The village of Šelpice is located 6 km northwest of the regional city of Trnava. Its territory was inhabited at the end of the Early Stone Age. The oldest written mention of the existence of the village is a document of the Czech King Wenceslas I, which he donated to Šelpice / Selpe / to the Cistercian monastery in Tišňov in Moravia. After the Turkish invasion in 1530, the village was only a depopulated incinerator. It was not repopulated until 1539 by the new owners of the Červenokamenský estate - the Fugger family.
The village of Šelpice is located 6 km northwest of the regional city of Trnava. Its territory was inhabited at the end of the Early Stone Age. The oldest written mention of the existence of the village is a document of the Czech King Wenceslas I, which he donated to Šelpice / Selpe / to the Cistercian monastery in Tišňov in Moravia. After the Turkish invasion in 1530, the village was only a depopulated incinerator. It was not repopulated until 1539 by the new owners of the Červenokamenský estate - the Fugger family.
The construction of the church began in 1939-46. Church dedicated to Christ the King. In front of the Municipal Office building there is a monument with the names of the fallen in the First World War in 1928. A statue of St. is built in the cemetery. Florian, patron saint of firefighters. In the past, the village was known for embroidery, viticulture and theater activities of local amateurs.
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