Petržalka

Petržalka (; ; ) is the largest borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Situated on the right bank of the river Danube, the area shares a land border with Austria, and is home to around 100,000 people.

Key facts

Slovak place.name: Petržalka
Slovak place.settlement_type: Borough
Slovak place.image_skyline: Bratislava_Petrzalka_R01.jpg
Slovak place.image_caption: View from Most SNP; on the left is Aupark Tower.
Slovak place.subdivision_type2: Region
Slovak place.subdivision_type3: District
Slovak place.subdivision_name3: Bratislava V
Slovak place.map_caption: Area of Petržalka in Bratislava
Slovak place.pushpin_map: Slovakia Bratislava Region#Slovakia
Slovak place.pushpin_relief: 1
Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Petržalka in the Bratislava Region##Location of Petržalka in Slovakia
Slovak place.leader_title: Mayor
Slovak place.leader_name: Ján Hrčka
Slovak place.established_title: First mentioned
Slovak place.elevation_m: 136
Slovak place.postal_code_type: Postal code
Slovak place.area_code: -

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Names and etymology
Geography
History
Local parts
Characteristics
Population
Ethnicity
Religion
Education and sport
Transport
Road
Railway
Public transportation
References
External links

==Names and etymology== The German name of the village Engerau (1654) derives from the ethnic name of Hungarians and comes from older placenames Mogorsciget ("Hungarian Island", 1225) and Ungerau ("Hungarian floodplain", 1509). The Hungarian name, Ligetfalva, (later Pozsonyligetfalu, literally "parkland village") originates from the 1860s. After the foundation of Czechoslovakia, it was officially renamed to Petržalka (1920). The name refers to vegetables and herbs that were grown there (petržlen means "parsley").

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