Gbely
Sign in to saveGbely (German and Hungarian: Egbell) is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia, close to the Czech border.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Gbely
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Gbely - catholic church - panoramio.jpg
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Gbely-skalica-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Gbely.png
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Skalica District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Trnava Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Gbely in the Trnava Region##Location of Gbely in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Jozef Hazlinger
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1392
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 172
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Slovak place.postal_code
- 908 45
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Notable Resident
- Twin towns — sister cities
- See also
- References
- Genealogical resources
- External links
Gbely (German and Hungarian: Egbell) is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia, close to the Czech border.
==History== The first written record about Gbely was in 1392. It gained town rights in the 16th–17th centuries. Petroleum was discovered in 1912 and extraction started in 1914.
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