Gajary


Gajary is a village and municipality in western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky in the Bratislava region. It lies around 40 km north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava close to the Austrian border. The village has around 3500 inhabitants.
The village is an important archaeological site: findings from the Neolithic period, Eneolithic period, Bronze Age, early Slavic period have been excavated there.
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Names and etymology

The Slovak name Gajary comes from German personal name Geier. In the 14th century, the village had also the Hungarian name Öregház, but the name was forgotten and then they used the name of German origin Gajár.

Population

It has a population of  people.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"