Šintava (Hungarian: Sempte) is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.

In historical records the village is first mentioned in 1042, when King Peter, the successor of Stephen I of Hungary, having been deposed from his throne united with German emperor Henry III to gain back his country.

They fought for Salomon to regain his throne, which had been occupied by King Géza, who had his residence in Nitra.

The chronicle shows: "And when the emperor came to the river Vah, Solomon rode on horseback with three formations from Šintava towards Nitra".

[1] Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Šintava was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary.