Slávičie údolie cemetery

Mourning hall in the area of ​​the cemetery

The Slávičie údolie ( Slovak Cintorín Slávičie údolie , literally "Nightingale Valley Cemetery") is a cemetery in the Slovak capital Bratislava , in the Karlova Ves district . It is located on Staré grunty street, by the Slovak TV buildings and the dormitories of the Comenius University and Technical University . The street of the same name, Slávičie údolie, is located in the Staré Mesto district (Old Town).

The Slávičie údolie cemetery was founded in 1912 and initially served the poorer sections of the population. Soldiers were also buried here during the First World War . Today the 18.5 hectare cemetery is the largest in Bratislava and the final resting place for leading Slovak artists, scientists, athletes and politicians.

To this day, burials take place in the Slávičie údolie cemetery.

List of buried personalities

Alexander Dubček's grave

Grave of Margita Figuli

Janko Alexy Ondrej Bartko Janko Borodáč Ivan Bukovčan Ján Cikker Ján Čajak mladší Alexander Dubček Vladimír Dzurilla Vladimír Fajnor Peter Fiala Margita Figuli Marian Filc Tibor Frešo Koloman Gögh Mikuláš Huba Terézia Hurbanová-Kronerová Viera Husáková Štefan Janšák Mária Kišonová-Hubová Ján Kostra

Ivan Krajíček Jozef Kroner Jozef Lacko Ján Langoš Emil Boleslav Lukáč Alexander Mach Gejza Medrický Vojtech Mihálik Vladimír Mináč Ondrej Nepela Mirko Nešpor Ľudo Ondrejov Ján Ondruš Dušan Pašek Andrej Plávka Lucia Popp Otto Smik Leopold Šťastný Ľudo Zelienka

Individual evidence

1. ↑ karlovaves.sk: History of the Karlova Ves district ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Slovak) 

Web links

Commons : Slávičie údolie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cemetery Slávičie údolie page Find A Grave (English)

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 '22.5 "  N , 17 ° 4' 5.3"  E