Bratislava bridgehead
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Bratislava bridgehead is found in the western part of
Bratislava V in Bratislava, and has 111,135 inhabitants.[citation needed
]
History
As a result of the
First World War - a bridgehead was created for Czechoslovakia on the right bank of river Danube at Bratislava, mainly for defensive purposes. At this time Petržalka was transferred to the newly founded country.[citation needed
]
In October 1938, as part of Munich Agreement, Petržalka and Devín were transferred to Nazi Germany for strategic purposes.[citation needed]
At the end of World War II, ceasefire agreements mainly restored the pre-war boundaries, except a small part of Carpathian Ruthenia, which became part of Ukraine as per the Moscow Agreement. A camp for Hungarians and Germans impeached for war crimes was located in Petržalka.[citation needed]
It was an idea of the
Czechoslovakia delegation at the Paris Peace Conference that they would need an extended defensive territory at the Bratislava bridgehead.[1] They sought Dunacsún (Čunovo), Horvátjárfalu (Jarovce), Oroszvár (Rusovce), Rajka and Bezenye
. The first three were transferred, creating a territory of 62 km2.
During the 1970s, a
Bratislava V district.[citation needed
]
Between 1977 and 1992, the Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Dams was built there. The bridgehead makes the extraction of water to Slovakia possible.[citation needed]
References
- ISBN 978-0191017711.