The Slovak name Gajary (1460 Gayary) comes from German personal name Geier (1337 Gaywar, later German name was Gairing). 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.
It lies around 40 km (25 statute miles) north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava close to the Austrian border. Gajary ( German: Gayring Hungarian: Gajar) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky in the Bratislava region.
