Stupava, Malacky District

Geobox | settlement
name = Stupava
category = Town
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country = Slovakia
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region = Bratislava
district = Malacky
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elevation = 182
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 16
lat_s = 16
lat_NS = N
long_d = 17
long_m = 01
long_s = 54
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area = 67.178
area_round = 3
population = 8433
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
established = 1158
established_type = First mentioned
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mayor = Ján Beleš
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commons = Stupava
statistics = [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/prvav2.jsp?txtUroven410106&lstObec508233&Okruhzaklad MOŠ/MIS]
website = [http://www.stupava.sk/ www.stupava.sk]
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Stupava ( _de. Stampfen; _hu. Stomfa) is a small town in western Slovakia. It is situated in the Malacky District, Bratislava Region.

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.

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.

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

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the town had 8,063 inhabitants. 96.7% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1% Czechs and 0.5% Hungarians.cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2007-11-06] The religious makeup was 70.4% Roman Catholics, 19.5% people with no religious affiliation and 2% Lutherans.

References

External links

* [http://www.stupava.sk Official website]