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Karlova Ves ( hu, Károlyújfalu, german: Karlsdorf) is a borough in the city of Bratislava, the capital of
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. It is located in the western part of the city close to the river
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on the slopes of the
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mountains and it is part of the
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administrative district. A small, wine-making village for most of its history it was assimilated into Bratislava in the
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s and in
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, the construction of a large socialist
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suburb started. Today, Karlova Ves has approximately 33,000 inhabitants and university
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in
Mlynská dolina Mlynská dolina (literally: Mill valley; before 1894 german: Mühltal, hu, Malomvölgy) is a neighborhood of Karlova Ves borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located in the Bratislava IV district. Geographically and historica ...
house an additional 15,000 students at the total area of 7874 meters squared. Karlova Ves consists of three distinct parts: Dlhé diely suburb which houses most of the inhabitants,
Mlynská dolina Mlynská dolina (literally: Mill valley; before 1894 german: Mühltal, hu, Malomvölgy) is a neighborhood of Karlova Ves borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located in the Bratislava IV district. Geographically and historica ...
area which features some of the city's central institutions including universities, the
Bratislava Zoo The Bratislava Zoo ( sk, Zoologická záhrada Bratislava) is a zoo in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is located in the area of Mlynská dolina in the borough Karlova Ves. Opened in 1960, it is the second oldest zoo in Slovakia. The zoo covers an area o ...
and
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. The Karlova Ves proper includes also the largest island in Bratislava; Sihoť. The city part also features the Bratislava Water Museum, the Slávičie údolie cemetery, numerous schools and three Roman-Catholic churches. The
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serves as the center of the city borough.


Location

Karlova Ves borders
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and
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to the south,
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to the west, Dúbravka to the north and Old Town to the east. The southern boundary is the river
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. The original village lied on the western slopes of the Bratislava Foothills, the southernmost part of the
Devín Carpathians Forest in Devín Carpathians Ruins of the Devín Castle Devín Carpathians ( sk, Devínske Karpaty, ) is a subdivision of the Little Carpathians mountain range, located entirely within Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is bordered by the ...
mountain range, in the valley of the Karloveský stream, on both of its sides. The altitude difference is from 134 meters AMSL at the Karloveská bay to 264 m AMSL at the mountain Nad Sitinou, mean altitude in the borough is 165 meters AMSL. In the past, the boundaries of Karlova Ves used to change often, stabilizing in their current place after 1971. The southern boundary is the
Petržalka Petržalka (; german: Engerau / Audorf; hu, Pozsonyligetfalu) is the largest borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Situated on the right bank of the river Danube, the area shares a land border with Austria, and is home to around 100,000 ...
bank of the
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, border with
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and the Karloveské rameno creating island Sihoť. Eastern boundary is the Cesta na Červený most Street, Lamačská cesta Street, Mlynská dolina street until the river Danube, running underneath the
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. The northern boundary runs around various industrial buildings until reaching Polianky street, then the gas station at Lamačská cesta Street, then Zelenohorská Street and the northern side of the Bratislava - Malacky railway tracks. The western boundary runs west of Dlhé diely, through the western part of Kuklovská Street, Sološnícka Street, Šaštínska Street, Hrubý vrch, Krčace and finally a forest road at Sitina.


Division

Karlova Ves is divided into five local parts: Dlhé diely,
Mlynská dolina Mlynská dolina (literally: Mill valley; before 1894 german: Mühltal, hu, Malomvölgy) is a neighborhood of Karlova Ves borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located in the Bratislava IV district. Geographically and historica ...
, Kútiky, Rovnice and island Sihoť. Cadastrially it is divided into 9 sectors: Karlova Ves, Dlhé diely, Líščie údolie, Krčace,
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, Mlynská dolina, Sitina - ZOO, Karloveská zátoka (Karlova Ves Bay) and Sihoť.


