Sights
M. R. Štefánik Memorial in the City Park
The M. R. Štefánik Memorial is located in the city park, near the Karol Pádivý Elementary School of Arts. It depicts the broken wing of the aircraft in which General M. R. Štefánik crashed on 4 May 1919 near Bratislava while returning home to Slovakia. Štefánik came from the Trenčín Region, from the village of Košariská, which is located in the Myjava district. ThePark M. R. Štefánika
Park M. R. Štefánika in Trenčín is one of the oldest city parks, with a history dating back more than 150 years. It connects the city centre with the railway and bus stations and offers a pleasant environment for walks and relaxation. During its existence, the park has undergone many changes, from floods and military events to modernisations and expansions. It is a place not only for relaxation but also for culture and monuments that recall the rich history of...
Relief of Ján Jiskra of Brandýs
In the years 1915–1916, on the castle rock near Hotel Elizabeth, the Relief of Victorious Hungary was carved, symbolizing the heroism of the former Kingdom of Hungary, accompanied by a Hungarian inscription, based on a design by sculptor Michal Kara. Due to its ideological incompatibility with the political line of the new republic, in 1921 the original relief was re-carved as the Relief of Ján...
Business Academy of Dr. M. Hodža
The Business Academy of Dr. M. Hodža, completed in 1936, is considered one of the most important gems of Slovak architecture built in the mid-1930s. It was the first larger and socially significant building in the Horná Sihoť district of Trenčín. It became a symbol of the city’s future prospects and economic prosperity, both for Trenčín and Slovakia. At the time, it was the most modern school building in Slovakia, equipped with...
Evangelical Cemetery in Trenčín
The Evangelical Cemetery in Trenčín is the resting place of many prominent figures in religious and socio-economic life. After the establishment of Luther’s Reformation in Trenčín, the Evangelicals owned, besides two churches and a lower grammar school, also cemeteries, which they lost in 1671 during re-Catholicization. The former city mayor D. Lipský, a Czech exile from Německý (today Havlíčkův) Brod, donated his garden in Horný Šiancec to...
Evangelical church
At the beginning of the 16th century, the ideas of Luther’s Reformation also took root in Trenčín. The Reformation was supported by the Iléšházi family, especially Gašpar Iléšházi. At that time, the Evangelical Church was the majority in Trenčín for a whole century. The parish church under the castle also belonged to the Evangelicals. In 1570, the first lower Evangelical grammar school in the city was established – the first of its kind in Trenčín.
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Notre Dame Monastery Church
The Notre Dame Monastery Church is also known among the people of Trenčín as the “Church by the Sisters.” School Sisters of Notre Dame came to Trenčín in 1921 and began working in both a kindergarten and an elementary school located near the church. The church was built in 1909 in a historicizing Neo-Romanesque style. The magnificent wall paintings with biblical motifs were created in 1924 by the well-known Slovak painter Peter J. Kern, who also painted 14 Stations...
Chapel of St. Anne
The chapel was built in 1789 in honor of St. Anne on the site of an older Gothic church that belonged to the city hospital. Baroque–Classicist main altar with a painting of St. Anne dates from the second half of the 18th century. The interior features a remarkable Rococo baptismal font and a late Baroque organ. In the center of the Prussian vault is a painting of the Holy Family, restored in 1886 by the Viennese painter Emil Czech. The church was painted by the local master...
Historic town hall
Meetings of the city magistrate were originally held in the houses of individual councilors. Later, in the mid-16th century, they moved to a purchased burgher house, which over time became unsuitable. Therefore, in 1663, the city magistrate bought a residential house on the square near the Lower City Gate. The Renaissance town hall building with a corner turret served its purpose until 1933. In 1934, due to poor structural condition, it was demolished, and a...
Early Baroque Monastic Complex
The building of the original Jesuit monastery college, located on Mierové Square, is today the seat of the Piarist Grammar School of J. Branecký. It was built between 1653 and 1662 on the site of four burgher houses, in close proximity to the Church of St. Francis Xavier. The four-storey complex consists of the college and the school, with an inner courtyard (paradise courtyard) in the centre. During the 17th and 18th...









