Complete the sentence about Trnava with the correct year: By the early 13th century, the king of Hungary had invited numerous Germans to settle in Trnava; this settlement increased after the Tatar invasion in ______.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. 1242
Trnava is a city in western Slovakia, northeast of Bratislava on the Trnávka river. The Hungarian king had invited many Germans to settle there by the early 13th century, and the settlement grew further after the Tatar invasion of 1242. Trnava had already received a town charter in 1238, the first town in present-day Slovakia to do so.
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