Vajnory is a small borough in the northeast of Bratislava, Slovakia.
Milan Rastislav Štefánik international airport is located near Vajnory. Another airport - Vajnory Airport, which was the first airport in Slovakia - closed in 2006.
History
The first written mention of Vajnory dates to 1237, when it was a village with the original
Slovak language Slovak name
Prača /
Pračany. In 1307, Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria purchased it and renamed it
Weinern, referring to the main occupation of the villagers, working on
and making
wine. A relic of this name remains today in the Slovak variant,
Vajnory. It was purchased again by Bratislava in the 16th century. It was a borough only until 1851, when, shortly after the abolition of
serfdom, Vajnory became an independent village again. It was made an official borough of Bratislava in 1946.
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