Petržalka
Sign in to savePetržalka (; ; ) 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.
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- Petržalka
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- Borough
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- Bratislava_Petrzalka_R01.jpg
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- View from Most SNP; on the left is Aupark Tower.
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- Region
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- District
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- Bratislava V
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- Area of Petržalka in Bratislava
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- Slovakia Bratislava Region#Slovakia
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- 1
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- Location of Petržalka in the Bratislava Region##Location of Petržalka in Slovakia
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- Mayor
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- Ján Hrčka
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- First mentioned
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- 136
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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.
==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").