2. GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION
• central Europe South-west within Central Europe, South-west
within Slovakia
• same latitude as Vienna, Munich and Thunder Bay
• borders with two countries – Hungary and Austria
AREA
• 367,58 km2
RIVERS
• Danube and Morava
SURFACE
• Danubian lowland, Little Carpathians
5. PEOPLE
• population: 428,672 inhabitants
• population densitity: 1,157 inhabitants/km2
• ethnic groups: Hungarians (3,84%), Czechs (1,86%), Germans
(0,28%), Moravians (0,15%), Croats (0,14%), Ruthenes (0,11%),
Ukrainians (0,11%), Roma (0,08%) and Poles (0,08%)
• there are more women in Bratislava than men
• the biggest district is Bratislava V which is called Petržalka with
121,259 inhabitants
• the average age in the city was 38,7 years in 2001
6. LANGUAGE
• Slovak republic has only one national language – Slovak language
• almost everyone in Bratislava speaks Slovak
• Hungarian is also spoken by a minority of Bratislava residents
7. RELIGION
• 19 Churches
• the most poplar: Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church,
Evangelical Methodist Church ...
9. TRANSPORT
Airport Bratislava was opened in 1951 and it´s the largest airport in
Slovakia. It has 3 terminals and handles about 1,5 milion
passengers per year. It is situated only 20 minutes from the centre of
Bratislava and you can travel to Liverpool, Barcelona, Brusel,... from
it.
INTERNATIONAL JUNCTIONS:
• the D1 motorway (Bratislava to Trnava, Nitra, Trencin)
• the D2 motorway (connects to Prague, Brno, Budapest)
• the A6 motorway to Vienna
BRIDGES OVER THE DANUBE:
• Lafranconi Bridge, New Bridge, Old bridge, Bridge Apollo and Port
bridge.
10. TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
• three types of vehicles (1. buses - 60 daily routes, 20 nightly
routes; 2. trams – 13 heavily-used commuter routes; 3. Trolleybuses
– 13 main routes)
WATER TRANSPORT:
Is secured through a port on the Danube from both sides, from the
Black Sea is connected by channel Rhine Main Danube to the North
Sea. Personal transport use port mainly for trip and recreation
cruises to Gabcikovo watterwork, to Devin castle, cruises the city of
Bratislava and also to near Vienna and Budapest.
11. THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN
• first written reference - Salzburg Annals
• Bratislava principality
• king Andrew II. - several royal privileges
• king Sigismund of Luxembourg - minting privilege
• all privileges - King Matthias Corvinus
• Academia Istropolitana
• in 1468 - another privilege – of sword.
• in 1536 - capital of Hungarian Empire
• in 1543 - Coronation town of Hungarian Kings and seat of the
Archbishop
12. THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN
• after this, during three Centuries, 11 kings and 8 royal spouses
were coronated in St. Martins Dome
• 1741 - Empress Maria Theresa was coronated
• 1775 - City Walls were pulled down and development of the town
started
• 1780 - first manufacture was opened
• 1783 - all central authorities transfered to Buda- coronation jewels
were taken to Vienna
• 1805 - Peace of Pressburg was concluded between France and
Austria in the Primate’s palace
• 1908 - BA was besieged by Napoleon army
• 1811 - Bratislava Castle burnt down
• 1818 - first steam boat sailed on the Danube River
13. THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN
• 1919 - Pressburg became part of Czecho-Slovakia.
• 1919 - The town's official name becomes "Bratislava„
• 1939 - Bratislava - the capital of the First Slovak Republic
• 1944 - 1945 - The town was occupied by German Army
• 1945 - The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
• 1968 - The city became the capital of the Slovak Socialist
Republic
• 1989 - The Velvet Revolution
• 1993 - Bratislava became the capital of the Slovakia
15. BRATISLAVA CASTLE
• the massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands
on an isolated rocky hill of the Little Carpathians directly above
the Danube river in the middle of Bratislava
• because of its size and location, it has been a dominant feature of
the city for centuries
DOMINATES THE CITY OF BRATISLAVA
17. DOMINATES THE CITY OF BRATISLAVA
SLAVÍN
• is a memorial monument and military cemetery
• it is the burial ground of thousands of Soviet Army soldiers who
fell during World War II while taking over the city in April 1945
from the occupying German Wehrmacht units and the remaining
Slovak troops who supported the clero-fascist Tiso government
18. DOMINATES THE CITY OF BRATISLAVA
• it is situated on a hill amidst a rich villa quarter of the capital and
embassy residences close to the center of Bratislava
19. DOMINATES THE CITY OF BRATISLAVA
St Martin‘s Cathedral
• was built over the remains of an earlier Romanesque basilica on
the edge of the Old Town
• today’s three - naved Gothic cathedral (Dóm Svätého Martina in
full) was consecrated in 1452, and between 1563 and 1830, 11
Hungarian monarchs including the much-loved Empress Marie
Therese and her spouse were crowned here, a fact celebrated by
the placement of a replica coronation crown on the top of the 279
foot (85-meter) Gothic spire
20. • is closely linked to the former Bratislava castle's church and its
Canonry
DOMINATES THE CITY OF BRATISLAVA
crown on the top
24. BRATISLAVA ZOO
The ZOO is really nice and interesting because of diffrent kinds of
animals. In fact there are182 kinds of animals. It´s home of unusual
animal called lion southafrican, which has white fur. There are many
things to do.You can sit in the park, ride a horse etc. But there is one
special part of ZOO. It´s DiNOPARK You can find there all dinosaurs
which had ever lived.The most famous are tryceraptos,T-Rex.
Visiting of ZOO is really good choice to spend day and relax.
