Bratislava Castle

Bratislava Castle - Prehistory 2800 – 450 BC. The castle, like today's town, has been inhabited for thousands of years, because it is strategically located in the center of Europe at a passage between the Carpathians and the Alps, at a very important ford used to cross the Danube river, and at an important crossing of central European ancient (trade) routes running from the Balkans or the Adriatic Sea to the Rhine river or the Baltic Sea, th ...

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Bratislava (until 1919: Prešporok in Slovak, Pressburg in German and English, Pozsony in Hungarian, Požun in Croatian) is the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city, with a population of some 450,000. Bratislava lies on the River Danube, at Slovakia's borders with Austria and Hungary, and relatively close to the border with the Czech Republic. It is only 50 km (45-65 minutes by train) from Vienna. The Carpathian mountain range begins within the territory of the city with the Malé Karpaty (or Little ...

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Moses ben Samuel Sofer (or Schreiber), known to Jews as the Hatam Sofer, or the Ch'sam Soifer, (after his main work "שו"ת חתם סופר" - "Responsa 'Hatam Sofer", lit. "Seal of the Writer"), was one of the leading rabbis of European Judaism in the 1800s. His German name was Moses Schreiber. Moses Sofer - Early years. Sofer was born in Germany at Frankfort-on-the-Main 14 September 1763; he died at Pressburg (now Bratislava) 3 October 1839. His mother's name was Reisil. At th ...

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Bush met with Slovak leaders including President Ivan Gašparovič and Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda. On February 24 Bush also gave a public speech in Hviezdoslav Square (Hviezdoslavovo námestie) in Bratislava. Topics of discussion at the summit are partly private, but included Russian democracy (this was the main topic at the subsequent press conference), the situation in Iran, the North Korean nuclear talks and other international topics. One of the objects of the summit activities was to improve relations between the U.S. and Europe. Notably, Slovakia is an ally of the U.S. in the Iraq War and ...

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In 1869, Bahýľ graduated from the famous Mining Academy of Banská Štiavnica (Selmecbánya) with a diploma in technical drawing. During his one year term in the army, his superiors noticed him, because he made some technical improvements for the army of the Kingdom of Hungary. Thus, he was enrolled into the technical staff. Besides being entrusted with complex building tasks while in the army, Bahyl was able to study at the Vienna Military Academy. He graduated from the academy in 1879 and was made a lieutenant. During his time in the army Bahyl was able to work on a number of inv ...

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See also: History of Bratislava (includes the development of the ethnic structure and important personalities) Neolithic Age: the first permanent settlement of the region now known as Bratislava begins with the Linear Ceramics Culture 400 B.C.-50 B.C.: Celts were settled here. From 125 B.C. on they had an important oppidum (fortified town) with a mint here. 1st century – 5th century: the border of the Roman Empire (Limes Romanus) runs right through the middle of today's town; many Roman ( ...

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Sofer was born in Germany at Frankfort-on-the-Main 14 September 1763; he died at Pressburg (now Bratislava) 3 October 1839. His mother's name was Reisil. At the age of nine he entered the yeshiva of Rabbi Nathan Adler at Frankfort, and when only thirteen years old he delivered public lectures. So great was the Sofer's fame that Rabbi Phinehas Horowitz (Hurwitz), author of "Sefer Hafla'ah" and then rabbi of Frankfort, invited him to become his pupil. Schreiber consented, but remained under Horowitz for one year only, when he left for the yeshivah of Rabbi Tebele Scheuer in the neighboring ...

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Location: on both banks of the Danube, at the foot of and in the Little Carpathians, directly at the Austrian and Hungarian borders Climate: mild; annual mean temperature: 9.9 °C, annual hours of sunshine 1976.4, average annual rainfall 527.4 mm (1993) ...

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Bratislava is picturesquely situated on both banks of the Danube, at the base of the outlying spurs of the Little Carpathians, in a position of strategic importance near the Devín Gate (earlier called Hainburger Pforte or Porta Hungarica), and the area includes a picturesque old town. One of the most conspicuous buildings of the town is the Bratislava Castle situated on a plateau 82 m above the Danube. The castle exists since time immemorial, has been the acropolis of a Celtic town, a part of the Roman Limes Romanus, a huge Slav fort ...

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Bratislava is located on both banks of the Danube river, at the foot of and in the Little Carpathians, directly at the Austrian and Hungarian borders Climate of the city is mild. The annual average temperature is 9.9 °C, annual hours of sunshine is 1976.4 and average annual rainfall is 527.4 mm according to 1993 data. ...

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In 1782 Nathan Adler was called to the rabbinate of Boskowitz (Boskovice), and Schreiber followed him. Schreiber went, at Adler's advice, to Prossnitz (Prostejov), where he married Sarah, the widowed daughter of Rabbi Moses Jerwitz. Schreiber became head of the yeshivah at Prossnitz, and later accepted his first official position, becoming rabbi of Dresnitz, after he had procured the sanction of the government to settle in that town. In 1798 he resigned the rabbinate, and moved to Mattersdorf (currently known as Mattersburg and locate ...

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Moses Sofer, Moses Sofer - Early years, Moses Sofer - Education, Moses Sofer - Boskowitz and Mattersdorf, Moses Sofer - Fight against changes in Judaism, Moses Sofer - Influence

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In 1819 an early form of Reform Judaism developed in Hamburg. Schreiber declared open war against the reformers, and attacked them in his speeches and writings with all the force at his command. In the same spirit he fought also the founders of the Reformschule in Pressburg, which was established in the year 1827. In response to those who stated that Judaism could change or evolve, Sofer created the motto Hadash asur min ha-Torah (חדש אסור מן התורה), "Anything new is forbidden by the Torah", and used this view to ...

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The castle site includes the following: Bratislava Castle - Castle building the Palace. The castle building includes 4 towers (one on each corner) and a courtyard with a 80m deep water well. The biggest tower is the Crown Tower in the south-west from the 13th century, which housed the crown jewels (see History) . The outside walls and inside corridors contain fragments of old Gothic and Renaissance construction elements. To the east of the main entrance, one can see the walled up entrance gate from the 16t ...

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