The Nightingale Valley Cemetery ( Slovak: Cintorín Slávičie údolie ) is the largest (18.5 ha ) cemetery in Bratislava . It was founded in 1912 and was originally intended for the burial of the poor. It is located in the urban quarter of Karlov-Ves on Old Soils, next to an extensive complex of university dormitories (Youth and University Campus named after Ludovit Stur - Mills of the Comenius University). The street of the same name runs in the distance from the cemetery and belongs to the city block Old Town. The cemetery is still being buried.
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Famous people buried in a cemetery
- Ian Langos, politician
- Joseph Kroner , actor
- Theresia Gurbanova-Kronerova, actress
- Yanko Borodach , theatrical figure
- Mikulash Guba, actor and reader
- Maria Kishonova-Gubova, opera singer
- Ivan Kraichek, actor, singer, director
- Vladimir Minach, prose writer, screenwriter, politician
- Margita Figuli , writer, translator
- Ivan Bukovchan, publicist, playwright, screenwriter
- Emil Boleslav Lukacs, poet, translator, priest
- Andrey Plavka, poet, prose writer
- Voitech Migalik, poet, translator, publicist
- Jan Ondrush, poet, translator
- Ludo Zelenka, journalist, playwright, teacher, translator
- Ludo Ondreyov , poet, prose writer
- Ian Chayak Jr., prose writer, journalist, editor
- Janko Alexi , writer, artist, publicist
- Jan Zikker , composer, teacher
- Otto Smik, Outstanding Pilot
- Mirko Neshpor, anti-fascist, participant in the Slovak national uprising
- Vera Gusakova, publicist, translator, 2nd wife of Gustav Gusak
- Gaza Medritsky, politician, statesman, publicist
- Vladimir Faynor, lawyer, politician
- Vladimir Dzurilla , goalkeeper, coach (hockey)
- Dushan Pashek , hockey player
- Koloman Gog , football player
- Marian Filz , skater
- Peter Fiala
- Lucia Poppova , opera singer
- Alexander Makh , politician, journalist
- Stefan Yanshak, archaeologist, diplomat, writer
- Josef Lacko, architect, teacher
- Ondrei Bartko, Protestant preacher, theologian, publicist
- Joseph Rogachek, Protestant priest, Bible translator
- Koloman Ivanichka, geographer, teacher, researcher
- Michal Lucknis, geologist, professor
- Marek Brezovsky, composer, singer, songwriter, pianist
- Anton Gabovshtyak, linguist, writer, publicist
- Franjo Krall , poet, prose writer of socialist realism, politician
- Milo Urban , prose writer, translator, journalist
- Otto Smik , ace pilot, Major General of the Air Force of the Slovak Republic
Traffic
The cemetery is located not far from the Mill Valley quarter. Nearby is a large car parking. At the entrance gate is the final stop (“circle”) of the following public transport bus routes: buses No. 31 (direction Trnavske-Mito) and No. 39 (direction Sugvezdna). The name of the stop is the Nightingale Valley Cemetery .
Other projects
Links
Nightingale Valley Cemetery at www.findagrave.com (in English)