  26 000 inhabitants  Distance from Trnava 87 km  Cultural activities (folk, art exhibitions), cooparation with galleries, Czech and Slovak civil association, partnership of secondary schools, traditional football matches of the city polices Casale Monferrato Italy  Near Turin, Piedmont region, fortified town in 1220  Partneship coming from the previous regime, renewed agreement in 1993  36 000 inhabitants  1087 km far from Trnava  Partnerships between Business Academy and Grammar school in Trnava – secondary schools in Casale Monferrato (exchange of students)  Wine tradition, participation at the wine competition Sangerhausen Germany  Partnership from the previous regime, renewed agreement about partnership in 1995  Town in Saxony-Anhalt, 50 km west of Halle  30 000 inhabitants  Distance from Trnava 750 km  Sangerhausen is home to the Europa – Rosarium, the largest collection of roses in the world, created in 1903  Partnership between grammar schools, exchange of students Novo mesto Slovenia  Partnership from 2007  70 km east of Ljubljana, metropolis of Dolenjska region, lies on the banks of the Krka river  Distance from Trnava 470 km  40 000 inhabitants  Krka – pharmaceutical company  Automobile industry (Renault)  Wine (locally produced „cvicek“) Szombathely Hungary  Partnership since 1991  name Savaria, Claudius colony of Savarians (45 A.D.), capital of Pannonia Superior province of the Roman Empire  Important trade route  County Vas  80 000 inhabitants  Distance from Trnava 210 km  Active cooperation in many spheres Varaždin Croatia  Partnership from 2000  city 80 km north of Zagreb, seat of Varaždin county, 420 km from Trnava  Established by king Bela III. in 1181  45 000 inhabitants  The most active city  Many projects – partner cities involved Zabrze Poland  Partnership from 1993  Wojewodstvo Silesian  190 000 inhabitants, established in 13th century, town rights from 1922  340 km far from Trnava  Active cooperation in the field of culture, sport, education, youth activities International cooperation

 CENTROPE - Central European region - headquarter in Vienna and in Bratislava (involved cities and regions from 4 bordering countries)  Cooperation Network of the Middle Sized European Cities (headquarter in St. Pölten, ) Centrope – Central European Region The best of East and West for international companies in the Heart of the New Europe

 The diversity of qualities in the economic area and living space CENTROPE offers numerous still unused opportunities for cooperations and innovation. The initiative CENTROPE supports the process of integration by a systematic developement of communication structures, matching of common interests and the realisation of pilot projects for a dynamic growth in the 4- countries border region of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria (all of which can be found within a radius of 200 km)  www.centrope.com Cooperation Network

 Willingness to co-operate with the member towns. Distribution of the idea of the network. Willingness for intensive exchange of opinions, participation in the spring and autumn sessions.  Organisation and financing of expert meetings.  No membership fee is raised from the towns.  Cca 40 member European cities  www.staedtenetz-werk.at Projects  Interesting projects with partner cities: - Varaždin: CultNet (culture), Youth Meetings (edu programme), Vadima project (education for teachers) - V4 countries: – folklore festival - Szombathely, Casale Monf., Varaždin, Břeclav: „Vino Tirnavia“ – presentation of wine - Szombathely: Gastronomy days, Slovak day, Journey of st. Martin Journey of st. Martin, European Park - Zabrze: Town twinning (Day of Zabrze, Day of Trnava, Trnava on photos, painting) - Nomination for the title Capital of Culture for the year 2013 – support of all partner cities - „Trnky-Brnky“ – cult project with Brno (crossborder project) - Many sport projects - In the past: youth project (16 European cities involved), N.E.W.S. project (Nicaragua-Slovakia- Holland) Benefits:  Information about partner cities, knowledge of life style  Exchange experiences, ideas, opinions (various fields)  Role of culture – connection to the citizens in partner cities  Role of sport – competitions  Finding new friends, creating friendships  Better and easier solving problems Problems:  None  Only financial problem and time   International events  Vocal Competition of Mikuláš Schneider Trnavský  Trnava Organ Days  Dobrofest  Lumen  Fire Competition (Trnavas)  Grand Prix Tirnavia (dances)  Youth and Creative Art (organized by Zabrze)  Football matches

more information: City of Trnava, Slovakia Mayor´s Office Hlavná 1, 917 71 Trnava tel.: ++421 33 3236 345 fax: ++421 33 3236 399 e-mail: [email protected] Ing. Viera Malatinková – foreign relations dpt. Thank you for your attention..