Perché Nitra non è la capitale della Slovacchia nonostante il suo valore storico e la posizione geografica?
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Perché Nitra non è la capitale della Slovacchia nonostante il suo valore storico e la posizione geografica?
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di arhx95
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Bratislava is more relevant and dominant in every aspect.
Because its historical value is from over 1000 years ago. Bratislava has been acquired by the Czechoslovak republic mainly because Czechs wanted access to Danube through a big city, so they made it a Slovak capital and over the years invested huge resources into further developing it. Otherwise the capital would be Martin which isn’t even on your map roughly between Orava and Vyšehrad.
Because Nitra is one big village….And Bratislava was the coronation city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire….
Because when Czechoslovakia was formed, the Czechoslovak leadership had ambitions. They wanted Bratislava both because of the industry and because of the Danube. Otherwise, the Germans and Hungarians wanted to create an independent state with Bratislava, Czechoslovakia simply occupied it.
Bratislava has a fantastic location. It is located by a large river that runs through much of Europe. At the same time it is close to Vienna which is a very important city and not so far from Budapest.
Chonky Slovakia. Slota approve.
If the capital of Slovakia had to be moved from Bratislava to a different city, the most obvious choices would be Martin for historic reasons, and Banská Bystrica for geographical reasons, not Nitra. The city of Žilina would be another natural choice, as it was the seat of the government of Slovakia and thus its de facto capital very briefly, when parts of Bratislava were occupied by Hungary.
Nitra has lost it’s importance somewhat in early 12th century, when the border principality (with Nitra as capital) was abolished, and then further in 13th century, when the city was given as a fief to Nitra’s bishop (I think, cant remember specifics now). This hampered the city’s grow, ande it lose its general status in Slovak lands as THE city.
Once Bratislava became coronation city in 16th century, it was the one of, or even most important town north of Danube. And that didnt change since.
TLDR:
Its position next to Austria and on the Danube gived it an advantage.
Became the capital of The kingdom of Hungary after the disastrous battle of Mohács in 1526.
Remained an important cultural center for germans and hungarians, later slovaks.
After the dissolution of Austria-Hungary it became the biggest city on the territory of Slovakia (at the time part of Czechoslovakia).
Through population growth, migration, fleeing/deportations of hungarians and germans it became a Slovak majority city.
Very simply put: Bratislava turned into the biggest and most important city with slovak majority, while Nitra lost its importance.
good point brothar, make duchy of nitra great again
Nitra prime time was over around 12th/13th century