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Sárvár
Sárvár (german: Kotenburg or ; la, Bassiana; sl, Mala Sela) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. Sárvár lies on the banks of the River Rába at Kemeneshát. The population is nearly 16,000. The town has become a tourist centre of international renown. Etymology ''Sár'' means "mud" in Hungarian, and ''vár'' means "castle". The latter is a common ending for settlement names. History During the World War II, Sárvár was used as a centre for the internment for Polish soldiers who had arrived in Hungary in 1939. Later, during the World War II, Sárvár was used as a concentration camp for the internment for thousands of Serb families expelled by Hungarian soldiers from their homes in northern Serbia in 1941. Now, there is a monument and graveyard for hundreds of Serbs who died in Sárvár concentration camp. Sights Sárvár's notable sights include the spa (with its famous medicinal water), a Baroque church, an arboretum, the park forest and the Csónakázó Lake. A number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sárvár - Castle
Sárvár (german: Kotenburg or ; la, Bassiana; sl, Mala Sela) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. Sárvár lies on the banks of the River Rába at Kemeneshát. The population is nearly 16,000. The town has become a tourist centre of international renown. Etymology ''Sár'' means "mud" in Hungarian, and ''vár'' means "castle". The latter is a common ending for settlement names. History During the World War II, Sárvár was used as a centre for the internment for Polish soldiers who had arrived in Hungary in 1939. Later, during the World War II, Sárvár was used as a concentration camp for the internment for thousands of Serb families expelled by Hungarian soldiers from their homes in northern Serbia in 1941. Now, there is a monument and graveyard for hundreds of Serbs who died in Sárvár concentration camp. Sights Sárvár's notable sights include the spa (with its famous medicinal water), a Baroque church, an arboretum, the park forest and the Csónakázó Lake. A numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sárvár District
Sárvár ( hu, Sárvári járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Vas County. ''Sárvár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Sárvár District borders with Sopron District and Kapuvár District ''(Győr-Moson-Sopron County)'' to the north, Celldömölk District and Sümeg District ''(Veszprém County)'' to the east, Zalaszentgrót District ''(Zala County)'' to the south, Vasvár District to the southwest, Szombathely District and Kőszeg District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sárvár District is 42. Municipalities The district has 2 towns and 40 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 38,684 and the population density was 56/km2. Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 500) and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig III Of Bavaria
Ludwig III (Ludwig Luitpold Josef Maria Aloys Alfried; 7 January 1845 – 18 October 1921) was the last King of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918. Initially he served in the Bavarian military as a lieutenant and went on to hold the rank of Oberleutnant during the Austro-Prussian War. He entered politics at the age of 18 becoming a member of the Bavarian Legislature and was a keen participant in politics, supporting electoral reforms. Later in life he served as regent and ''de facto'' head of state from 1912 to 1913, ruling for his cousin, Otto. After the Bavarian parliament passed a law allowing him to do so, Ludwig deposed Otto and assumed the throne for himself. He led Bavaria during World War I. His short reign was seen as championing conservative causes and he was influenced by the Catholic encyclical ''Rerum novarum''. After the German Revolution of 1918, the German Empire was dissolved and the Weimar Republic was created. As a result of this revolution, the Bavarian thron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Nádasdy
Count Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (6 October 1555 – 4 January 1604) was a Hungarian nobleman. His family, Nádasdy, was one of the wealthiest and most influential of the era in Hungary. In 1571, when Ferenc was 16, his mother, Orsolya Nádasdy (née Kanizsay), using her association with many noble families in Hungary, organized a marriage to the young Elizabeth Báthory (or Hungarian: Báthory Erzsébet), daughter of the Count György and Anna Báthory. The Báthory family were as rich and illustrious as the Nádasdy family, though older and more influential, since they had several relatives who had the charge of Nádor (palatine) of Hungary. Among them, included a cardinal, a King of Poland-Lithuania, and a Prince of Transylvania. Early life At the age of 14, Ferenc became engaged to a ten-year-old Elizabeth Báthory. He invited her to move into the Nádasdy Castle, Castle Sárvár, situated in Vas County in western Hungary. Ferenc, unlike his wife, could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Lok Cahana
