Commemorative plaque to the Constituent Congress of the Union of Young Communist Workers of Slovakia

Three commemorative plaques are mounted at ground floor level on the façade of the building at 36 Dunajská Street: Federation of Workers' Physical Education Units, Constituent Congress of Young Communist Workers, and the Napred (Forward) Association.   

The building was constructed in the 1920s. At the constituent congress of the Union of Young Communist Workers of Slovakia, held there on 5 September 1920, a call was made to establish a communist party. This is commemorated by a plaque set centrally between the two entrances. The plaque was created by the renowned Slovak sculptor L. Snopek, and is designed similarly to an adjacent one dedicated to the physical education association – a vertically oriented rectangle with a profiled frame. It is divided into two parts. The upper area features a figurative scene. An elderly man, depicted in profile to the right, welcomes a delegation of young people. He shakes hands with a man and a woman, both shown in profile, with the man in the foreground. To their left, a boy holds a flag, and in the background a garland hangs above their heads.  

The lower area features the inscription:  

IN THIS HOUSE 

TOOK PLACE 

ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1920 

THE CONSTITUENT CONGRESS  

OF THE UNION OF YOUNG 

COMMUNIST 

WORKERS  

OF SLOVAKIA 

Below the inscription are two linden branches with a five-pointed star centrally above them.

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Research status as of 15. 11. 2023.


Authorship


Years

  • 1956 – implementation

Type

Material

stone

Technique

carving

Dimensions

150 x 80 x 6 cm

Inscription

none

Condition

  • preserved, not maintained
Minor damage, weathering, dirt.

Registration

  • The building is National Cultural Monument number 271/1 in the Central List of Monuments of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic.
  • Located in Monument Zone Central Urban Area, Bratislava.

Owner

  • Bratislava Self-Governing Region

Administrator

  • Bratislava Self-Governing Region

Address

36 Dunajská Street

Location details

centrally between two entrances

Plot number

8838

GPS

48.1453000, 17.1178770

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Commemorative plaque to the First Socialist Workers' Association in Slovakia

Vojtech Baďura 1970

Commemorative plaque to the Federation of Workers' Physical Education Units

Vladimír Farár 1962 – 1965

Július Satinský Listens to the Sounds of Dunajská Street

Svetozár Ilavský 2006

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Svetozár Ilavský 2006