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Modra (German: Modern, Hungarian: Modor, Latin: Modur) is a city and municipality in the Bratislava Region in Slovakia.It has a population of 9,201 as of 2013. It nestles in the foothills of the Malé Karpaty (Little Carpathian mountains) and is an excellent centre for hiking.
The Astronomical Observatory of Modra (Slovak: Astronomické observatórium Modra), also known as Modra Observatory or the Astronomical and Geophysical observatory in Modra, is an astronomical observatory located in Modra, Slovakia. It is owned and operated by the Comenius University in Bratislava.
The Democrats (Slovak: Demokrati), known as Together – Civic Democracy (Slovak: Spolu – občianska demokracia, Spolu) from 2018 until 2023, and later the Blue Coalition (Slovak: Modrá koalícia, Modrí), is a Slovak political party founded in 2018 by Miroslav Beblavý.
Pezinok District (okres Pezinok) is a district in the Bratislava Region of western Slovakia [1] The district had been established in 1996, from 1923 was its area part of Modra District. It is situated on the foothills of Little Carpathians hills, and is known for its vineyard production.
The Church of St. Elizabeth (Slovak: Kostol svätej Alžbety, Hungarian: Szent Erzsébet templom), commonly known as Blue Church (Modrý kostolík, Kék templom), is a Hungarian-Secessionist (Jugendstil, Art Nouveau) Catholic church located in the eastern part of the Old Town in Bratislava, present-day Slovakia.
A golden sign in the Hungarian language placed on the bottom of a historic wagon. The Modranská železnica (English: Modra railway, Slovak pronunciation: ['mɔdranskaː 'ʐeleznitsa]) alebo Modra hlavná stanica (English: Modra main railway station, Slovak pronunciation: ['mɔdra 'hlavnaː 'stanitsa]) is cultural space [1] and imaginary railway station [2] located on a field between the ...
The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km 2 and a population of 622,706 (2009). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize.
Bratislava, [a] historically known ... The nearest observatory is in Modra, 30 kilometres (19 mi) away, and the nearest planetarium is in Hlohovec, 70 kilometres (43 ...