Lozorno ( hu, Lozornó) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and

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in western

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Malacky District The Malacky District ( sk, okres Malacky) is a district in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia. It lies north from Bratislava on Záhorská nížina lowland. Its current borders have been established in 1996. The administrative seat is its l ...

in the

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. Lozorno lies near the western slopes of the

Small Carpathians The Little Carpathians (also: ''Lesser Carpathians'', sk, Malé Karpaty; german: Kleine Karpaten; hu, Kis-Kárpátok) are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slo ...

in the southern Záhorská lowlands. In the center of the village is the Church of

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, which dates from 1629. The village is also home to old monument statues of St. Florian and St. John of Nepomuk. Above the village there is a lake which emerges from a "Dry Creek" through the village. Every year Lozorno residents or neighbors from surrounding villages gather to engage in fishing pursuits. Above this water reservoir is a trail that leads through the

Little Carpathians The Little Carpathians (also: ''Lesser Carpathians'', sk, Malé Karpaty; german: Kleine Karpaten; hu, Kis-Kárpátok) are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slov ...

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, which belongs to the

. Lozorno has several restaurants and pubs as well as a three-star hotel that provides accommodation and restaurant services.

Sport in Lozorno

Lozorno has a golf course, sometimes used by citizens of Bratislava, as well as tennis courts. Football in Lozorno is represented by ŠK Lozorno football club, based at the local football stadium with a capacity of 850 people. The team plays in the western division of the 3rd Slovak Football league. The club has prep, junior and men squads. Lozorno is also known for the local hockey team Lozorski Orli (Lozorno Eagles), playing in Bratislava's local hockey ball league. The hockey ball stadium has a capacity of 150 and is located in the football stadium complex. There is also a shooting range in Lozorno, mostly used by shooting clubs and individuals for sport shooting, but also for entertainment shooting and even as a training centre for police forces.

Notable people

Anton Tkáč Anton Tkáč (30 March 1951 – 22 December 2022) was a Slovak track cyclist who claimed the gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the men's Match Sprint event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada when in the final he defeated eig ...

, track cyclist * Tomáš Zeman, football player * Bruno Sirota, football player * Samuel Foltyn, football player * Slavko Kováč, football player * Peťo Báli, tourist

References

External links

* http://www.lozorno.sk * Website o
hockey-ball team Lozorski Orli
* Website o
Lozorno golf course
* Website o
shooting range in Lozorno
Villages and municipalities in Malacky District {{Bratislava-geo-stub