Budmerice

Budmerice
Budmerice
Village
	Manor in Budmerice
	Coat of arms
	Budmerice Location of Budmerice in the Bratislava RegionShow map of Bratislava RegionShow map of SlovakiaShow all
	Coordinates: 48°22′N 17°25′E / 48.367°N 17.417°ECoordinates: 48°22′N 17°25′E / 48.367°N 17.417°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Bratislava
District	Pezinok
First mentioned	1300
Area
• Total	30.08 km2 (11.61 sq mi)
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
Population (2004-12-31)
• Total	2,095
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Postal code	900 86
Area code(s)	+421-33
Car plate	PK
Website	www.budmerice.sk

Budmerice (Hungarian: Gidrafa) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Pezinok District in the Bratislava region.^[1]

Names and etymology[]

The name comes from Slavic magnate name BudeměrЪ with Slavic/Slovak suffix -ice. The name was adopted by Germans as Pudmeritz what influenced also later Slovak name Pudmerice. In the 13-14 centuries, the name of Hungarian origin Kerestúr (1296 Keresthwr) had been also used in parallel, but was abandoned in favour of Slovak resp. German form (Pudmeritz, in 1899 renamed to Gidrafa).^[2]

References[]

^ http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/budmerice/budmerice.html
^ Varsik, Branislav (1984). Z osídlenia západného a stredného Slovenska v stredoveku (in Slovak). Bratislava: Veda, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. p. 109.