Named for the city located on the river Váh in the middle Považie region of western Slovakia, 70 km northwest of Bratislava {see planet  (4018)}. Piežsžtany is the home of the discoverer and many generations of his ancestors, as well as the site of a famous spa. Evidence of settlement at Piežsžtany dates back to the Paleolithic era. (M 27126) _ _.