Stupava, Malacky District

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Coordinates: 48°16′16″N 17°01′54″E / 48.27111, 17.03167
Stupava
Town
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Country Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
Region Bratislava
District Malacky
Elevation 182 m (597 ft)
Coordinates 48°16′16″N 17°01′54″E / 48.27111, 17.03167
Area 67.178 km² (25.938 sq mi)
Population 8,433 (2005)
Density 126 /km² (326 /sq mi)
First mentioned 1158
Mayor Ján Beleš
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 900 31
Area code +421-33
Car plate MA
Location of Stupava in Slovakia
Location of Stupava in Slovakia
Location of Stupava in Slovakia
Location of Stupava in the Bratislava Region
Location of Stupava in the Bratislava Region
Location of Stupava in the Bratislava Region
Wikimedia Commons: Stupava
Statistics: MOŠ/MIS
Website: www.stupava.sk

Stupava (German: Stampfen; Hungarian: Stomfa) is a small town in western Slovakia. It is situated in the Malacky District, Bratislava Region.

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[edit] Geography

The town is located in the Záhorie lowland, under the Little Carpathians, around 15 km north of Bratislava at an altitude of 182 metres. It has 8,400 inhabitants as of 2005 and has a land area of 67.17 km². Except the main part Stupava, it also has part Mást (German: Maaßt; Hungarian: Mászt) located south of the town.

[edit] History

However, traces of habitation go back to the Bronze Age, and the first known inhabitants were Celts. The Romans built a military station as a part of the near Limes Romanus on the Danube. The first written mention about the town was in 1269 in a document of the King Béla IV of Hungary under name Ztumpa. In the second half of the 13th century the now-ruined Pajštún Castle in the Little Carpathians was built. It was developing mainly as an agricultural and trading settlement. The name of the town comes from the pressing mills called stupa on the Stupavský potok brook, which were used for extracting oil from flax and hemp.

[edit] Landmarks

  • Stupava Castle, originally built as a water castle, rebuilt in the 17th century to the Renaissance château, now serving as a retirement home
  • Roman Catholic church in Baroque style from the first half of the 17th century
  • Baroque-style Calvary chapel from the beginning of the 18th century

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 8,063 inhabitants. 96.7% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1% Czechs and 0.5% Hungarians.[1] The religious makeup was 70.4% Roman Catholics, 19.5% people with no religious affiliation and 2% Lutherans.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Municipal Statistics. Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.

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