Bratislava IV

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Bratislava IV District
Region (kraj) Bratislava Region
Population 92,926 (2004)
Area 92 km² (36 sq mi)
Time Zone
• Summer DST
CET: UTC+1
CEST: UTC+2
Telephone prefix +421-2
Car registration plate BA
Bratislava IV District location map

Bratislava IV is an okres (district) of Bratislava in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. It covers the north-western parts of Bratislava, including the boroughs of Devín, Devínska Nová Ves, Dúbravka, Karlova Ves, Lamač and Záhorská Bystrica. It is bordered by the Morava River in the west (which also forms the border with Austria), Malacky District in the north, the Pezinok and Bratislava III districts in the east, Bratislava I district in the south-east, by a short part of Bratislava V district in the south and again by Austria along the Danube river. Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Pozsony.