Bratislava Region - Bratislava, Villages and Municipalities in the Bratislava Region, Solo Nica, Demographics of Bratislava, Kaplna (Paperback)

Chapters: Bratislava, Villages and Municipalities in the Bratislava Region, Solo nica, Demographics of Bratislava, Kaplna, List of Palaces in Bratislava, International Relations of Bratislava, Public Transport in Bratislava, Pressburg Yeshiva, Malacky Air Base. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bratislava - Bratislava (Slovak pronunciation: ), as it was renamed in March 6. 1919, has been known by many names in different languages throughout its history. Its first recorded name, in the 10th century Annales Iuvavenses, was Brezalauspurc (literally: Braslav's castle). Notable alternative names are: German: (still used in German speaking countries today - mostly in Austria, only seldom in Germany), Hungarian: (still used in Hungarian today), former Slovak name: Preporok. Other names are or were: Greek: Istropolis (meaning "Danube City," also used in Latin), Czech: , French: , Italian: , Latin: , Croatian: . The name Pressburg was also used in English language publications until 1919, and it is still occasionally used today. For the history and etymology of the various names, see History of Bratislava. In older documents, confusion can be caused by the Latin forms Bratislavia, Wratislavia etc., which refer to Breslau, not to Bratislava. An original Biatec and its replica on a modern 5-koruna coinThe first known permanent settlement of the area began with the Linear Pottery Culture, around 5000 BC in the Neolithic era. About 200 BC, the Celtic Boii tribe founded the first significant settlement, a fortified town known as an oppidum, and also established a mint which produced silver coins known as biatecs. The area fell under Roman influence from the first to the fourth century AD and formed part of the Limes Romanus, a border defence system. The Rom...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=18933194