Vajnory

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Vajnory
Borough
Coat of arms
Country	Slovakia
Region	Bratislava
District	Bratislava III
Elevation	130 m (427 ft)
Coordinates	48°12′00″N 17°12′00″E / 48.2, 17.2
Area	13.354 km² (5.156 sq mi)
Population	4,331 (2005)
Density	324 /km² (839 /sq mi)
First mentioned	1237
Postal code	83107
Area code	+421-02
Car plate	BA
Location of Vajnory in Slovakia
Website: www.vajnory.sk
Source [1]

Vajnory (German: Weinern, Hungarian: Pozsonyszől(l)ős) is a small borough in the northeast of Bratislava, Slovakia.

Milan Rastislav Štefánik international airport is located near Vajnory. Another airport - Vajnory Airport, which was the first airport in Slovakia - closed in 2006.

[edit] History

The first written mention of Vajnory dates to 1237, when it was a village with the original Slovak Slovak name Prača / Pračany. In 1307, monastery in Austrian Heiligenkreuz purchased it and renamed the village Weinern, referring to the main occupation of the villagers, working on vineyards and making wine. A relic of this name remains today in the Slovak variant, Vajnory. It was purchased again by Bratislava in the 16th century. It was a borough only until 1851, when, shortly after the abolition of serfdom, Vajnory became an independent village again. It was made an official borough of Bratislava in 1946.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Unofficial description

v • d • e 17 boroughs of Bratislava Old Town - I | Podunajské Biskupice - II | Ružinov - II | Vrakuňa - II | Nové Mesto - III | Rača - III | Vajnory - III | Devín - IV | Devínska Nová Ves - IV | Dúbravka - IV | Karlova Ves - IV | Lamač - IV | Záhorská Bystrica - IV | Čunovo - V | Jarovce - V | Petržalka - V | Rusovce - V