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![[Petrzalka flag]](../images/s/sk-ba-pz.gif)
by Phil Nelson, based upon original image by Gunnar Staack,
8 June 2000
Petržalka (Hungarian: Pozsonyligetfalu, German: Engerau)
is the largest city section of Bratislava, the capital of SR. Together
with Jarovce, Rusovce and Čuňovo it forms the district – Bratislava V,
which is the 5th largest district in Slovakia according to its number of
inhabitants. According to population density it is the 3rd most populated.
The first written notice about Petržalka has its origin in the year 1225,
though the original independent municipality was except insignificant remainders
pulled down. In this place of the largest housing complex of Slovakia live
almost 130 000 inhabitants.
István Molnár, 13 Jan 2001
![[Petrzalka coat of arms]](../images/s/sk-ba)pz.gif)
image from this
website, reported by István Molnár, 13 Jan 2001