The members of the German ethnic minority ousted from Slovakia could
have not found a better site for their memorial than the hill of
Braunsberg, rising on the Austrian side of the “Porta Hungarica”. A
particularly funny fact is that this is one of the favorite Austrian
site of excursion of the inhabitants of Bratislava, a point with a great
view on their capital. Those who want to take the best picture of
Lamač/Lamacs/Blumenau, Devín/Dévény/Theben, the
Kamzík/Zerge-hegy/Gemsenberg, or the castle hill of
Bratislava/Pozsony/Pressburg, must climb up to the memorial. With many
Slovaks already the name “Felvidék” (Upper Region), the historical
Hungarian name of their country beats off the fuse. What will they think
about the country of “Nordkarpatelnand” and its German-speaking cities?
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A view on Preßburg |