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Di贸sgy艖r
Di贸sgy艖r (Hungarian: 坉io藧蕭蔁酶藧r is a historical town in Hungary, today it is a part of Miskolc. The medieval castle in Di贸sgy艖r was a favourite holiday residence of Hungarian kings and queens; today it is a popular tourist attraction. The city part has a heavy industrial background. The football team of Miskolc is also named after Di贸sgy艖r; their soccer stadium lies within the district. Origin of the name ''Di贸'' means walnut, referring to the abundant walnut trees in the area. ''Gy艖r'' is an archaic version of the word ''gy疟r疟'', meaning "ring". It probably refers to the rounded shape of the first castle erected on the hill. The history of Di贸sgy艖r and the castle The area has been inhabited since ancient times, as the remains of a settlement found near the castle testify. The name of the town was first mentioned by the anonymous author of Gesta Hungarorum around 1200, as ''Geuru'', the archaic spelling for ''Gy艖r'': "After our leader 脕rp谩d left Szerenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Di贸sgy艖ri VTK
Di贸sgy艖r-Vasgy谩ri Testgyakorl贸k K枚re, more commonly Di贸sgy艖ri VTK () is a Hungarian sports club from Di贸sgy艖r district of Miskolc best known for its football team. Founded in 1910 by the local working class youth, the team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Hungarian football. Di贸sgy艖r is best known for its passionate supporters 鈥 in the past years Di贸sgy艖r had one of the highest average attendances in the Hungarian top division. The football club enjoyed its first golden age in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including a third place in the 1978鈥79 season of the Hungarian League and two Hungarian Cup triumphs in 1977 and 1980. History Crest and colours Naming history *1910鈥38: ''Di贸sgy艖ri VTK'' *1938鈥45: ''Di贸sgy艖ri M脕VAG SC'' *1945鈥51: ''Di贸sgy艖ri VTK'' *1951鈥56: ''Di贸sgy艖ri Vasas'' *1956鈥92: ''Di贸sgy艖ri VTK Miskolc'' *1992鈥00: ''Di贸sgy艖r FC'' *2000鈥03: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Di贸sgy艖r - 2015
Di贸sgy艖r (Hungarian: 坉io藧蕭蔁酶藧r is a historical town in Hungary, today it is a part of Miskolc. The medieval castle in Di贸sgy艖r was a favourite holiday residence of Hungarian kings and queens; today it is a popular tourist attraction. The city part has a heavy industrial background. The football team of Miskolc is also named after Di贸sgy艖r; their soccer stadium lies within the district. Origin of the name ''Di贸'' means walnut, referring to the abundant walnut trees in the area. ''Gy艖r'' is an archaic version of the word ''gy疟r疟'', meaning "ring". It probably refers to the rounded shape of the first castle erected on the hill. The history of Di贸sgy艖r and the castle The area has been inhabited since ancient times, as the remains of a settlement found near the castle testify. The name of the town was first mentioned by the anonymous author of Gesta Hungarorum around 1200, as ''Geuru'', the archaic spelling for ''Gy艖r'': "After our leader 脕rp谩d left Szerenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miskolc
Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Mi拧kovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mi葯col葲) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the List of cities and towns in Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, fourth largest city in Hungary (behind Budapest, Debrecen, and Szeged). It is also the county capital of Borsod-Aba煤j-Zempl茅n and the Regions of Hungary, regional centre of Northern Hungary. Etymology The name derives from ''Mi拧ko'', Slavic languages, Slavic form of Michael (given name), Michael. ''Mi拧kovec'' 鈫 ''Miskolc'' with the same development as ''Lipovec'' 鈫 ''Lip贸lc'', ''Lip贸c''. The name is associated with the Miskolc (genus), Miskolc clan (also Misk贸c or Myscouch, Slovak language, Slovak Mi拧kovec, plural Mi拧kovci) named after the settlement or vice versa. Earliest mentions are ''que nunc vocatur Miscoucy'' (around 1200), ''de Myschouch'' (1225), ''Ponyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen 脕kos
Stephen (I) from the kindred 脕kos ( hu, 脕kos nembeli (I.) Istv谩n; died 1315) was an influential Hungarian nobility, baron in the Kingdom of Hungary in the late and the early . He was born into an ancient Hungarian clan. He was a staunch supporter of Andrew III of Hungary. He served as Judge royal between 1298 and 1300, and Palatine of Hungary from 1301 to 1307. Establishing a province in Borsod County, he was among the so-called Oligarch (Kingdom of Hungary), oligarchs, who ruled ''de facto'' independently their dominions during the era of feudal anarchy. He built the Di贸sgy艖r Castle, the centre of his domain. Initially, he was a partisan of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Wenceslaus after the extinction of the 脕rp谩d dynasty, but later acknowledged Charles I of Hungary, Charles' claim to the throne and gradually retired from politics. After his death in 1315, his sons rebelled against Charles and their dominion had collapsed in the subsequent years. Life and career Early years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Protestant Church Of Avas
The Gothic Protestant Church of Avas is the oldest building in the centre of the city of Miskolc in Northern Hungary. It was built in the 13th century as a small, Romanesque style church, and later it was expanded to a larger Gothic style church. In 1544, during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary the Turks set the church on fire. Because it was already a Protestant church, the Catholic owner of the Di贸sgy艖r estate, Borb谩la F谩nchy, didn't give her permission to use the wood from the nearby forests to rebuild the church, and it was rebuilt only more than twenty years later. The organ of the church was built by J贸zsef Angster in 1895. The acoustics of the church is very good, and concerts are held quite often. The belfry was built in 1557. The bells have played a version of the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes since 1941. Because of the noisy traffic, the chimes cannot be heard from too far away, however it is one of the best known sounds of the city. The National Theatre of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mez艖keresztes
