2006/2 PAGES 35 – 40 RECEIVED 5. 4. 2006 ACCEPTED 15. 4. 2006 M. MIKLUŠ Maroš Mikluš, Eng., PhD. Research field: Military properties, Military circuit. Address: The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Section for manage immovable assets and construc- Analysis of the cadastral tion Krížna 42, 832 47 Bratislava district boundary of the Zahorie military circuit ABSTRACT KEY WORDS In Slovakia, property ownership is recorded at the Land Register Administration in • land register, districts (for the civilian sphere) and at the Military Land Registry (for the military • property evaluation, sphere). Mapping documents of the military circuit boundaries and their updating is the • military circuit and cadastral district core issue of this contribution, as well as an analysis of the boundaries of the Zahorie boundaries military circuit and its conformity, with the civilian cadastral documentation. The differences in the coordinates of the boundaries‘ break points arose in the 20th century, when the arrangement of property rights was not required so consistently. 1. CURRENT STATUS OF THE ISSUES RELATING legislative amendments and changes in the status of the military TO THE MILITARY LAND REGISTER AND circuits in Slovakia. CIRCUITS In the spring of 1997, Act No.281/1997 Coll. of the National Council of the SR concerning the military circuits was passed, along The Land Register ensures the authenticity of estate boundaries. It with an act that amended the Act of the National Council of the SR has been developed through long-term collection and processing No. 222/1996 Coll. concerning the organization of the local state of information on estates. The Slovak Republic inherited the administrations and the amendment of some acts in the wording of military circuits of the Czechoslovak Republic. In order preserve later provisions. The validity of the new legislative amendment was and protect the territorial integrity of the Slovak Republic, determined upon its publication in the Digest of Laws of the SR on the existence of the Army and these territories is necessary. 29 October 1997. According to the amendment, a military circuit is The military circuits were established by resolution of the a territory that is a territorial and administrative unit with the statute Czechoslovak Republic’s government based on Act No. 169/1949 of a municipality, but which is focused on and created for the needs Coll. of military circuits. The act became valid on the date of its of the state’s protection; it is used for training the armed forces, promulgation, i.e., 1 March 1950. The changes in the social and and for the research, development and testing of new weapons and political situation after 1989 caused the separation of the common weapon systems. There are currently four military circuits on the republic in 1992. New social relations and social developments SR territory for the SR Armed Forces: Javorina, Lest, Valaskovce in contemporary Europe also resulted in the need to make some and Zahorie. Part of them, according to their special functions, 2006 SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 35 miklus.indd 35 8. 1. 2007 9:20:42 2006/2 PAGES 30 — 35 are appropriate military training areas that include facilities and both the District Authority of the Zahorie military circuit situated structures used for training tasks in conditions that mostly reflect in Malacky and the Military Land Registry located in Bratislava. the actual deployment of the armed forces of the country. On these The Military Land Registry Bratislava handles activity related to territories the Ministry of Defence of the SR, in addition to its the maintenance of the land register for the territory of the Zahorie tasks relating to the state’s protection, also meets the following military circuit and manages the land registry as the civilian obligations: in the state administration, within municipalities, and administration of the land register in the districts (Mikluš M., in land register administration at the land register division. Rights Trstenský M., 2000). relating to estates and waters on the military circuit’s territory can In the geodetic information file (set) they maintain and update the only be related to state ownership. If properties and waters and land register map of the military circuit that is intended for: the rights relating to them are not completely state property, the • maintaining records of properties in the land register, Ministry of Defence of the SR is, according to the act, obliged to • tasks concerning army training, ensure the arrangement of their property rights until 31 December • creation of forestry maps used as technical source material, 2012. The problems in one of the military circuits are noted below • urbanism in the circuit. in more detail. Table 1 Cadastral districts of the Zahorie military circuit as of 13 April 2005, Military Land Registry Bratislava 2. THE ZAHORIE MILITARY CIRCUIT Cadastral Cadastral Number of Area (m2) district