Rača, Bratislava
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Rača | |
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Borough | |
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![]() Area of Rača in Bratislava | |
Coordinates: 48°08′00″N 17°07′00″E / 48.13333°N 17.11667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | ![]() |
District | Bratislava III |
First mentioned | 1226 (Julian) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Michal Drotován |
Area | |
• Total | 23.66 km2 (9.14 sq mi) |
Elevation | 148 m (486 ft) |
Population (1 January 2021) | |
• Total | 25,733 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 831 06 |
Area code | +421-2 |
Car plate | BA, BL, BT |
Website | www |
Rača is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, in the Bratislava III district.
Names and etymology
[edit]The name probably comes from the Slavic personal name Radša/Radoslav or the Slavic stem vorč-/vrača (a fence).[1] [a] The name was adopted by Germans as Rechesdorf (literally Rača's village, 1390). The Germanized form had been used even by the Slovaks themselves, e.g., Račissdorf (1914), Račištorf (1920-1946) except for a short period in 1920 when the official name was Raslavice. In 1946, its original name Rača was restored.[2]
History
[edit]Rača was mentioned for the first time in 1296 as a vineyard village under the name villa Racha. In 1946, the village became a borough of Bratislava.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Although historic records mention a person Racha/Rechee, the personal name could be derived from the name of the village and not otherwise.
References
[edit]- ^ Ondruš, Šimon (1990). "Rača, Vrača > Brača, Vrakuňa a vrkoč" (PDF). Slovenská reč (in Slovak) (1): 32.
- ^ Horňanský, Imrich (2016). "Z osudov slovenských geografických názvov". Slovenské slovo (in Slovak) (16).
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