Veľké Leváre

Veľké Leváre (Hungarian: Nagylévárd, Nagy-Lévárd, German: Gross-Schützen, Großschützen) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava region.

The village is placed on a historically important trade route; its history is recorded as a settlement of archers and as a border watch post.

The family Kollonic, whose members had a significant influence in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, owned properties and a castle in the neighboring Austria (the village of Jedenspeigen).

The church was consecrated to the Virgin Mary's name at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Christian victory over the Turks during a battle nearby Vienna.

The noteworthy nature attract tourists and experts by spots with specific and rare vegetation, bird nest places and beaver dams.