district code parcels On 12 December 1929, an agreement between the State Land Bažantnica 991970 449 52, 795, 152 Office in Prague, the Ministry of National Defence and Joseph Červený Kríž 991988 6 1, 258, 987 Pallfy was signed. Afterwards, between 1930 -1934, a market contract, including amendments, was signed between Joseph Pallfy Nivky 991945 194 27, 937, 203 – the owner of Malacky manor – as the seller – and the Military Obora 991953 199 33, 488, 906 Administration of the Czechoslovak Republic – as the buyer. The Riadok 991996 217 48, 285, 821 subject of the transaction was Malacky manor, which was located Turecký vrch 992003 143 31, 214, 316 in the following cadastral districts: Malacky, Rabok, Jablonove, Záhorie 871788 350 20, 088, 323 Hasprunka, Plavecke Podhradie, Plavecky Svaty Mikulas, Solosnica, Šranek 991961 630 61, 979, 606 Plavecky Stvrtok, Niklasov, Kuchyna, Pernek, and Plavecky Svaty Σ: 2188 277, 048, 314 Peter; its market price was 27, 304, 910 Czechoslovak crowns. The Ministry of National Defence purchased the manor for the purposes of establishing a military shooting range and military training camps. The Zahorie Military Circuit was established by the governmental resolution of the Czechoslovak Republic No.161/4-9/6-1950-I/2 of 15 June 1950 in accordance with Act No. 169/1949 Coll. relating to military circuits. The municipality of Zahorie originated on 1 June 1950 and was included in the Bratislava-countryside district. The Zahorie military circuit currently contains 27, 704, 8314 sq.m and is composed of two territories (the Zahorie and Turecky vrch areas) and is included in the Malacky district and Bratislava region. Due to the specific character of the territory, its position, and it’s wide mostly flat, terrain, the Zahorie, Kuchyna and Turecky vrch military training area was established on the Zahorie military circuit (part of the central part of the Zahorska lowland). Turecky vrch belongs to the Little Carpathian mountain range (Vyboh J., 2000). The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the SR governs the Zahorie military circuit’s administration and also operates the activities relating to state administration, which in this case happens to be Fig. 1 The Zahorie military circuit, cadastral districts 36 ANALYSIS OF THE CADASTRAL DISTRICT BOUNDARY OF THE ZAHORIE MILITARY CIRCUIT miklus.indd 36 8. 1. 2007 9:20:44 2006/2 PAGES 30 — 35 The Military Land Registry Bratislava continuously updates the based on the vector cadastral map, the list of point coordinates, and cadastral vector map of the Zahorie military circuit based on the the list of point coordinates of the original landmarks of 1968. The land register map of the military circuit – Fig.1. marked break points of the boundary were in a terrain marked by The Zahorie military circuit includes 2188 parcels in the following stone landmarks, the so called geoharpons. During the marking of cadastral districts: Bazantnica, Cervený Kriz, Nivky, Obora, Riadok, the points of the Turecký vrch – Jablonove cadastral boundary, the Turecky vrch, Zahorie, and Sranek. Fig.1, Table 1. original stone landmarks of 1968 were found in the terrain. The The Cadastral Information Subsystem is part of the staff information analysis of the positioning stability of the boundary break points system of the Ministry of Defence of the SR. Currently, one of the showed some new facts. The break points of the Turecky vrch outputs of the information system of the military land register within cadastral boundary were determined using a cartometric method the jurisdiction of the MoD of the SR is the digital cadastral map of from the cadastral maps on a scale of 1:2880. Also some identical the military circuit. points were set up, which means landmarks found in the terrain According to the last population census, the amount of houses, an and points that are recorded on the Military Land Register. When apartments as of 26 May 2001, in the Zahorie military circuit is 145 comparing the following values, differences where encountered, houses and 511 people living on one housing estate (Sranek), and see Table 2, Fig.2. in 8 settlements and 34 gamekeeper’s lodges and secluded house on an area of 28, 614 ha (The Statistical Community Lexicon of the Table 2 Comparison of the coordinates of identical boundary Slovak Republic). points Point recorded in MLR Difference Y [m] X [m] Point measured in 2003 dx, dy [m] 3. UPDATING OF THE CADASTRAL DISTRICT 1000006023 570473.53 1257813.44 1.89 BOUNDARIES ADJACENT TO THE ZAHORIE 1000006023 570472.62 1257815.10 MILITARY CIRCUIT 1000006024 570507.64 1257867.16 0.77 1000006024 570507.30 1257867.85 The Zahorie military circuit is adjacent to 23 cadastral districts that 1000006025 570541.35 1257918.27 are located within 3 districts – Malacky, Pezinok and Senica. 1.58 Between 2000 – 2001, the Military Land Registry in Bratislava 1000006025 570540.17 1257919.32 1000006028 570574.81 1257970.97 analysed the extent of the boundary of the Zahorie MC (approx.