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Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital city of Slovakia, And, it is a city
with three names. Its Slovakian name is Bratislava,
its Hungarian
name is Poszony, and its German name is Pressburg.
And, this wonderful city on the Danube has an
interesting history.
Until
1724, Bratislava was the capital city of Hungary. And,
it was there that 11 Austrian emperors and empresses
were crowned kings and queens of Hungary. Empress
Maria Theresa was the most famous.
Between
the wars, there was a tram between Bratislava and Vienna.
And, many Bratislavians used to come to Vienna for afternoons in the
zoo and visits to the opera.
Nowadays,
the two cities are connected by train. The Viennese
love Bratislava, and the Bratislavians love Vienna.
Vocabulary
Between the wars – zwischen
die Kriege
capital city - Hauptstadt
connected - verbunden
crowned – gekrönt
Danube - Donau
emperor - Kaiser
empress – Kaiserin
German – Deutsch
history - Geschichte
Hungarian
– ungarisch
Hungary
- Ungarn
Slovakia - Slowakei
Slovakian – slowakisch
Questions
On
which river is Bratislava?
How
many names has Bratislava?
What
is the Hungarian name for Bratislava?
How
many Austrian emperors and empresses were crowned in Bratislava?
Until
when was Bratislava the capital city of Hungary?
What
connected Bratislava and Vienna between the wars?
What
connects the two cities now?
And,
now the text once again!
