Bratislava Region

The Bratislavský kraj ( German Bratislava Regional Association ) is a geographical breakdown in south-western Slovakia consisting of the capital Bratislava and neighboring communities north and east. It is divided into territorial units ( územné celky ) The administrative level of the state, which are managed by one / several district office ( s) (not to be confused with the Office of the self County ). The Pressburger district is spatially identical to the representation of the people managed by unit of self-government district Bratislava.

Districts

Bratislavský kraj consists of the following eight subunits, which are called in Slovakia Okres:

Bratislava:

  • Bratislava I
  • Bratislava II
  • Bratislava III
  • Bratislava IV
  • Bratislava

Radius:

Geography

The district has an area of ​​2053 km ² and 606 537 inhabitants ( 31 December 2011). It is bordered to the west by the March and thus to Lower Austria, on the southwest by the province of Burgenland, in the south of Hungary ( Győr- Moson -Sopron ) in the north and east by the Trnavsky kraj. To the southwest, in the districts of Bratislava, the Danube flows through the area. From Bratislava to the North and North East, the Little Carpathians, a foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and at the same time beginning rise. In addition, two lowlands extend: the Zahorie lowlands in the west, a portion of the Vienna basin and the fertile Danube valley east of the mountains, including a part of the Great Rye Island formed by the Danube and the Danube smaller, all part of the Little Hungarian Plain. The highest point is Mount Vysoká in the Little Carpathians ( 754 m nm); the lowest point is on the Little Danube at Hurbanova Ves (123 m nm).

Major protected areas that are completely or partially on the territory of the county, the landscape protection areas ( Slow Chranena krajinná oblasť, PLA ) Malé Karpaty ( Small Carpathians), Zahorie ( Marchauen ) and Dunajské luhy ( Donauauen ).

The district is part of the four -speaking Europe Centrope region. The border with Austria and Hungary have ceased to exist in December 2007.

History

The first recorded permanent settlement of the area took place in the Neolithic period around 5700 BC by members of the culture of the Linear ceramist. The Celts built in the 5th century BC, an oppidum in today's Bratislava. From the first to the fourth century AD, also maintained by the Roman Empire military camp Gerulata existed in today's Rusovce. Towards the end of the great migration around 500 reached the Slavs the territory and founded three state formations: Empire of Samo ( 7th century ), Principality of Nitra ( late 8th century to 833 ) and Great Moravia ( 833-906 ). From the 10th century until 1918, it was more or less part of the Kingdom of Hungary. Administratively was the almost entire area of the county Pressburg; only the three villages in the south of Bratislava ( Jarovce, Rusovce, Čunovo ) were part of Moson county.

After the collapse of Austria - Hungary in 1918, the area was as follows administratively incorporated:

Population

The Pressburger district is the smallest area of ​​all Slovak districts, but not the least populated. The city of Bratislava, with around 70 % of the population (around 433,000 inhabitants ) of the settlement focus of the region; the nearest large city is Pezinok ( 21,839 inhabitants). The population density is 300/km ², and the percentage of urban population is around 82 % (as of 2008). Overall, the Bratislavský kraj consists of 73 municipalities, seven cities and the military district Zahorie. The Slovaks form according to the 2001 census 91 % of the population; there are also larger Hungarian (4.6%), and Czech (1.6%) minorities. The Germans form a proportion of 0.2 %.

After religion, the Roman Catholic church dominates with almost 62%. In the second place, the Evangelical Church AB is 5.6%. A quarter of the population identified themselves as atheists. |

Economy

In a comparison of purchasing power standards with other EU regions the area in 2006 reached an index of 148.7 (EU- 27 = 100) and is thus not only by far the most prosperous part of Slovakia, but also to Prague, the second richest region in all countries, that have joined the EU since 2004; of the territory with respect to this indicator even wealthier than, for example, Berlin. The unemployment rate in 2005 was 5.3%.

Culture

See: historic monuments in Bratislavský kraj

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