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Elek Bolgár
Elek (, ) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Jews lived in the city as early as the 19th century and in 1944 many of them were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. Geography The town covers an area of and had a population of 5,567 in 2002. History * 1232 : First mentioned * 1566-1696 : Ottoman rule (Ottoman wars in Europe) * 1724 : settling of German colonists (predominantly from Franconia) * 1739 : Bubonic plague * 1894 : Artesian aquifer * 1920 : Elek becomes border town (Treaty of Trianon) * 1946 : Expulsion of German inhabitants, about half the population * 1996 : Elek given town status Twin towns Elek is twinned with: * Gerolzhofen, Germany (1990) * Alerheim, Germany (1992) * Leimen, Germany (1992) * Sebiș (Borossebes), Romania (1992) * Gerlingen, Germany * Laudenbach, Germany (1994) * Veľké Kapušany (Nagykapocs), Slovakia (1996) * Grăniceri Grăniceri ( hu, Ottlaka, sr, Graničar) is a commune in Arad ... [...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] |
Treaty Of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in Versailles on 4 June 1920. It formally ended World War I between most of the Allies of World War I and the Kingdom of Hungary. French diplomats played the major role in designing the treaty, with a view to establishing a French-led coalition of the newly formed states. It regulated the status of the Kingdom of Hungary and defined its borders generally within the #Borders of Hungary, ceasefire lines established in November–December 1918 and left Hungary as a Landlocked country, landlocked state that included , 28% of the that had constituted the pre-war Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, Kingdom of Hungary (the Hungarian half of the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian monarchy). The truncated kingdom had a population of 7.6 million, 36% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Communities In Hungary
hu, Magyarországi románok , flag = , flag_caption = , image = , image_caption = , population = 35,641 , genealogy = , regions = , region1 = , pop1 = 6,189 , ref1 = , region2 = , pop2 = 5,137 , ref2 = , region3 = , pop3 = 4,000 , ref3 = , region4 = , pop4 = 2,000 , ref4 = , region5 = , pop5 = 1,500 , ref5 = , region6 = , pop6 = 500 , ref6 = , region7 = , pop7 = 500 , ref7 = , languages = Hungarian, Romanian , religions = Romanian Orthodox Church, Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism , related_groups = Romanians , footnotes = The Romanians in Hungary ( ro, Românii din Ungaria, hu, Magyarországi románok) constituted a small minority. According to the most recent Hungarian census of 2011 (based on self-determination), the population of Romanians was 35,641 or 0.3%, a significant increase from 8,482 or 0.1% of 2001. The community is concentrated in towns and villages close to the Romanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Békés County
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl .... Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumbrava, Timiș
Dumbrava ( hu, Igazfalva) is a communes of Romania, commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bucovăț ( hu, Bukovec or ''Krassóbükk''), Dumbrava and Răchita ( hu, Rekettyő). It is located in the east of Timiș County and borders Făget to the northeast, Fârdea to the southeast, Traian Vuia to the southwest and Mănăștiur to the northwest. History Dumbrava was established in 1893 by colonizing with Reformed church, Reformed Hungarians from Vésztő, Makó, Köröstarcsa and Gyoma. However, its name is older and comes from a former settlement, on the hearth of which the present-day locality was built. It was called ''Igazfalva'' by Hungarians since the Middle Ages. By 1453 there were two small settlements: ''Alsóigazfalva'' ("Lower Igazfalva") and ''Felsőigazfalva'' ("Upper Igazfalva"); the names seem to have been imposed by the Hungarian nobles, for there were no Hungarians living in the two villages. The two merged by 1464. The Hungarian colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grăniceri
Grăniceri ( hu, Ottlaka, sr, Graničar) is a commune in Arad County, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ..., is situated on the Crișurilor Plain, at the western border of Romania. The commune stretches over and is composed of two villages, Grăniceri (situated at 61 km from Arad) and Șiclău (''Sikló''). Population According to the last census the population of the commune counts 2596 inhabitants. From an ethnic point of view it has the following structure: 89.7% are Romanians, 1.3% Hungarians, 7.4% Roma, 1.5% Germans and 0.1% are of other or undeclared nationalities. History Traces of inhabitance in this place are very old, at the beginning of the 20th century a golden treasure dating from the late Bronze Age was found on its territory. Grăniceri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veľké Kapušany
