Malacky

Town

Manor-house in Malacky

Flag	Coat of arms

Country

Region

District

Tourism region

Elevation

159 m (522 ft)

Coordinates

48°26′09″N 17°01′04″E / 48.43583°N 17.01778°ECoordinates: 48°26′09″N 17°01′04″E / 48.43583°N 17.01778°E

Area

59.81 km² (23.09 sq mi)

Population

17,847 (31 December 2005)

Density

298/km² (772/sq mi)

First mentioned

1206

Mayor

Juraj Říha

Timezone

CET (UTC+1)

- summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

90101

Area code

+421-34

Car plate

Location of Malacky in Slovakia

Location of Malacky in the Bratislava Region

Statistics: MOŠ/MIS

Website: www.malacky.sk

Malacky (-Slovak, German: Malatzka, Hungarian: Malacka) is a town and municipality in western Slovakia around 35 kilometres (22 miles) north from capital Bratislava. From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary.

It is one of the centres of the region "Záhorie", between the Little Carpathians in the east and Morava River in the west and a cultural and economic hub for nearby villages such as Gajary, Kostolište, Veľké Leváre and Jakubov. The town is located on the large Prague-Brno-Bratislava highway, and many residents commute daily to Bratislava. The Little Carpathians mountain range with its network of signposted trails provides excellent opportunities for mountain biking.

The origin of the name is uncertain. According to the first theory, the name refers to the Hungarian word malacka which means "piglet" in Hungarian and because the town seal features a pig. A drawback of this theory is that the Hungarian malacka is only a later borrowing from Slovenian and the name is older than the borrowing (Slovene mladec – a young man, in wide meaning also a young animal; Slovak equivalent is mládenec). Other theories derive the name from Slovak mláky (fens, swamps), mlátiť (to flail, to smash, thus a placename derived from mlátiť was Mlaky > Malacky) or from the name of the Malina creek (recorded as Maliscapotoca).

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