History

Archeological finds of
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date human settlement of this area to the Lower Paleolithic. A settlement pit containing the ritual burial of a child with an adult's
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dating from the year 5,000 BCE was discovered in the area above the Bratislava Botanical Garden. It is the oldest human remains ever discovered in the Bratislava area. In the 20th century, Karlova Ves was a small vineyard village in the proximity of Bratislava, and was incorporated into the city in 1943. It includes large, recent high-rise apartment blocks in the Dlhé diely area. In the
Mlynská dolina Mlynská dolina (literally: Mill valley; before 1894 german: Mühltal, hu, Malomvölgy) is a neighborhood of Karlova Ves borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located in the Bratislava IV district. Geographically and historica ...
quarter is the headquarters of Slovak Television, and there is Slávičie údolie cemetery nearby.


Politics

List of Mayors of Karlova Ves and political parties that nominated them: * 1991 – 1994 – Jozef Krištúfek * 1994 – 1998 – Bystrík Hollý ( KDH, NDS, , SPŽ SR) * 1998 – 2002 – Bystrík Hollý ( KDH, DÚ, DS, SDSS, SZS) * 2002 – 2006 – Bystrík Hollý (DS, DÚ, KDH, SZS), other sources claim ( SDKÚ-DS, KDH) * 2006 – 2010 – Iveta Hanulíková ( SMER, HZDS, SNS) * 2010 – 2014 – Iveta Hanulíková ( SMER) * 2014 – 2022 – Dana Čahojová (independent)


Religion

Karlova Ves features three Roman-Catholic churches: * Church of the Nativity of Mary ( sk, Kostol Narodenia Panny Márie) - consecrated in 1995 * Church of Saint Michael Archangel ( sk, Kostol svätého Michala Archanjela) - built in the 18th century, consecrated in 1935 * Church of Saint Francis of Assisi ( sk, Kostol svätého Františka z Assisi) - consecrated in 2002


Education

Karlova Ves features 5
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s, 4 elementary schools and 11
kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th ce ...
s.
Mlynská dolina Mlynská dolina (literally: Mill valley; before 1894 german: Mühltal, hu, Malomvölgy) is a neighborhood of Karlova Ves borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located in the Bratislava IV district. Geographically and historica ...
, part of Karlova Ves, features numerous universities and university dormitories. * High-school equivalent: Gymnázium Ladislava Sáru 1, Škola úžitkového výtvarníctva Josefa Vydru Dúbravská cesta 11, Spojená škola s organizačnými zloţkami: ZŠ a gymnázium Tilgnerova 14, Spojená škola sv. Františka z Assisi s organizačnými zložkami: ZŠ sv. Františka z Assisi a gymnázium sv. Františka z Assisi, Súkromné gymnázium ESPRIT Majerníkova 62 * Elementary schools: ZŠ Karloveská 61, ZŠ Alexandra Dubčeka Majerníkova 62 * Kindergartens: MŠ Adámiho 11, MŠ Borská 4, MŠ Kolískova 14, MŠ Ladislava Sáru 3, MŠ Ľudovíta Fullu 12, MŠ Majerníkova 11, MŠ Majerníkova 60, MŠ Pod Rovnicami 1, MŠ Suchohradská 3, ŠMŠ Svrčia 3 (special needs), SŠ Mokrohájska 3 (special needs)


Sports

The main sporting club in Karlova Ves is ''Karloveský športový klub''. There are three multi-functional playgrounds available for free to the public: inside the area of School Alexandra Dubčeka, School Karloveská 32 and School Veternicová 20.


Notable people

* Libor Ebringer, Professor of microbiology and Doctor of Sciences


See also

*
Boroughs and localities of Bratislava Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, is divided into five national administrative districts ( sk, okres: I, II, III, IV, V) and into 17 boroughs ( sk, mestské časti; literally: city parts, also translated as (city) districts or wards ...
*
Geography of Bratislava Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, is situated in Central Europe and it is located in the extreme south-west within Slovakia. The city borders Austria in the west and Hungary in the south making it the only national capital in the world t ...


References


External links


Karlova Ves website
{{Authority control Boroughs of Bratislava