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Bábonymegyer
Bábonymegyer is a village in Somogy County, Hungary. Until 1927 it was two separate villages, ''Nagybábony'' and ''Koppánymegyer''. History ''Megyer'' was first mentioned in 1193, ''Bábon'' in 1259 in official documents. Its evangelical church was built in 1832 and its altar picture was painted by ''Gyula Rudnay'' who also lived in the village. The Reformed church was built in 1768 and its ceiling painting was also made by ''Gyula Rudnay''. According to local legends the Hungarian betyár, ''Pista Patkó'' died here. A headboard keeps his memory in the village. Main sights * Reformed church - built in 1832 * Evangelical church - built in 1768 * Monument of the First World War Notable residents * ''Gyula Rudnay'' (1878 – 1957), Hungarian painter, graphic, professor * ''Pista Patkó'' (? - 1862), Hungarian betyár The betyárs ( Hungarian: ''betyár'' (singular) or ''betyárok'' (plural)), were the highwaymen of the 19th century Kingdom of Hungary. The "betyár" word is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somogy County
Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia (Koprivnica-Križevci County and Virovitica-Podravina County). It stretches between the river Dráva and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna, and Baranya. It is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The capital of Somogy County is Kaposvár. Its area is 6,036 km2. History Somogy was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy County, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of the county was and still is Kaposvár. Demographics In 2015, it had a population of 312,084 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tab District
Tab ( hu, Tabi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Somogy County. '' Tab'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Tab District borders with Siófok District to the north, Tamási District ''(Tolna County)'' to the east, Dombóvár District ''(Tolna County)'' and Kaposvár District to the south, Fonyód District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tab District is 24. Municipalities The district has 1 town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ... and 23 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is city. See also * List of cities and towns in Hungary References External links Postal codes of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time ( daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. the Universal Postal Union lists 160 countries which require the use of a postal code. Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, special codes are sometimes assigned to individual addresses or to institutions that receive large volumes of mail, such as government agencies and large commercial companies. One example is the French CEDEX system. Terms There are a number of synonyms for postal code; some are country-specific; * CAP: The standard term in Italy; CAP is an acronym for ''codice di avviamento postale'' (postal expedition code). * CEP: The standard term in Brazil; CEP is an acronym for ''código de endereçamento postal'' (postal addressing code). * Eircode: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headstone
A headstone, tombstone, or gravestone is a stele or marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. It is traditional for burials in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, among others. In most cases, it has the deceased's name, date of birth, and date of death inscribed on it, along with a personal message, or prayer, but may contain pieces of funerary art, especially details in stone relief. In many parts of Europe, insetting a photograph of the deceased in a frame is very common. Use The stele (plural stelae), as it is called in an archaeological context, is one of the oldest forms of funerary art. Originally, a tombstone was the stone lid of a stone coffin, or the coffin itself, and a gravestone was the stone slab that was laid over a grave. Now, all three terms are also used for markers placed at the head of the grave. Some graves in the 18th century also contained footstones to demarcate the foot end of the grave. This sometimes developed into fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betyár
The betyárs ( Hungarian: ''betyár'' (singular) or ''betyárok'' (plural)), were the highwaymen of the 19th century Kingdom of Hungary. The "betyár" word is the Hungarian version of "Social Bandit".Shingo MinamizukaA social bandit in nineteenth century Hungary: Rózsa Sándor East European Monographs, 2008, p. 1 (The word itself is of Ottoman Turkish origin:''"bekar"'' means 'bachelor' or 'unmarried man' in Turkish.) Several betyárs have become legendary figures who in the public mind fought for social justice. The most famous Hungarian betyárs were Sándor Rózsa from the Great Hungarian Plain, Jóska Sobri, Jóska Savanyú from Bakony and Márton Vidróczky from Mátra. Lviv Batayr's culture ("батяр" (batiar)- ukrainian ) in the west part of Ukraine (Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpatia, Ternopil oblast) was spread during the 19th and 20th centuries. Hungarian folktale tradition Until the 1830s they were mainly regarded as criminals, but an increasing public ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary has a population of nearly 9 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian, the Languages of Hungary, official language, is the world's most widely spoken Uralic languages, Uralic language and among the few non-Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr. The territory of present-day Hungary has for centuries been a crossroads for various peoples, including Celts, Ancient Rome, Romans, Germanic peoples, Germanic trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats () as a centre-left and liberal activist movement that opposed the ruling Marxist–Leninist government. It was registered as a political party in 1990, with Orbán as its leader. It entered the National Assembly following the 1990 parliamentary election, although, it lost two seats after the 1994 election. Following the election, it adopted liberal-conservatism which caused liberal members to leave and to join the Alliance of Free Democrats. It then sought to form a connection with other conservative parties, and after the 1998 election, it successfully formed a centre-right government. It adopted nationalism in the early 2000s, but its popularity slightly declined due to corruption scandals. It served in the opposition b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihály Witzmann
Mihály () is a Hungarian masculine given name, It is a cognate of the English Michael and may refer to: * Mihály András (1917–1993), Hungarian cellist, composer, and academic teacher * Mihály Apafi (1632–1690), Hungarian Prince of Transylvania *Mihály Babák (born 1947), Hungarian politician and member of the Hungarian National Assembly *Mihály Babits (1883– 1941), Hungarian poet, writer and translator * Mihály Bakos (ca. 1742-1803), Hungarian-Slovene Lutheran priest, author, and educator *Mihály Balázs (born 1948), Hungarian historian and professor of religious history * Mihály Balla (born 1965) Hungarian politician and member of the Hungarian National Assembly * Mihály Barla (ca 1778–1824), Slovene evangelic pastor, writer and poet * Mihály Bertalanits (1788–1853), Slovene cantor, teacher, and poet in Hungary * Mihály Bíró (1914-????), Hungarian football forward *Mihály Bozsi (1911–1984), Hungarian water polo player and Olympic medalist *Mihály Csá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The National Assembly Of Hungary (2018–22)
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NUTS Statistical Regions Of Hungary
The NUTS codes of Hungary have three levels: }) , align="right" , 3 , - ! NUTS 2 , Planning and statistical regions () , align="right" , 8 , - ! NUTS 3 , Counties () + Budapest , align="right" , 20 Codes Local administrative units Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are: ''The LAU codes of Hungary can be downloaded here:'' Changes in NUTS 2016 classification The NUTS classification is regularly updated to reflect changes and modifications proposed by Member States. As part of this process the European Commission has adopted changes concerning Hungary in December 2016. The new classification that has been introduced have split the region Central Hungary in two: Budapest (previously HU101) and Pest county (previously HU102). The new classification is in use since 1 January 2018. See also * ISO 3166-2 codes of Hungary * FIPS region codes of Hungary * Regions of Hungary * Counties of Hungary * Districts of Hungary (from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catholic Dioceses In Hungary
The Roman Catholic Church in Hungary is composed of: * A Latin hierarchy, comprising ** four ecclesiastical provinces, comprising their Metropolitan archdioceses and in total nine suffragan dioceses ** the exempt Military Ordinariate ** the exempt Territorial Archabbey of Pannonhalma. * The overlapping proper province of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'', Byzantine Rite in Hungarian) There is also an Apostolic nunciature, the papal diplomatic representation in Hungary. Current Latin Dioceses (Roman Rite) Exempt ''Sui iuris'' Jurisdictions ''directly subject to the Holy See * Military Ordinariate of Hungary (Tábori Püspökség) * Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom–Budapest * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest, primatial see of Hungary **Diocese of Győr ** Diocese of Székesfehérvár Ecclesiastical Province of Eger * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger ** Diocese of Debr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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