Rajka

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title: "Rajka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-győr-moson-sopron-county", "hungary–slovakia-border-crossings", "hungarian-german-communities"] topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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demographics1_title2Slovaks
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Rajka (, , ) is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary. The village has large Slovak majority and a German minority.

Etymology

The name comes from the Slavic personal name Rajko, Rajka (derived from rajь: paradise). 1297 Royka.

Geography

Rajka is located in the Little Hungarian Plain 17 km north-west of Mosonmagyaróvár, near the point where the borders of Hungary, Austria, and Slovakia join. M15 motorway (E65/E75), Highway 150, and the Budapest–Hegyeshalom–Rajka railway line all cross the village. The Hungarian-Slovak border crossing between Rajka and Čunovo was lifted on 21 December 2007, when Hungary and Slovakia acceded to the Schengen Area.

History

Rajka was established before the 13th century. According to the Hungarian Royal Treasury (Magyar Királyi Kincstár) it was an ethnic German settlement in Hungary, called Rackendorf in 1495. In the 18th century it was a market town (mezőváros) in Moson County. The Jewish community was forcibly deported in 1944. After the Soviet occupation of Hungary in 1946, 859 German civilians were expelled from Rajka. They were replaced by ethnic Hungarians expelled from Czechoslovakia.

Population

Mayor Vince Kiss spoke in 2012 of 1,000 Slovak citizens living in Rajka and making up one-third of the population. Most of these are ethnic Slovaks, but a significant proportion are ethnic Hungarian citizens of Slovakia or conversant with the Hungarian language. These Slovak citizens form a fragmented, dormitory community of people working or studying in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, and commuting there every day.

According to the 2011 census, however, the population of Rajka was 2,758, of whom 1,938 (70.3%) declared themselves Hungarians, 535 (19.4%) Slovaks and 284 (10.3%) Germans by ethnicity.

According to the 2022 census, Slovaks made up a plurality, and of the population of Rajka was 5,224, with 1,943 (32.7%) Hungarians, 3,302 (63.2%) Slovaks and 157 (3%) Germans by ethnicity. Note: The percentages may exceed 100% as individuals in Hungary are allowed to declare multiple nationalities in the census.

Gallery

File:Rajka - Ragendorf. Hungarian - german table.JPG|City limit signage in Hungarian and German File:Hungary Rajka border crossing.jpg|Rajka border checkpoint, no longer operational. File:Hungary rajka exit.JPG|Pre-Schengen passport exit stamp from Rajka border crossing. File:Hungary rajka 2.jpg|An earlier passport stamp from the same border crossing.

References

References

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  2. "Népszámlálás 2022".
  3. "Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005.". Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj.
  4. Stanislav, Ján. (2004). "Slovenský juh v stredoveku II.". Slovenské literárne centrum.
  5. Magyarország autóatlasz, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2004, {{ISBN. 963-03-7576-1
  6. Hídfőállás, Magyar Nemzet, 10-03-2012, Tóth Szabolcs Töhötöm, Budapest, pp. 21-26, {{ISSN. 0133-185X
  7. Károly Kocsis (DSc, University of Miskolc) – Zsolt Bottlik (PhD, Budapest University) – Patrik Tátrai: Etnikai térfolyamatok a Kárpát-medence határon túli régióiban, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Földrajtudományi Kutatóintézet (Academy of Geographical Studies); Budapest; 2006.; {{ISBN. 963-9545-10-4, CD Atlas
  8. [http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_08 Hungarian census 2011, Győr-Moson-Sopron county] {{in lang. hu
  9. "Népszámlálási adatbázis – Központi Statisztikai Hivatal".

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