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Pozsony county was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now mostly part of Slovakia, while a small area belongs to Hungary. In 1969, the three villages that remained in Hungary were combined to form Dunasziget . Its name changed along with that of the city of Pressburg ( Hungarian: Pozsony, today's ...
Bratislava (/ ˌ b r æ t ɪ ˈ s l ɑː v ə / BRAT-iss-LAH-və, US also / ˌ b r ɑː t-/ BRAHT-, Slovak: [ˈbracislaʋa] ⓘ; Hungarian: Pozsony ⓘ), historically known as Pressburg (Preßburg) (German pronunciation: [ˈpʁɛsˌbʊʁk] ⓘ; Slovak: Prešporok), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.
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Pozsony (szlovákul: Bratislava (1919-ig Prešporok), németül: Pressburg (régiesen Preßburg), latinul: Posonium) Szlovákia fővárosa és egyben legnagyobb városa. Az ország délnyugati részén, az Ausztriával és Magyarországgal közös határháromszögben, a Kis-Kárpátok lábánál fekszik, elfoglalva a Duna mindkét partját és ...
"Pozsony county was a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory lies in present-day western Slovakia. Its name changed along with that of the city of Pozsony, today's Bratislava. Its names around 1900 were Pozsony vármegye in Hungarian, Prešpurská župa in Slovak and Preßburger Gespanschaft in German." -- Wikipedia
Bratislava (Hungarian: Pozsony, German: Preßburg/Pressburg), currently the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city, has existed for about a thousand years. . Because of the city's strategic geographical location, it was an important European hub due to its proximity to the advanced cultures of the Mediterranean and the Orient as well as its link to the rest of Europe, which were ...
Bratislava Castle (Slovak: Bratislavský hrad, IPA: [ˈbracislawskiː ˈɦrat] ⓘ; German: Pressburger Burg; Hungarian: Pozsonyi vár) is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill of the Little Carpathians , directly above the Danube river ...
Pozsony became a free royal town in 1291 thanks to King Andrew III of Hungary. Its fortifications were built in the second half of the 13th century. It had four gates but the only one that was left is the Michael Gate. The town fortifications gained their final form during the reign of King Sigismund of Hungary at the beginning of the 15th century.