Veľké Kapušany (; hu, Nagykapos) is a small town on the eastern plains of Slovakia, not far from the Ukraine, Ukrainian border. Name The name "Kapušany" is probably derived from the Hungarian word ''kapu'', meaning "gate". History The territory of the town has been settled since time immemorial (findings from the Neolithic period). From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The first written references to the settlement stems from 1211 ("Kapos") and 1214 ("Copus"). The settlement was awarded town status in 1430. The town was the second largest settlement (after Uzhhorod) of the Ung County and frequently served as a temporary or permanent station for migrants (Germans, Rusyns, Poles, Hungarians etc.) from the east to the west. In the town square there is a garden with a plaque commemorating the day the Germans marched into Veľké Kapušany in 1944. This is significant as both Jews and Romas were persecuted and murdered by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laudenbach (Rhein-Neckar)
Laudenbach is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Rhein-Neckar-Kreis {{RheinNeckar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerlingen
Gerlingen ( Swabian: ''Gaerlenge'') is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 9 km west of Stuttgart, and 15 km southwest of Ludwigsburg. Gerlingen is home to Bosch, a major engineering and electronics company. Geography Gerlingen is the southernmost district of Ludwigsburg, neighboring the town of Ditzingen to the north, the district of Stuttgart to the east, and the town of Leonberg to the west. The urban area is split between two distinct parts. In the north, a part of the Neckar Basin which is predominantly agricultural. In the south, the Gelmswald and hills to the western border with Leonberg. History Early History Paleolithic history is largely unknown beyond three pieces of mammoth tooth found during a construction project in 1955. Evidence of Linear pottery culture of the early Neolithic were found in 1972 when potsherds as well as other rocks, bones, and fire equipment were found. Twin towns * Vesoul, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebiș
Sebiș ( hu, Borossebes) is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. Situated 82 km from the county capital, Sebiș is one of the most important urban centres in the Crișul Alb valley. It administers three villages: Donceni (''Dancsfalva''), Prunișor (''Kertes'') and Sălăjeni (''Szelezsény''). Its territory occupies 61.81 square km in the greater Sebiș Basin, which is a sub-unit of the Crișul Alb Basin. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the town has 5,831 inhabitants, of which 90.53% are Romanians, 6.68% Roma, 2.31% Hungarians, and 0,1% are of other or undeclared ethnicities. History The first documentary mention of the locality dates back to the year 1552, while later, in 1746 Sebiș had a market status (). Donceni was registered in 1439, Prunișor in 1406 and Sălăjeni in 1574. Until the end of the 18th century Sebiș had been under Ottoman occupation and later under Habsburg administration. During the latter period the settlement had underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leimen (Baden)
Leimen ( South Franconian: ''Lååme'') is a town in north-west Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is about south of Heidelberg and the third largest town of the Rhein-Neckar district after Weinheim and Sinsheim. It is also the area's industrial centre. Leimen is located on the Bergstraße (Mountain Road) and on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. In the context of a communal reform in the 1970s, Leimen was newly created from the villages Leimen, Gauangelloch and Sankt Ilgen. In 1981, the state government of Baden-Württemberg granted Leimen the privilege to be called "town." When Leimen's population exceeded 20,000 in 1990, the city council applied for elevation to a Große Kreisstadt which was granted by the state government on 1 April 1992. History The first documentary record of Leimen is from 791, when both the Lorsch Abbey and the Diocese of Worms owned land there. First records of the districts are from 1270 for Gauangelloch (a document supposedly from 1016 was found out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alerheim
Alerheim is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany. Mayor In January 2022 Alexander Joas was elected mayor. He succeeded Christoph Schmid, who had been in office since 2008. Sons and daughters of the community * Johann Wilhelm Klein (1765-1848), pioneer of education for blind people * Wilhelm Schmidt (1888-1962), politician, (Economic Reconstruction Union), German Party (1947) The German Party (german: Deutsche Partei, DP) was a National conservatism, national-conservative List of historical political parties in Germany, political party in West Germany active during the post-World War II, war years. The party's ideology ...) References Donau-Ries {{DonauRies-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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