Svätý Jur
in Svätý Jur, SlovakiaCategory: Attraction
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Krajinská cesta 526/55, 900 21 Svätý Jur, Slovakia Print route »
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Svätý Jur (German: Sankt Georgen, Hungarian: Szentgyörgy, formerly Jur pri Bratislave) is a small historical town northeast of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia located in the Bratislava Region. It is named after Saint George and the town's coat of arms shows the saint killing the dragon. With over 700 years of winemaking tradition, Svätý Jur is situated on the slopes of Little Carpathians and it is surrounded by terraced vineyards. In 1990, the intact city center was declared a protected city reservation. Cadastrially, Svätý Jur includes also the natural reserve Šúr, established in 1952 to protect one of the last and largest remnants of a tall-stem swamp alder forest in Central Europe.Today, Svätý Jur has a population of over 5 thousand citizens. The town is well connected with a major road between Pezinok and Bratislava passing through and the Svätý Jur railway station situated on the main Košice - Bratislava railway line. The city is bordered by the Little Carpathian mountains to the west, Bratislava to the south, natural reserve Šúr to the east and Limbach and Pezinok to the north and noth-east respectively.
