| Gajary | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovakia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bratislava |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Malacky |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Bratislava Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gajary in the Bratislava Region |
| Coordinates: | 48.4661°N 16.9239°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1337 |
| Area Total Km2: | 50.83[1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 19.63 |
| Elevation M: | 150[2] |
| Elevation Ft: | 490 |
| Population Total: | 3145[3] |
| Population Density Km2: | 62.05[4] |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 23.96 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 900 61 |
| Area Code: | +421 34 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | MA |
| Website: | www.gajary.sk |
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 has around 3500 inhabitants.
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.
The Slovak name Gajary (1460 Gayary) comes from German personal name Geier (1337 Gaywar, later German name was Gairing). 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.[5]
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Bratislava, Slovakia"