Vajnory

Geobox | settlement
name = Vajnory
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category = Borough
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symbol = Erb_vajnory.svg
country = Slovakia
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state =
region = Bratislava
district = Bratislava III
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part =
river =
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elevation = 130
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 12
lat_s = 00
lat_NS = N
long_d = 17
long_m = 12
long_s = 00
long_EW = E
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area = 13.354
area_round = 3
population = 4331
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
established = 1237
established_type = First mentioned
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mayor =
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postal_code = 83107
area_code = 421-02
code = BA
code_type = Car plate
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map_background = Slovakia - background map.pngmap_caption = Location of Vajnory in Slovakia
map_locator = Slovakia
website = [http://www.vajnory.sk/ www.vajnory.sk]
commons =
footnotes =Source [ [http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Mestská a obecná štatistika SR ] ]

Vajnory ( _de. Weinern, _hu. 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.

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.vajnory.sk Official website]
* [http://www.bratislavaslovakia.com/vajnory-bratislava-slovakia.html Unofficial description]