Gajary

Gajary (German: Gayring; Hungarian: Gajar) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky in the Bratislava region.

It lies around 40 km (25 statute miles) north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava close to the Austrian border.

The village is an important archaeological site: findings from the Neolithic period, Eneolithic period, Bronze Age, early Slavic period (several Slavic settlements) have been excavated there.

In the 14th century, the village had also the Hungarian name Öregház (Old House, 1377 Eureghaz), but the name was forgotten and then they used the name of German origin Gajár.

[4] The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia" Media related to Gajary at Wikimedia Commons