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Well of course it's Štefánik
RTI's (Railtrans International) 242.543 (ex BDŽ 43543) at the head of a lengthy tanker train is held at Bernolákovo for the passing of an EC 278 service.
The village of Bernolákovo is very near Bratislava and, on SK 130, is well served by rail services between the capital and Senec and beyond to Galanta.
Bernolákovo was, for a large part of it's history, within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, during that time the village had the Hungarian name of Cseklész (Čeklís). After World War II, the village and the nearby castle were renamed Bernolákovo in honour of the Slovak linguist Anton Bernolák.
Anton Bernolák (b.1762) was Roman Catholic Priest, Nobleman and Linguist who is recognised as being the first to formerly organise the standard Slovak language as we know it today - Gee thanks Anton, from those of us struggling to get to grips with it!
During the spring of 2019 Slovak broadcaster RTVS held a 'The Greatest Slovak' poll inviting suggestions and votes from the public with the results being announced at a special event on the evening of 1st May - Anton Bernolák was placed at number 57.
For anyone who's wondering, the full list of 100 names included - along with the usual politicians, writers and entertainers - 7 Ice Hockey players but only 1 footballer and, get this....at number 37, Eugene Andrew Cernan, an American citizen but of Slovak and Czech descent who in December 1972 became the 12th and last man to walk on the Moon!! Furthermore, in the number 96 position is Ivan Bella who also went to space with a Russian mission to the Mir space station in 1999.
But the number one - 'The Greatest Slovak' is of course Štefánik. Milan Rastislav Štefánik is kind of a big deal in these parts for a number of reasons, check him out here;
sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Rastislav_%C5%A0tef%C3%A1nik
In 1919 Štefánik died in a plane crash and, perhaps rather ironically, in 1993 the airport at Bratislava was named M. R. Štefánik Airport in his honour.
There's also a bloody big statue of him overlooking the Danube at the Eurovea shopping centre in central Bratislava.
Well of course it's Štefánik
RTI's (Railtrans International) 242.543 (ex BDŽ 43543) at the head of a lengthy tanker train is held at Bernolákovo for the passing of an EC 278 service.
The village of Bernolákovo is very near Bratislava and, on SK 130, is well served by rail services between the capital and Senec and beyond to Galanta.
Bernolákovo was, for a large part of it's history, within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, during that time the village had the Hungarian name of Cseklész (Čeklís). After World War II, the village and the nearby castle were renamed Bernolákovo in honour of the Slovak linguist Anton Bernolák.
Anton Bernolák (b.1762) was Roman Catholic Priest, Nobleman and Linguist who is recognised as being the first to formerly organise the standard Slovak language as we know it today - Gee thanks Anton, from those of us struggling to get to grips with it!
During the spring of 2019 Slovak broadcaster RTVS held a 'The Greatest Slovak' poll inviting suggestions and votes from the public with the results being announced at a special event on the evening of 1st May - Anton Bernolák was placed at number 57.
For anyone who's wondering, the full list of 100 names included - along with the usual politicians, writers and entertainers - 7 Ice Hockey players but only 1 footballer and, get this....at number 37, Eugene Andrew Cernan, an American citizen but of Slovak and Czech descent who in December 1972 became the 12th and last man to walk on the Moon!! Furthermore, in the number 96 position is Ivan Bella who also went to space with a Russian mission to the Mir space station in 1999.
But the number one - 'The Greatest Slovak' is of course Štefánik. Milan Rastislav Štefánik is kind of a big deal in these parts for a number of reasons, check him out here;
sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Rastislav_%C5%A0tef%C3%A1nik
In 1919 Štefánik died in a plane crash and, perhaps rather ironically, in 1993 the airport at Bratislava was named M. R. Štefánik Airport in his honour.
There's also a bloody big statue of him overlooking the Danube at the Eurovea shopping centre in central Bratislava.