| Vrakuňa | |
|---|---|
| Borough | |
 Church of the Virgin Mary in Vrakuňa | |
 Flag Coat of arms | |
 Area of Vrakuňa in Bratislava | |
  VrakuňaLocation of Vrakuňa in Slovakia | |
| Coordinates: 48°08′00″N 17°07′00″E / 48.13333°N 17.11667°E / 48.13333; 17.11667 | |
| Country |  Slovakia |
| Region |  Bratislava Region |
| District | Bratislava II |
| First mentioned | 1290 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Martin Kuruc |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.3 km (4.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 20,711 |
| • Density | 2,000/km (5,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 821 07 |
| Area code | +421-2 |
| Car plate | BA, BL, BT |
| Website | www |
Vrakuňa (Hungarian: Vereknye, German: Fragendorf) is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia. It is divided by into two parts by the Little Danube river.
Transport
Names and etymology
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The first written mention of Vrakuňa was in 1279 as a village named Werekne. Some other recorded medieval names are Verekene (1290), Frecendorf (1297), Verekuna (1323), Oluerekenye (1356), Berekenye in theutonico Fratedorf (1393) or Vraknye (1459).
The name is probably derived from a Proto-Slavic appelative *vrakunъ, potentially reflecting Pre-Christian (pagan) rituals. The stem vra- means "to speak without making any sense", vrakúň – a wizzard, preserved in Russian as вракун/vrakun – a liar, a gossip). Lajos Kiss (1988) tried to drive the name from Proto-Slavic *vir- (a whirl). Šimon Ondruš (1990) from Proto-Slavic *vorkъ (in East Slavic languages: vorok - a fence, a barrier) like Vorkonъ, Vorkunovka and other similar names, but documented only for the East Slavs.
History
Vrakuňa became an official borough of Bratislava on January 1, 1972.
References
- Hladký, Juraj; Závodný, Andrej (2014). "Slovansko-slovenské kulturologické fenomény v starej slovenskej toponymii (na materiáli Žitného ostrova)" [The Slavic-Slovak Culturogical Phenomena in Older Slovak Toponyms]. Studia Slovakistica: Словацька філологія в Україні (PDF) (in Slovak). Uzhhorod: Видавництво О. Гаркуші.
- Hladký, Juraj (2013). "Vlastné meno onymickom v regionálnom systéme" (PDF). Актуальні проблеми філології та перекладознавства (in Slovak). ISSN 2415-7929.
- Ondruš, Šimon (1990). "Rača, Vrača > Brača, Vrakuňa a vrkoč" (PDF). Slovenská reč (in Slovak) (1): 28.
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