Podunajské Biskupice
| Podunajské Biskupice | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | Slovakia |
| Kraj : | Bratislavský kraj |
| Okres : | Bratislava II |
| Region : | Bratislava |
| Area : | 42.49 km² |
| Residents : | 22,231 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 523 inhabitants per km² |
| Height : | 133 m nm |
| Postal code : | 821 06 |
| Telephone code : | + 421-2 |
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 8 ′ N , 17 ° 13 ′ E |
| License plate : | BA, BL, BT |
| Kód obce : | 529311 |
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| Community type : | district |
| Administration (as of November 2018) | |
| Mayor : | Zoltán Pék |
| Address: | Miestny úrad Bratislava-Podunajské Biskupice Trojičné námestie 11 82561 Bratislava |
| Website: | www.biskupice.sk |
| Statistics information on statistics.sk | |
Podunajské Biskupice (- until 1944 Slovak "Biskupice pri Dunaji" until 1927 "Biskupice"; German Bischdorf ; Hungarian Pozsonypüspöki - until 1907 Püspöki ) is a formerly independent town and today's district in the southeast of Bratislava left the Danube - in the north of Great Rye Island location - .
Description and history
The original Hungarian name of the place was "Püspöki" (German: "Bischdorf") and belonged to the historical Preßburg county until the end of the First World War . The village was at the northern end of the Great Schüttinsel. In ancient documents of the Archdiocese Gran was Püspöki first mentioned in the 1221st The Archdiocese of Gran was also majorate ruler of the village for centuries .
Until 1918 the village belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary . In the Trianon Treaty , Püspöki was awarded together with the entire Great Schüttinsel of the newly founded Czecho-Slovakia . The name of the place was Slovakized and was given the name "Biskupice" (from 1927 "Biskupice pri Dunaji").
Since January 1, 1972 the place Podunajské Biskupice belongs as a district to the city of Bratislava . In terms of area, the place forms the largest part of today's capital of Slovakia .
In 2006 a partnership was sought with the Lower Austrian market town of Orth an der Donau .
Population development
Until the 1930s, the place was a Hungarian village, with a majority of the Magyar population. After the Second World War , the population structure changed significantly, as many local Magyar families were resettled to Hungary or were forcibly deported to the Czech Republic . Today in Podunajské Biskupice mostly Slovaks live. The proportion of the population of the Magyars in the total population is (2011) about 10%.
The statistical population figures were as follows:
1890
Total: 1789 inhabitants
Magyars: 1572 inhabitants
Slovaks: 36 inhabitants
1921
Total: 2439 inhabitants
Magyars: 2248 inhabitants
Slovaks: 91 inhabitants
1930
Total: 3108 inhabitants
Magyars: 2509 inhabitants
Slovaks: 380 inhabitants
2011
Total: 20,611 inhabitants
Magyars: 2231 inhabitants
Slovaks: 17,351 inhabitants
Culture and sights
The Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas dates from the 13th century. In 1730 the baroque Trinity column was erected. There is also a Greek Catholic Church and a monastery of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross ; The remains of the blessed Zdenka Schelingová have been venerated in the monastery church since 2003 .
See also: List of listed objects in Okres Bratislava II
List of eminent personalities related to Podunajské Biskupice
Personalities born here
- Josef Adam Thiard-Laforest (1841–1897), musician and Regens Chori at the Preßburger Kirchenmusikverein
- Peter Püspöki Nagy (* 1944), heraldist and historian
Personalities related to Podunajské Biskupice
- Zdenka Schelingová (1916–1955), religious sister
Web links
Historical maps
- Bischdorf and its surroundings around 1883 (recording sheets of the state survey )
northern surroundings of Bischdorf
Bischdorf (top center) and its southern surroundings on the Große Schüttinsel
