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Bóly
Bóly (german: Bohl; hr, Boja) is a town in Baranya County, Hungary. Until the end of World War II, the Inhabitants was Danube Swabians, also called locally as ''Stifolder'', because there Ancestors once came at the 17th century and 18th century from Fulda (district). Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, about the Potsdam Agreement. Only a few Germans of Hungary live there, the majority today are the descendants of Hungarians from the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange. They got the houses of the former Danube Swabians Inhabitants. Twin towns – sister cities Bóly is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Semriach, Austria * Heroldsberg, Germany * Cernat, Covasna, Cernat, Romania * Neded, Slovakia Sports The local sports team is called Bólyi SE. References External links * in Hungarian, English and German Populated places in Baranya County Hungarian German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bóly District
Bóly ( hu, Bólyi járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Baranya County. ''Bóly'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Bóly District borders with Pécsvárad District to the north, Mohács District to the east, Siklós District to the southwest, Pécs District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Bóly District is 16. Municipalities The district has 1 town and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is city. See also *List of cities and towns in Hungary Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages ... References External links Postal codes of the Bóly District Districts in Baranya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baranya County
Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the 11th century. Its current status as one of the 19 counties of Hungary was established in 1950 as part of wider Soviet administrative territorial reform following World War II. It is bordered by Somogy County to the northwest, Tolna County to the north, Bács-Kiskun County and the Danube to the east, and the border with Croatia (part of which is formed by the Drava River) to the south. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 386,441 residents. Of the 19 counties of Hungary (excluding Budapest), it is ranked 10th by both geographic area and population. Its county seat and largest city is Pécs. Etymology In German, it is known as , and in Croatian as . The county was probably named after its first comes 'Brana' or 'Braina'. Geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Hungary
Districts of Hungary are the second-level divisions of Hungary after counties. They replaced the 175 subregions of Hungary in 2013. Altogether, there are 174 districts in the 19 counties, and there are 23 districts in Budapest. Districts of the 19 counties are numbered by Arabic numerals and named after the district seat, while districts of Budapest are numbered by Roman numerals and named after the historical towns and neighbourhoods. In Hungarian, the districts of the capital and the rest of the country hold different titles. The districts of Budapest are called ''kerületek'' (lit. district, pl.) and the districts of the country are called ''járások.'' By county Baranya County Bács-Kiskun County Békés County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Csongrád-Csanád County Fejér County Győr-Moson-Sopron County Hajdú-Bihar County Heves County Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Komárom-Esztergom County Nógrád County Pest County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns Of Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: ''község'', plural: ''községek'') of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: ''nagyközség'', plural: ''nagyközségek''). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (''megyei jogú város'' – town with county rights). All county seats except Budapest are urban counties. Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development. The largest city is the capital, Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allied-occupied Austria
The Allied occupation of Austria started on 8 May 1945 with the fall of Nazi Germany and ended with the Austrian State Treaty on 27 July 1955. After the in 1938, Austria had generally been recognized as part of Nazi Germany. In 1943, however, the Allies agreed in the Declaration of Moscow that Austria would instead be regarded as the first victim of Nazi aggression, and treated as a liberated and independent country after the war. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Austria was divided into four zones and jointly occupied by the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and France. Vienna was similarly subdivided, but the central district was collectively administered by the Allied Control Council. Whereas Germany was divided into East and West Germany in 1949, Austria remained under joint occupation of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union until 1955; its status became a controversial subject in the Cold War until the warming of relations known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neded
Neded ( hu, Negyed) is a village and municipality in Šaľa District, in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 112 metres and covers an area of 36.009 km². History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1113. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Neded once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia. Population According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 3,301 inhabitants. 1,820 of inhabitants were Hungarians, 1,241 Slovaks, 103 Roma and 137 others and unspecified.http://portal.statistics.sk/files/obce-narodnost.pdf References Facilities The village has a public library, car wash, and a gym A gymnasium, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cernat, Covasna
Cernat ( hu, Csernáton; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages: *Albiș / Kézdialbis *Cernat / Csernáton *Icafalău / Ikafalva It formed part of Háromszék district of the Székely Land region in historical Transylvania. Cernat village was formed with the merger of two villages, Cernatu de Jos (''Alsócsernáton'') and Cernatu de Sus (''Felsőcsernáton''). Demographics The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ... it has a population of 3,956 of which 98.51% or 3,897 are Székely Hungarians. References Communes in Covasna County Localities in Transylvania {{Covasna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroldsberg
Heroldsberg (East Franconian: ''Herldsbärch'') is a municipality in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located eleven kilometers north-east from the city of Nuremberg and 23 kilometers east from Erlangen and is the headquarters of Schwan-Stabilo. Geography Location It is in the Sebalder Reichswald, the forest north to Nuremberg and is on a ridge. The Gründlach, a side river of the Regnitz, flows through the village of Heroldsberg. Municipality It contains Großgeschaidt, Kleingeschaidt and the villages of Heroldsberg, consisting of Heroldsberg, Johannisthal and Hundsmühle. Surrounding Municipalities It is surrounded by Eckental, Lauf an der Pegnitz, Nuremberg and Kalchreuth. History Heroldsberg's history goes back to the 11th century but it was first mentioned in 1225. Later on in 1387 the territory was sold to the Nuremberg patrician family ''Geuder'' in whose possession the lordship of Heroldsberg was for over 400 years, rendering them ''i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semriach
Semriach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...n state of Styria. Population References Graz Highlands Cities and towns in Graz-Umgebung District {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Towns And Sister Cities
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovak–Hungarian Population Exchange
The Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange was the exchange of inhabitants between Czechoslovakia and Hungary after World War II. Between 45,000 and 120,000 Hungarians were forcibly transferred from Czechoslovakia to Hungary, and their properties confiscated, while around 72,000 Slovaks voluntarily transferred from Hungary to Czechoslovakia. Post-war Czechoslovakia In 1945, at the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was recreated and Czechoslovak politicians aimed to completely remove the German and Hungarian minorities from their territory through ethnic cleansing.Ethnic cleansing is a term that has come to be used broadly to describe all activities designed to force the removal of specific ethnicities from specific territories.() Both minorities were considered collectively as " war criminals", based on the actions of some individuals, such as Konrad Henlein, and the participation of their countries in the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia through the Munich Agreement and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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