Rača (Bratislava)
| Rača (Recha) | |
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| Official name: Rača | |
| Country | Slovakia |
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| Region | Bratislava |
| District | Bratislava III |
| Elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Coordinates | 48°13′00″N 17°09′00″E / 48.21667°N 17.15000°ECoordinates: 48°13′00″N 17°09′00″E / 48.21667°N 17.15000°E |
| Area | 23.659 km2 (9.135 sq mi) |
| Population | 20,357 (2005) |
| Density | 860/km2 (2,227/sq mi) |
| First mentioned | 1296 |
| Postal code | 83106 |
| Area code | +421-02 |
| Car plate | BA, BL |
   Location of Rača in Slovakia
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| Website: www.raca.sk | |
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Rača is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, in the Bratislava III district.
The name probably comes from the Slavic personal name Radša/Radoslav or the Slavic stem vorč-/vrača (a fence). The name was adopted by Germans as Rechesdorf (literally Rača's village, 1390). The Germanized form had been used also by Slovaks e.g. Račissdorf (1914), Račištorf (1920-1946) except a short period in 1920 when the official name was Raslavice. In 1946, it was renamed to its original and current name Rača.
Rača was mentioned for the first time in 1296 as a vineyard village under the name villa Racha. In 1946, the village became a borough of Bratislava.
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