Plavecké Podhradie Detrekőváralja
Municipality
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Coordinates: 48°29′N 17°16′E / 48.48°N 17.27°E / 48.48; 17.27
Country	Slovakia
Region	Bratislava Region
District	Malacky District
First mentioned	1247
Area [1]
• Total	21.18 km2 (8.18 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	218 m (715 ft)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	727
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	906 36[3]
Area code	+421 34[3]
Vehicle registration plate (until 2022)	MA
Website	www.plaveckepodhradie.sk

Plavecké Podhradie (Hungarian: Detrekőváralja) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in the Malacky District in the Bratislava region.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1247 AD.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 218 metres (715 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 21.18 km² (8.18 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 727 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 698 people by ethnicity 678 as Slovak, 14 as Czech, 10 as Not found out, 7 as Other, 4 as Rusyn, 2 as Hungarian and 1 as Austrian.

Note on population: The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because they have permanent residence there (they lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 698 people by religion 493 from Roman Catholic Church, 170 from None, 9 from Not found out, 6 from Ad hoc movements, 5 from Evangelical Church, 4 from Greek Catholic Church, 3 from Calvinist Church, 3 from New Apostolic Church, 3 from Buddhism, 1 from Jewish community and 1 from Other.

Plavecké Podhradie lies on the street from Lozorno and Jablonica. It can be reached by train from Zohor, seasonally also by trains starting in Záhorská Ves on the border to Austria.

Plavecký Castle and few caves in the Little Carpathians are located near the village. There is also an old Celtic oppidum, renaissance chateau of Pálffy family, and ruins of a medieval monastery.

The original castle was built in the 13th century. The middle part consisted of a Gothic castle with rectangular tower and the palace. In the 16th century it was expensively rebuilt into renaissance fortress with low courtyards. It was continually fortified and maintained during the 17th century, when new cannon bastions were built. In 1706 it was damaged by the army and so became dilapidated in the 18th century. The remains are visible from surrounding environment, part of Zahorie district can be seen from the remains. Water font is located near the remains.

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  Cave PP1
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  Cave Pri Kríži
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  Celtic site Pohanská
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  Plavecky castle
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  Ruins of monastery church

Media related to Plavecké Podhradie at Wikimedia Commons

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html