Stupava, Slovakia

Stupava
Stomfa
Municipality
Church of Saint Stephen
Church of Saint Stephen
Flag of Stupava
Flag
Coat of arms of Stupava
Coat of arms
Stupava is located in Bratislava Region
Stupava
Stupava
Location of Stupava in the Bratislava Region
Stupava is located in Slovakia
Stupava
Stupava
Location of Stupava in Slovakia
Coordinates: 48°16′29.1″N 17°01.904′0″E / 48.274750°N 17.03173°E / 48.274750; 17.03173 48°16′29.1″N 17°01.904′0″E
Country Slovakia
Region Bratislava Region
DistrictMalacky District
First mentioned1269
Government
 • MayorPeter Novisedlák
Area
[1]
 • Total
67.55 km2 (26.08 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
178 m (584 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
12,744
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
900 31[2]
Area code+421 2[2]
Car plateMA
Websitewww.stupava.sk

Stupava (German: Stampfen; Hungarian: Stomfa) is a town in western Slovakia. It is situated in the Malacky District, Bratislava Region.

Etymology

The name is derived from Proto-Slavic stǫpa (Slovak: stupa) - a wooden bowl carved from a tree trunk, but also the name of various crushing and pressing tools.[4]

Geography

The town is located in the Záhorie lowland, under the Little Carpathians, around 15 km (9 mi) north of Bratislava at an altitude of 182 metres. It has 15, 095 inhabitants as of 2021 and has a land area of 67.17 km2 (26 sq mi). Apart from the core part of the city, Mást (German: Maaßt, Hungarian: Mászt), located just south of the core part of the city, is another part of Stupava. It has been initially a separate village with ethnic Croatian majority, which was formally annexed by Stupava in 1953.[5]

History

However, traces of habitation go back to the Bronze Age, and the first known inhabitants were the Celts. The Romans built a military station as a part of the near Limes Romanus on the Danube. The first written mention about the town was in 1269 in a document of the King Béla IV under name Ztumpa. In the second half of the 13th century the now-ruined Pajštún Castle in the Little Carpathians was built. It was developing mainly as an agricultural and trading settlement. The name of the town comes from the pressing mills called stupa on the Stupavský potok brook, which were used for extracting oil from flax and hemp.

Landmarks

  • Stupava Castle, originally built as a water castle, rebuilt in the 17th century to the Renaissance château, now serving as a retirement home
  • Roman Catholic church in Baroque style from the first half of the 17th century
  • Baroque-style Calvary chapel from the beginning of the 18th century

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19706,863—    
19808,062+17.5%
19917,834−2.8%
20018,063+2.9%
20119,282+15.1%
202112,595+35.7%
Source: Censuses[6][7]

According to the 2021 census, the town had 12 595 inhabitants. 96.7% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 1% Czechs and 0.5% Hungarians.[8] The religious makeup was 70.4% Roman Catholics, 19.5% people with no religious affiliation and 2% Lutherans.[8]

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia

Stupava is twinned with:[9]

References

  1. ^ "Hustota obyvateľstva - obce [om7014rr_ukaz: Rozloha (Štvorcový meter)]". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Základná charakteristika". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ "Počet obyvateľov podľa pohlavia - obce (ročne)". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ Závodný, Andrej (2010). "Vodné názvy slovenskej časti Pomoravia". VARIA XVII (PDF) (in Slovak). Ružomberok: Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku – Filozofická fakulta, Slovenská jazykovedná spoločnosť pri SAV. p. 778. ISBN 978-80-8084-550-6.
  5. ^ "Trocha z histórie Mástu". Mástsky potravinový spolok v Stupave. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  6. ^ "Statistical lexikon of municipalities 1970-2011" (PDF) (in Slovak).
  7. ^ "Census 2021 - Population - Basic results". Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 2021-01-01.
  8. ^ a b "Municipal Statistics". Statistical Office of the Slovak republic. Retrieved 2024-04-30. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
  9. ^ "Úvodná strana". stupava.sk (in Slovak). Stupava. Retrieved 2019-09-04.

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