Rača, Bratislava

Borough in Slovakia

Coat of arms

Area of Rača in Bratislava

48°08′00″N 17°07′00″E / 48.13333°N 17.11667°E / 48.13333; 17.11667Country

SlovakiaRegion

Bratislava RegionDistrictBratislava IIIFirst mentioned1226 (Julian)Government

• MayorMichal DrotovánArea

• Total23.66 km² (9.14 sq mi)Elevation

148 m (486 ft)Population

(1 January 2021)

• Total25,733 • Density1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

831 06

Area code+421-2Car plateBA, BL, BTWebsitewww.raca.sk

Rača is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, in the Bratislava III district.

Names and etymology

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

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

^ Although historic records mention a person Racha/Rechee, the personal name could be derived from the name of the village and not otherwise.

References

^ 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).