Rača, Bratislava

Rača (Recha)
Borough
Official name: Rača
Country Slovakia
Region Bratislava
District Bratislava III
Elevation 154 m (505 ft)
Coordinates 48°13′00″N 17°09′00″E / 48.21667°N 17.15000°E / 48.21667; 17.15000Coordinates: 48°13′00″N 17°09′00″E / 48.21667°N 17.15000°E / 48.21667; 17.15000
Area 23.659 km2 (9.135 sq mi)
Population 20,357 (2005)
Density 860/km2 (2,227/sq mi)
First mentioned 1296
Postal code 83106
Area code +421-02
Car plate BA, BL
Location of Rača in Slovakia
Website: www.raca.sk
Source[1]

Rača is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, in the Bratislava III district.

Names and etymology

The name probably comes from the Slavic personal name Radša/Radoslav or the Slavic stem vorč-/vrača (a fence).[2] [lower-alpha 1] The name was adopted by Germans as Rechesdorf (literally Rača's village, 1390). The Germanized form had been used also by Slovaks e.g. Račissdorf (1914), Račištorf (1920-1946) except a short period in 1920 when the official name was Raslavice. In 1946, it was renamed to its original and current name Rača.[3]

History

Rača was mentioned for the first time in 1296 as a vineyard village under the name villa Racha. In 1946, the village became a borough of Bratislava.

Notes

  1. ↑ Although historic records mention a person Racha/Rechee, the personal name could be derived from the name of the village and not otherwise.

References

  1. ↑ Mestská a obecná štatistika SR
  2. ↑ Ondruš, Šimon (1990). "Rača, Vrača > Brača, Vrakuňa a vrkoč" (PDF). Slovenská reč (in Slovak) (1): 32.
  3. ↑ Horňanský, Imrich (2016). "Z osudov slovenských geografických názvov". Slovenské slovo (in Slovak) (16).
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