Bratislavský kraj
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| Parent state | Slovakia | ||
| Type of administrative unit | Kraj | ||
| Administrative division | 8 okresy | ||
| surface | 2,053 km² | ||
| Residents | 669,592 (December 31, 2019) | ||
| Population density | 326.15 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Language (s) | Slovak , Hungarian | ||
| Religion (s) | Roman Catholic | ||
| Nationality (s) | Slovaks , Hungary | ||
| Administrative seat / capital | Bratislava | ||
| Code number / character | 01 | ||
| Telephone code | +421 | ||
| Time zone | UTC +1 | ||
| Code according to ISO 3166-2 | SK-BL | ||
The Bratislavský kraj (German Pressburger / Bratislavaer Landschaftsverband ) is a geographical subdivision in the southwest of Slovakia , consisting of the capital Bratislava and neighboring communities to the north and east. At the administrative level of the state it is divided into territorial units (územné celky), which are administered by one or more district authorities (not to be confused with the office of the self-governing district). The Bratislava district is spatially identical to the unit of the self-governing district of Bratislava, which is administered by the parliament .
Districts
Bratislavský kraj consists of the following eight subunits in Slovakia Okres are:
- Bratislava
- Radius
geography
The district has an area of 2053 km² and 669,592 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It borders in the west on the March and thus on Lower Austria , in the southwest on Burgenland , in the south on Hungary ( Győr-Moson-Sopron County ), in the north and east on the Trnavský kraj . In the south-west, in the districts of Bratislava, the Danube flows through the area. The Little Carpathians rise from Bratislava to the north or northeast , a spur and at the same time the beginning of the Carpathian Mountains . In addition, there are two lowlands: the Záhorie lowlands in the west, part of the Vienna Basin and the fertile Danube lowland east of the mountains, including part of the Great Schüttinsel formed by the Danube and the Little Danube , 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 ).
Significant protected areas, which are wholly or partly in the area of the district, are the landscape protection areas (Slov. Chránená krajinná oblasť , CHKO) Malé Karpaty (Little Carpathians), Záhorie (Marchauen) and Dunajské luhy (Danube meadows).
The district is part of the four-language European region Centrope . The border controls to Austria and Hungary ceased to exist in December 2007.
history
The first proven permanent settlement in the area occurred in the Neolithic around 5700 BC. By members of the culture of the linear ceramic band. The Celts built in the 5th century BC An oppidum in today's Bratislava. From the first to the fourth century AD, the Gerulata military camp, maintained by the Roman Empire , also existed in what is now Rusovce .
Towards the end of the Great Migration around 500 the Slavs reached the area and founded three states: the Samo Empire (7th century), Neutra Principality (end of the 8th century to 833) and Great Moravia (833 to 906). From the 10th century until 1918 it was more or less part of the Kingdom of Hungary . Administratively, almost the entire area belonged to Pressburg County ; 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 administratively incorporated as follows:
- 1918–1928: Bratislavská župa (Bratislava County), Czechoslovakia
- 1928–1939: Slovenská krajina / zem (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1940–1945: Bratislavská župa (Bratislava County), First Slovak Republic
- 1945–1948: Slovenská krajina (Slovak Land), Czechoslovakia
- 1949–1960: Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava district - not to be confused with today's), Czechoslovakia
- 1960–1990: Západoslovenský kraj (West Slovak District) and since 1969/1971 Bratislava, capital of the Slovak Socialist Republic , Czechoslovakia
- since 1996: today's Bratislavský kraj
population
The Bratislava district is the smallest of all Slovak districts in terms of area, but not the least populous. The city of Bratislava is the settlement focus of the region; the next largest city is Pezinok . The population density is 305 / km², and the proportion of the urban population is around 82% (as of 2008). In total, Bratislavský kraj consists of 73 municipalities , seven of which are towns and the Záhorie military area .
According to the 2011 census, there were exactly 602,436 inhabitants in Bratislavský kraj. The largest part was made up of the Slovaks (543,573 inh., 90.2%), followed by the Magyars (23,888 in., 4.0%), Czechs (6,820 inh., 1.1%) and Germans (1,165 inh. , 0.2%). Other ethnic groups together make up 1.5% (8,976 inh.) Of the population, while 18,014 inhabitants (3.0%) gave no information about the ethnic group.
In terms of denominations, the Roman Catholic Church is the most widespread denomination with 339,274 inhabitants (56.3%), followed by the Evangelical Church A. B. (30,622 inh., 5.1%) and the Greek Catholic Church (4,734 inh., 0 ,8th %). Furthermore, the population committed to the Reformed (Calvinist) Church (2,628 inhabitants, 0.4%), the Orthodox Church (2,385 inhabitants, 0.4%), the Jehovah's Witnesses (1,766 inhabitants, 0.3%) ) to the Evangelical Methodist Church (1,457 inhabitants, 0.2%) and the Pentecostal movement (1,183 inhabitants, 0.2%); a total of 11,054 inhabitants (1.8%) professed a different denomination. 161,214 inhabitants (26.8%) had no denomination and for 46,146 inhabitants (7.7%) no denomination was determined.
economy
The area has a gross domestic product of 22.8 billion euros and thus has a share of 28.1% of the country's total economic output. In a comparison of purchasing power standards with other EU regions, the area achieved an index of 184 (EU-28 = 100) in 2016, making it not only the wealthiest part of Slovakia by far, but also the richest region among all countries that have been the Joined the EU; The Kraj is also wealthier than Berlin, for example, in terms of this key figure . The Kraj also occupies one of the top ranks in the entire European Union. The unemployment rate was 4.2% in 2017.
Culture
See: Listed Objects in Bratislavský kraj
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Kopa, Ľudovít et al .: The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks . Encyclopedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences ( Memento of June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Bratislava 2006, ISBN 80-224-0925-1 .
- ^ Kováč, Dušan et al .: Kronika Slovenska 2 . Fortuna Print, Bratislava 1999, ISBN 80-88980-08-9 .
- ↑ The three communities in Moson County remained part of Hungary after the creation of Czechoslovakia and were only incorporated as a Bratislava bridgehead in 1947 . Devín and Petržalka were part of the Third Reich from 1938 to 1945 .
- ^ The Senec area was part of Hungary from 1938–1945 through the First Vienna Arbitration .
- ^ Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic ( Memento of February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Slovak)
- ↑ Regional GDP per capita. Retrieved January 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Unemployment statistics at regional level - Statistics Explained ( en )
