Trnovec nad Váhom (Hungarian: Tornóc) is a village and municipality in Šaľa District, in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.

Between 1938 and 1945 Trnovec nad Váhom once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award.

[4] Famous people born in the village include Peter Andruška a poet and Eduard Kukan politician.

In his youth he played football for the MTK club in Budapest, moving to Vienna to found his company Emerich Weisz.

In 1936 he founded WM Woollen Export Co Ltd in London hoping to escape the developing antisemitism in Austria.