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Pásztó
Pásztó is a town in Nógrád County, Hungary. Tibor Rubin was born in Pásztó on 18 June 1929. It then had a Jews, Jewish population of 120 families. Twin towns – sister cities Pásztó is Sister city, twinned with: * Ruffec, Charente, Ruffec, France Notable people *Antal Vágó (1891–1944), footballer *Dávid Bobál (1995–), footballer *Tibor Rubin (1929–2015), American Army Officer *Vendel Endrédy (1895–1981), monk and the abbot of Zirc, Pilis-Paszto and St. Gotthard abbeys *Csaba Hegedűs (footballer), Csaba Hegedűs (1985–), footballer *Zsolt Becsó (1967–), politician *István Kozma (footballer), István Kozma (1964–), footballer See also *History of the Jews in Hungary References External links * in HungarianStreet map Populated places in Nógrád County {{Nograd-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pásztó District
Pásztó ( hu, Pásztói járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Nógrád County. ''Pásztó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Pásztó District borders with Szécsény District, Salgótarján District and Bátonyterenye District to the north, Gyöngyös District and Hatvan District ''(Heves County)'' to the east, Aszód District ''(Pest County)'' to the south, Vác District ''(Pest County)'' and Balassagyarmat District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Pásztó District is 26. Municipalities The district has 1 List of cities and towns of Hungary, town and 25 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 31,729 and the population density was 58/km². Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nógrád County
Nógrád ( hu, Nógrád megye, ; sk, Novohradská župa) is a counties of Hungary, county ( hu, megye) of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest (county), Pest, Heves (county), Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján. Its area is 2,544 km². It is the smallest county by population and the second smallest by area (after Komárom-Esztergom). Nógrád is famous for its historic architecture of ancient Gothic churches and stone castles dated to the 13th century. Some historic landmarks includes the Salgó Castle and several baroque buildings constructed in the 18th century and the Vay, Teleki. Much of the northern border of the county is formed by the river Ipeľ, Ipoly. The mountain ranges Börzsöny, Cserhát and Mátra lie partly in the county. Due to the mountains, the county is chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibor Rubin
Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a combatant and a prisoner of war (POW). Rubin received the award from President George W. Bush on September 23, 2005, 55 years after the Korean war. Rubin was repeatedly nominated for various military decorations, but was overlooked because of antisemitism by a superior. Fellow soldiers who filed affidavits supporting Rubin's nomination for the Medal of Honor said that Rubin's sergeant "was an anti-Semite who gave Rubin dangerous assignments in hopes of getting him killed". In November, 2016, President Obama signed legislation renaming the Long Beach California VA Medical Center after Rubin. Early life Rubin was born on June 18, 1929, in Pásztó, a Hungarian town with a Jewish population of 120 families, one of six children (by thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsolt Becsó
Zsolt Becsó (born 14 June 1967) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Nógrád County Regional List from 1998 to 2010. He represented Pásztó, his birthplace, between 14 May 2010 and 5 May 2014, and Salgótarján Salgótarján (; sk, Šalgotarján) is city with county rights in Hungary, the capital of Nógrád county, north-eastern Hungary, making it the third smallest county capital based on population. The nearby Salgó castle is a well-known tourist ... between 6 May 2014 and May 2018. Due to an undetermined serious illness, Becsó was replaced as individual candidate in Salgótarján by his brother Károly Becsó for the 2018 parliamentary election. Nevertheless, both of them became members of the new parliament, as Zsolt Becsó was elected via the joint national list of Fidesz-KDNP. He served as President of the General Assembly of Nógrád County twice: between 1998 and 2002, and from 2006 to 2010. In the Hungarian Parliament, Becs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Csaba Hegedűs (footballer)
Csaba Hegedűs (born 26 October 1985 in Pásztó) is a Hungarian football player. He plays for Taksony SE. He played his first league match in 2013. Honours ;Mezőkövesd * NB II Kelet (1): 2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ... References External links * 1985 births Living people People from Pásztó Hungarian footballers Association football defenders Soroksári TE footballers Vác FC players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Sportspeople from Nógrád County {{Hungary-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Kozma (footballer)
István Kozma (born 3 December 1964) is a former Hungarian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career He began his career at Salgótarjáni TC in his native country of Hungary. Kozma then moved to Újpest FC and then to French Ligue 1 champions Bordeaux. In December 1989 he was signed by Jim Leishman for Scottish team Dunfermline Athletic for £550,000 which is still the club's record transfer fee. At Dunfermline Kozma became a firm fan favourite playing 103 times and scoring 9 goals. In February 1992 he was a shock purchase for Liverpool, with Graeme Souness signing the Hungarian for £300,000. Kozma never looked like breaking into the first team at Liverpool. In the 1991–92 season he made five league appearances and two in the FA Cup. In the 1992–93 season he played in the 1992 FA Charity Shield and then made one league appearance as a substitute and one further substitute appearance in the League Cup, before being released in July 1993. His poor performance at L ... [...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] |
Dávid Bobál
Dávid Bobál (born 31 August 1995) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Paksi FC. He was also part of the Hungarian U-19 at the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 13th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship since its reclassification from an under-18 event in 2002, and the 63rd since the tournament was created in 1948. Hungary was chosen to ho .... Uefa euro u19 squad (hungarian) Club statistics ''Updated to games played as of 27 June 2020.''References External links MLSZ * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruffec, Charente
Ruffec () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente Departments of France, department in southwestern France. It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to Spain (Route nationale 10), between Poitiers and Angoulême. During the Second World War, Ruffec was at the centre of Resistance for the evacuation of the Allied airmen towards Spain. Population Its inhabitants are known as the ''Ruffécois'' or the ''Ruffécoises'' in French. Twin towns – sister cities Ruffec is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Waldsee, Palatinate, Waldsee, Germany * Pásztó, Hungary See also *Communes of the Charente department References Communes of Charente Angoumois {{Charente-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antal Vágó
Antal Vágó , ''Weiss'' (9 August 1891 – 30 December 1944) was a Hungarian international association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Vágó, who was History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish, played club football for MTK Budapest FC, MTK, playing midfield for 12 seasons and winning the league nine time, and Terézvárosi TC, Fővárosi TC. He also represented Hungary national football team, Hungarian national team at international level, earning 17 caps between 1908 and 1917. He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was shot dead into the Danube during the Arrow_Cross_Party#Arrow_Cross_rule, Arrow Cross rule. References Sources * Antal Zoltán – Hoffer József: Alberttől Zsákig, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1968 * Rejtő László – Lukács László – Szepesi György: Felejthetetlen 90 percek, Budapest, Sportkiadó, 1977, External linksProfile at Jewsinsports.org 1891 births 1944 deaths Hungarian Jews Jewish footballers Hungarian footbal ... [...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] |
List Of Sovereign States
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 UN member states, 2 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 special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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