Nesvady is a town and municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

In the 9th century, the territory of Nesvady became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the town was first mentioned in 1269 as Naswod. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, in the 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the town became part of Czechoslovakia. Between 1938 and 1945 Nesvady became part of Miklós Horthy‘s Hungary through the First Vienna Award. In 1945, it was recovered by Czechoslovakia. A number of residents were affected by the Beneš decrees and a number of families were forced to move to Hungary in 1947. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia.