Horné Dubové – Culture, History and Holiday Apartment

Horné Dubové combines a distinctive sacred history with monuments, personal life stories and a landscape that still echoes in the village’s name. The village’s most significant monument is considered to be the Baroque Roman Catholic Church of St. Martin.

Culture

The present form of the Church of St. Martin dates back to 1720. At that time, it was rebuilt over the ruins of an earlier Gothic church. The two bells also tell of different periods: the large bell was commissioned by the community as early as 1695, while the small bell was acquired in 1795. The village’s furnishings and monument landscape also include the statue of the Sacred Heart, which was erected in Horné Dubové on 3 July 1927.

The dates of the church and its bells place the visible sacred history in chronological context. The rebuilding of 1720 stands alongside the older and later elements of the church surroundings. This creates a village landscape in which architectural history, liturgical furnishings and public remembrance are interconnected, while the individual monuments retain their own chronological context.

Another statue, the Madonna and Child, is also among the monuments of Horné Dubové. Together with St. Martin’s Church, it forms a cultural reference point where different periods and forms of religious remembrance can be read, without reducing the village to a single building.

History

Horné Dubové is also associated with notable personalities and preserved texts. Emil Krapka was born in Horné Dubové on 17 July 1925. Krapka, who was born there, was a Jesuit, theologian, clandestine teacher, organist and spiritual father. The parish archives also preserve sermons delivered by the Slovak writer Juraj Fándly to the inhabitants of Horné Dubové during the Dubovské hody celebrations; from 1780 to 1807, he taught and preached in Horné Dubové.

The two names represent different forms of local history: Emil Krapka is connected with a person born there, while Juraj Fándly appears through his teaching, preaching and the texts preserved in the parish archives. Thus, alongside buildings and monuments, the historical perspective also encompasses education, spiritual life and the memory of community celebrations.

These details connect the village with religious life, education and local tradition. The sermons in the parish archives preserve not only the name of a writer, but also the connection with the Dubovské hody celebrations and the inhabitants of the village.

Landscape

The name Horné Dubové derives from oak forests that covered the area around the settlement extensively before they were cleared. Another place of remembrance lies outside the southern edge of the village: the Jewish cemetery is located 750 metres southwest of it, along a field road.

There are three bus stops in Horné Dubové: bytovka PD, dolný koniec and ZŠ. For further regional orientation, the following places are also available to you: Boleráz, Trnava, Malženice, Šelpice, Jaslovské Bohunice, Zavar, Lošonec, Hrnčiarovce Nad Parnou.

To the higher-level travel overview: Trnava.