Podhradie, Bratislava

Zuckermandel and Vydrica were incorporated in 1848 as the 4. district of the city of Bratislava and from 1850 until its partial demolition in the half of 20th century it was called Mesto Márie Terézie (German: Theresienstadt; Hungarian: Terézváros).

Most parts of Podhradie were demolished in the 1950s and 1960s due to the construction of transport infrastructure on the Danube riverbank, including the New Bridge.

Today, Zuckermandel is being re-developed with mixed residential/commercial buildings, as of 2017 the demolished Vydrica is for sale and the area above Židovská Street is stabilized, with no new large scale construction planned.

Over centuries, Podhradie came to encompass mainly the southern and eastern parts, with only limited areas to the north and west of the castle.

An engraving from 1574 confirms the presence of vineyards at Vodný vrch (German: Am Wasserberg; Hungarian: Pozsony-Vízhegy).

In 1941, architect Alfréd Piffl, a professor of architecture at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava started a wholescale documentation project of Podhradie which he later continued as the head of research conducted during the construction of the New Bridge by the Archeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in 1967-1970.

Vydrica in 2006
Zuckermandel in 2006
Due to its demolition in the 20th century, Podhradie is no longer part of the division of the Bratislava I district being represented here as the southeastern part of Bôrik.
Bratislava in the 16th century, Podhradie depicted in the left part of the picture
Bratislava in the 17th century, Podhradie depicted in the left part of the picture