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13-588: Nové Mesto (Slovak for "New Town") may refer to: abbreviation of Nové Mesto nad Váhom , a town in Slovakia abbreviation of Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom ( Sátoraljaújhely ), a town in Hungary abbreviation of Kysucké Nové Mesto , a town in Slovakia Nové Mesto, Bratislava , a city part of Bratislava Nové Mesto, Košice , a city part of Košice Nové Mesto, Poprad ,

26-401: A city part of Poprad Nové Mesto, Trnava , a city part of Trnava See also [ edit ] Nové Město (disambiguation) Novo Mesto [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

39-522: A longer time through the year by making use of the new indoor facilities. Since bandy fields are much larger than ice hockey rinks, playing surfaces for bandy were still only made outdoors in the wintertime when artificial freezing was unnecessary. The game of rink bandy uses a bandy ball and bandy sticks. The goalkeeper has no stick. A rink bandy game lasts 60 minutes but is composed of either two 30 minute halves or three 20 minute periods. Similar rules to bandy are used, but they are simplified to increase

52-469: Is played on a large bandy field , rink bandy is played on significantly smaller ice hockey -sized ice rinks . While a bandy field is about the same size as a football pitch , rink bandy is played on ice hockey rinks . Rink bandy originated in Sweden in the 1960s and was originally called hockeybockey . With the arrival of indoor ice hockey arenas, it was a way for bandy players to practice on ice for

65-697: The Danubian Hills at the foothills of the northern end of the White Carpathians , on the Váh river. Other mountains nearby are the White Carpathian and the Považský Inovec . It is situated 27 km from Trenčín and 100 km from Bratislava and has an area of 32.583 km . The Town parts are: Mnešice, Izbice, Javorinaská, Hájovky, Samoty, Luka, Centrum, Rajková (northern city), Záhumenice. Lands in

78-717: The Federation of International Bandy . In its quest to have bandy accepted into the programme of the Winter Olympics , rink bandy is an important way for the Federation of International Bandy to gain more members, thus also spreading bandy, since many countries which lack a full-size field and where the game is still new, only play rink bandy at home but still participate in the Bandy World Championship . As artificially frozen and indoor bandy arenas have become more prevalent,

91-567: The 19th century and was mainly focused at processing agricultural products. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Nové Mesto nad Váhom was part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary . From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic . Slovak Bandy Association has organised rink bandy practice in Nové Mesto nad Váhom. According to the 2001 census ,

104-408: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nové_Mesto&oldid=767200309 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nov%C3%A9 Mesto nad V%C3%A1hom District town located at the northern edge of

117-595: The interest for rink bandy has dwindled in the main bandy-playing nations (Russia, Sweden, Finland, Norway). There are still several rink bandy tournaments in Russia , including the Patriarch Cup ( Турнир на призы Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси ) for children at Moscow 's Red Square . A world cup for rink bandy clubs was held every year from 1984 to 1998 in Hofors , Sweden, and called Hofors World Cup . Rink bandy

130-514: The pace of the game. Checking is prohibited, making the sport relatively safer than its relatives. Because of the smaller playing area used in rink bandy compared to its larger parent sport, there are fewer players, normally six a side. In America, the USA Rink Bandy League , uses five players instead of the usual six because of the smaller ice hockey rinks in the USA. Rink bandy is governed by

143-669: The place of today's Nové Mesto nad Váhom were inhabited in the prehistoric ages, as many artefacts from the Stone and Bronze Ages were discovered. In the local part Mnešice a prehistoric settlement was discovered. The first written record about Nové Mesto nad Váhom was in 1263, when King Béla IV of Hungary granted freedoms for the loyalty during the Mongol invasions . It belonged to the Benedictine order, later to Matthew III Csák and others. It received its town privileges in 1550. Industry developed in

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156-441: The town had 21,327 inhabitants. 98.1% of inhabitants were Slovaks , 1.1% Czechs 0.6% Roma . The religious make-up was 56% Roman Catholics , 23.3% people with no religious affiliation, and 13.8% Lutherans . Nové Mesto nad Váhom is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Nové Mesto nad Váhom at Wikimedia Commons Rink bandy Rink bandy is a variant of the larger sport of bandy . Unlike bandy which

169-479: Was included in the programme of the 2012 European Company Sports Games and a European championship existed, though there is currently no top-level international competition. However, in 2017 the Federation of International Bandy decided to hold an international tournament for developing bandy countries in Nymburk , Czech Republic and an international rink bandy club competition called Dniprobandy has been organised by

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