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Nagykőrös
Nagykőrös is a town in Pest County, Hungary. János Arany taught there from about 1851, and a local museum is named for him. Notable people *Szabolcs Czira (b. 1951), politician *Frigyes Hegedűs (1920–2008), pentathlete *István Kecskés (b. 1980), boxer *Mór Réthy (1846–1925), mathematician *János Zatykó (b. 1948), agrarian engineer and politician Twin towns — sister cities Nagykőrös is twinned with: * Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, Italy * Espelkamp, Germany * Haaksbergen, Netherlands * Reghin, Romania * Salonta Salonta (; hu, Nagyszalonta, italic=no, colloquially , ; ger, Grosssalontha, italic=no; tr, Salanta, italic=no) is a municipiu, city in Bihor County, in the geographical region of Crișana, north-western Romania, near the Hungarian border. Po ..., Romania References External links * in HungarianStreet map Populated places in Pest County {{Pest-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagykőrös District
Nagykőrös ( hu, Nagykőrösi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. ''Nagykőrös'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Nagykőrös District borders with Cegléd District to the north, Tiszakécske District ''( Bács-Kiskun County)'' to the southeast, Kecskemét District ''(Bács-Kiskun County)'' to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykőrös District is 3. Municipalities The district has 1 town and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 27,977 and the population density was 80/km². Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 500), German (150) and Romanian (100). Total population (2011 census): 27,977 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 25,043 persons: *Hungarians: 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szabolcs Czira
Dr Szabolcs Czira (born 28 September 1951) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Nagykőrös ( Pest County Constituency XVI) from 1998 to 2014. He was a member of the Committee on Employment and Labour. Czira is the current Mayor of Nagykőrös since 2002. Czira joined the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) in late 1987. He was a member of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party (FKGP) from 1993 until 2002. He served as deputy leader of its parliamentary group between 2001 and 2002. He joined 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 ... in 2002. Personal life He is married to Dr Tímea Cziráné Kőházi Kis. They have a daughter, Tímea and a son, Szabolcs. [...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] |
Frigyes Hegedűs
Frigyes Hegedűs (14 May 1920 – 1 June 2008) was a Hungarian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1920 births 2008 deaths Hungarian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Hungary Modern pentathletes at the 1948 Summer Olympics People from Nagykőrös Sportspeople from Pest County 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Zatykó
János Zatykó (born February 12, 1948) is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Komárom (Komárom-Esztergom County Constituency IV) from 1994 to 2010. He also served as mayor of Komárom between April 25, 1999 and October 3, 2010. Zatykó was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) between 1979 and 1989. After the end of Communism in Hungary Communism, Communist rule in the People's Republic of Hungary came to an end in 1989 by a peaceful transition of power, peaceful transition to a democratic system. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary ..., he became a non-partisan politician. He was elected MP for Komárom for the first time in the 1994 parliamentary election. He joined the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) on July 1, 1996. He was a member of the Committee on Agriculture from May 14, 1996 to May 13, 2010. Zatykó was elected mayor of Komárom during a by-ele ... [...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] |
János Arany
János Arany (; archaic English: John Arany; 2 March 1817 – 22 October 1882) was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 102 ballads that have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the ''Toldi trilogy.'' Biography He was born in Nagyszalonta, Bihar County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire. He was the youngest of ten children, but because of tuberculosis running in the family, only two of them lived beyond childhood. At the time of his birth, his older sister Sára was already married and his parents, György Arany and Sára Megyeri, were 60 and 44 years old, respectively. János Arany learned to read and write early on, and was reported to read anything he could find in Hungarian and Latin. Since his parents needed support early in Arany's life, he began working at the age of 14 as an associate teacher. From 1833 he attended the Reformed College of Debrecen where he studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reghin
Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș (river), Mureș River. As of 2011 Romanian census, 2011, it had a population of 33,281.Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011: Location Reghin lies north-northeast of Târgu Mureș, extending on both shores of the river Mureș, at the confluence with the Gurghiu (river), Gurghiu River. It was created by the 1926 union of the German-inhabited (formerly Szászrégen) and the Hungarian-inhabited (formerly Magyarrégen) city, and later joined with the two smaller communities of Apalina (Hungarian: ''Abafája''; German: ''Bendorf'') and Iernuțeni (Hungarian: ''Radnótfája''; German: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espelkamp
Espelkamp ( nds, Espelkämpe) is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of Lübbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden. Neighbouring places Town subdivisions After the local government reforms of 1973 Espelkamp consists of 9 districts: Twin towns – sister cities Espelkamp is twinned with: * Angermünde, Germany * Borås, Sweden * Nagykőrös Nagykőrös is a town in Pest County, Hungary. János Arany taught there from about 1851, and a local museum is named for him. Notable people * Szabolcs Czira (b. 1951), politician * Frigyes Hegedűs (1920–2008), pentathlete *István Kecskés ..., Hungary * Torgelow, Germany References External links Official site Minden-Lübbecke {{MindenLübbecke-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mór Réthy
Mór Réthy (or Moritz Réthy) (1846–1925) was a Hungarian mathematician. Life and work Réthy attended the Technical Universities of Vienna and Budapest; he graduated in Budapest in 1870. After two years teaching in the Modern Technical School of Körmöcbánya, he obtained a grant to follow huis studies in Göttingen and Heidelberg, where he studied under Clebsch, Kirchhoff, Schering and Königsberger, obtaining his doctoral degree in Heidelberg in 1874. In 1874 he was appointed extraordinary professor at the university of Kolozsvár where he remained until 1886, serving also as head of mathematics department and dean of the faculty of sciences. In 1886 he began teaching in the Technical University of Budapest lecturing in geometry; but then his interest changed to mathematical physics Mathematical physics refers to the development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The '' Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the appl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salonta
Salonta (; hu, Nagyszalonta, italic=no, colloquially , ; ger, Grosssalontha, italic=no; tr, Salanta, italic=no) is a municipiu, city in Bihor County, in the geographical region of Crișana, north-western Romania, near the Hungarian border. Population According to the Demographics of Romania, Romanian census from 2011, the city has a population of 17,042, made up of Hungarians (58.1%), Romanians (38.83%), Romani people, Romani (2.4%), Slovaks 0.4% and others (0.5%). In terms of religion, in year 2002, 51.12% were Reformed Church in Romania, Reformed (Calvinist), 36.46% Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, 6.56% Roman Catholicism in Romania, Roman Catholic and 5.86% was split between Baptist Union of Romania, Baptists, Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Romanian Greek-Catholic, Pentecostalism, Pentecostals and other faiths. History The city, a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, was first documented in 1214 under the name of ''Zolonta'' and in 1332 a Papal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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