Mez艖keresztes is a town in Borsod-Aba煤j-Zempl茅n county, Northern Hungary near Mez艖k枚vesd and Eger. Location south from county seat Miskolc. Can be reached by car on highway M3. The train station ''Mez艖keresztes鈥揗ez艖ny谩r谩d'' is away from the town itself, towards Mez艖ny谩r谩d. History The area around it has been inhabited since the Great Migration. In the 14th century it belonged to the Di贸sgy艖r estate. King Ladislaus V granted market town status to Mez艖keresztes. In 1596, there was a great Battle of Mez艖keresztes, where Mehmed III, a sultan of the Ottoman Empire defeated the Habsburg and Transylvanian forces. During the battle the Sultan had to be dissuaded from fleeing the field halfway through the battle. After the end of the Ottoman era, the town prospered but in the 19th century it lost its importance and became a village. In 1950, oil resources were found nearby; they were exploited by the 1980s. Mez艖keresztes was granted town status on July 1, 2009. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis I Of Hungary
Louis I, also Louis the Great ( hu, Nagy Lajos; hr, Ludovik Veliki; sk, 慕udov铆t Ve木k媒) or Louis the Hungarian ( pl, Ludwik W臋gierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of Poland, to survive infancy. A 1338 treaty between his father and Casimir III of Poland, Louis's maternal uncle, confirmed Louis's right to inherit the Kingdom of Poland if his uncle died without a son. In exchange, Louis was obliged to assist his uncle to reoccupy the lands that Poland had lost in previous decades. He bore the title of Duke of Transylvania between 1339 and 1342 but did not administer the province. Louis was of age when he succeeded his father in 1342, but his deeply religious mother exerted a powerful influence on him. He inherited a centralized kingdom and a rich treasury from his father. During the first years of his reign, Louis launched a cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I ( es, Fernando I; 10 March 1503 鈥 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, Hungary, and List of rulers of Croatia, Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.Milan Kruhek: Cetin, grad izbornog sabora Kraljevine Hrvatske 1527, Karlova膷ka 沤upanija, 1997, Karslovac Before his accession as Emperor, he ruled the Erblande, Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Also, he often served as Charles' representative in the Holy Roman Empire and developed encouraging relationships with German princes. In addition, Ferdinand also developed valuable relationships with the German banking house of Jakob Fugger and the Catalan bank, Banca Palenzuela Levi Kahana. The key events during his reign were the conflict with the Ottoman Empire, which in the 1520s began a great advance into Central Europe, and the Protestant Reformation, which resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erd茅ly; german: Siebenb眉rgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Cri葯ana and Maramure葯, and occasionally Banat. Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other iconic cities and towns such as Bra葯ov, Sibiu, T芒rgu Mure葯, Alba Iulia and Sighi葯oara. It is also the home of some of Romania's List of World Heritage Sites in Romania, UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, Villages with fortified churches, the Historic Centre of Sighi葯oara, the Dacian Fortresses of the Or膬葯tie Mountains and the Rosia Montana Mining Cultural Landsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J谩nos Szapolyai
J谩nos or Janos may refer to: * J谩nos, male Hungarian given name, a variant of John Places * Janos Municipality, a municipality of Chihuahua ** Janos, Chihuahua, town in Mexico ** Janos Biosphere Reserve, a nature reserve in Chihuahua * Janos Trail, trade route from New Mexico to Janos People * James Janos (born 1951), legal birth name of Jesse Ventura * J谩nos Acz茅l (mathematician) (1924鈥2020), Hungarian-Canadian mathematician * J谩nos Adorj谩n (1938鈥1995), former Hungarian handball player * J谩nos Aknai (1908鈥1992), Hungarian footballer * J谩nos Arany (1817鈥1882), Hungarian writer, poet * J谩nos Balogh (biologist) (1913鈥2002), Hungarian zoologist, ecologist, and professor * J谩nos Balogh (chess player) (1892鈥1980), Hungarian鈥揜omanian chess master * J谩nos Balogh (footballer) (born 1982), Hungarian football goalkeeper * Janos Bardi (1923鈥1990) * J谩nos Bartl (1878鈥1958), magic supply dealer * J谩nos Bats谩nyi (1763鈥1845), Hungarian poet * J谩nos B茅dl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg csal谩d, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburg贸w, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Habsburg, french: Maison des Habsbourg and also known as the House of Austriagerman: link=no, Haus 脰sterreich, ; es, link=no, Casa de Austria; nl, Huis van Oostenrijk, pl, dom Austrii, la, Domus Austri忙, french: Maison d'Autriche; hu, Ausztria H谩za; it, Casa d'Austria; pt, Casa da 脕ustria is one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history. The house takes its name from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built in the 1020s in present-day Switzerland by Radbot of Klettgau, who named his fortress Habsburg. His grandson Otto II, Count of Habsburg, Otto II was the first to take the fortress name as his own, adding "Count of Habsburg" to his title. In 1273, Count Radbot's seventh-generation descendant Rudolph I of German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 鈥 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Maria Carolina of Austria and Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma. He was thus the first ruler in the Austrian dominions of the union of the Houses of Habsburg and Lorraine, styled Habsburg-Lorraine. Joseph was a proponent of enlightened absolutism; however, his commitment to secularizing, liberalizing and modernizing reforms resulted in significant opposition, which resulted in failure to fully implement his programs. Meanwhile, despite making some territorial gains, his reckless foreign policy badly isolated Austria. He has been ranked with Catherine the Great of Russia and Frederick the Great of Prussia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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