Sobotište

Sobotište (Ószombat; until 1899, Szobotist) is a village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. In 1845 it was the location of the establishment of the first cooperative in Europe by Samuel Jurkovič (Spolok gazdovský).

Geography
The municipality lies at an elevation of 252 metres and covers an area of 32.254 km2. It has a population of about 1,536.

Districts

 * Sobotište
 * Javorec

History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1241.

People

 * Samuel Jurkovič (sk)
 * Alois Kaiser, Austrian-US chazzan, composer
 * Bogoslav Šulek (born Bohuslav Šulek), 1816–1895, Slovak-Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer