Lamač (German: Blumenau; Hungarian: Lamacs) is the smallest borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, lying in the northern part of the city.

Lamač borders Dúbravka to the south-west, Devínska Nová Ves to the west, Záhorská Bystrica to the north and Rača to the east, separated by the Pezinok Carpathians.

[1] Blumenau and Sellendorf were founded between 1279-1288 and de facto ceased to exist by 1496, probably because of frequent border disputes and their division between the heirs of the original founder.

[3] Ongoing territorial disputes between the city of Bratislava and the holders of the Stupava-Pajstun castle led to the establishment of several royal commissions (in 1574, 1582, 1585, 1590, and 1593).

The name Lamač is believed to be have been derived from the occupation of its early inhabitants, who were engaged in breaking stone at the nearby Sidina quarry.

[3][6] The early name Lamocz was gradually adapted to German, Latin, Hungarian, and, most recently, Slovak diction.

Roofs were covered with straw, with wealthier peasants using slate from the nearby quarries in Marianka.

[3] The earliest houses were very simple and consisted of a single room adjacent to a shed, in which cattle and household tools were placed.

By the 17th century and continuing on until the early 1930s, three-room houses were built, consisting of a room, hall, and larder.

While they initially retained their Croatian mother tongue and customs, they were influenced over time by Moravian Slovak elements from the Záhorie region.

[11] 1733 map of Lamacs In 1751, Maria Theresa reaffirmed the village's subjugation to the city of Bratislava.

[8] In 1828 there were 123 houses and 881 residents who worked as farmers, winemakers and, from the early 20th century, also as workers in Bratislava factories.

Inadequate sanitary conditions following the influx of workers and their families led to an outbreak of typhoid fever that killed 65 inhabitants that year and 83 the next.

Large fires erupted in both Lamač and neighboring Dúbravka as a result of the artillery duel.

[2] 1900 map of Lamacs Slovak national revivalist and politician Ferdinand Juriga (1874-1950), in his memoirs (published in 1937), fondly remembers Lamač residents Adam Vozar, Filip Bucic, mayor Jan Haraslin, Gregor Hlubik, and especially Frantisek Hergott, who bravely and openly supported the Slovak national movement.

On 4 December 1918, Lamač volunteers Valentin Vozar (son of Adam), Vincent Vozar, Juraj Kovacic, Dominik Foltin, Ignac Fribert, Damian Kompanik, and Jozef Lucenic crossed the front to join Czechoslovak army units in Malacky.

After the introduction of electricity in 1930-1931, a telephone line, a fire station, and a roller mill were established.

Further reinforcements arrived on 17 March 1939 and anti-tank guns were installed on the road to Dúbravka, close to the railway station.

German military headquarters were established in nearby Zahorska Bystrica and railway transport from Zahorie to Bratislava was halted.

On 19 March 1939, railway traffic was restored but German customs officers carried out passport control, with the justification that Lamač was now the border of Nazi Germany.

These were in turn replaced by German border guards, who eventually left Lamač on 11 April 1939.

On the day the uprising was announced, commander Karol Kostolný decided to go over to the rebels with his unit.

Around 21:00, five trucks carrying spotlights and other battery material were destroyed using grenades and the soldiers fled Lamač around 21:30.

In the evening, the Germans only held on to some nests of resistance, especially on Škarpa, west and northwest of the cemetery.

In addition, German artillery from Devínská Nová Ves and Dúbravka shelled Lamač.