Alice Lok Cahana (February 7, 1929 – November 28, 2017) was a Hungarian Holocaust survivor. Lok Cahana was a teenage inmate in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Guben and Bergen-Belsen camps: her most well-known works are her writings and abstract paintings about the Holocaust. Her work celebrates Judaism and those murdered in the Holocaust by transforming the horror of their deaths into a testament to their lives. As she told Barbara Rose in the ''From Ashes to the Rainbow'' catalog interview, "I started to paint only about the Holocaust as a tribute and memorial to those who did not return, and I am still not finished." Early life Alice Lok Cahana was born in Sárvár, Hungary in 1929. She first learned to draw in a Jewish high school (Jewish students were forbidden to attend public schools at the time). In 1944 she and her entire family were transported to Auschwitz as part of the massive deportation of Hungarian Jews. While interning at Guben concentration camp, Lok Cahana made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Stieber
Zoltán Stieber (; born 16 October 1988) is a Hungarian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger or attacking midfielder for Újpest FC, Újpest. Having spent time in a number of Hungarian youth sides Stieber spent four years with the academy of Premier League side Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa before moving to Germany where he worked his way up the league system. He became a regular international player for the Hungary national football team, Hungary national team including in their UEFA Euro 2016 squads#Hungary, Euro 2016 finals squad. Club career Stieber initially played for Budapest-based ''Goldball '94'' alongside younger brother András Stieber, András, before moving to Hungarian giants Újpest FC, Újpest. After impressing for the capital side, he was offered trials with a selection of English clubs. He had an unsuccessful trials with Arsenal F.C., Arsenal and Manchester United F.C., Manchester United prior to si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Vida
József Vida (born January 9, 1963 in Sárvár, Vas) is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He set his personal best (76.01 metres) on July 4, 1999 in Tapolca Tapolca (; german: Toppoltz) is a town in Veszprém County, Hungary, close to Lake Balaton. It is located at around . The town has an outer suburb, Tapolca-Diszel, approximately 5 km to the East. Etymology The origin of ''Tapolca'' is .... Achievements References sports-reference* 1963 births Living people People from Sárvár Hungarian male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Hungary Sportspeople from Vas County {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Vass
József Vass (25 April 1877 – 8 September 1930) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1920 and 1922. He finished his theological studies in Rome. After his ordination he became chaplain in Adony. He was transferred to Székesfehérvár, where he devised a religious daily. Vass became director of the Saint Emeric Dormitory in 1911. He worked as a teacher for the University of Pest's Faculty of Theology from 1917. he became a member of the Diet of Hungary in 1920. Pál Teleki appointed him Minister of Food on 15 August 1920. After that he served as Minister of Religion and Education. During the king's attempts to retake the throne of Hungary he tried to mediate between Charles IV and Regent Miklós Horthy, because he had good legitimist relations. From 1922 until his death he served as Minister of Welfare and Labour. His notion anti-worker pervaded his social policy activity. He revealed huge material abuses in his ministry. ... [...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] |
Péter Balassa
Péter Balassa (born 18 March 1975) is a Hungarian football player and politician. Balassa retired at end of 2008–2009 season, he became a Member of Parliament in 2022. Balassa has played in the Hungarian NB I for Videoton FC Fehérvár during the 2000–01 season. Haladas From 2005 to 2008, he has spent 3 seasons with Szombathelyi Haladás appearing in 57 matches and scoring 10 goals for the Szombathely-based team in the NB II NB, Nb, or nb may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''N.B.'' (album), an album by Natasha Bedingfield * ''NB'' (TV programme), a Scottish arts television programme that aired 1989–1997 Businesses * NB Global, a British investment company ...; and in the season 2007/08, he managed to win the NB II and hence, Haladas was promoted to the NB I for the 2008/09 season. Honours Hungarian second division: Winner: 2007/08 References External linksProfile at HLSZ.hu 1975 births Living people People from Sárvár Hungarian footballers A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed ( hu, Báthori Erzsébet, ; sk, Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia). Báthory and four of her servants were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and women between 1590 and 1610. Her servants were put on trial and convicted, whereas Báthory was confined to her home. She was imprisoned within Castle of Csejte. The charges leveled against Báthory have been described by several historians as a witch-hunt. Other writers, such as Michael Farin in 1989 have said that the accusations against Báthory were supported by testimony from more than 300 individuals, some of whom described physical evidence and the presence of mutilated dead, dying and imprisoned girls found at the time of her arrest. In a 2018 article for ''Przegląd Nauk Historycznych (Historical Science Review) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takács De Saár
Takács de Saár (in Hungarian: ''saári Takács'') is a Hungarian noble family. The family members mainly lived in Vas and Sopron counties and had their seat in Saár village, which since 1912 is a district of Sárvár Sárvár (german: Kotenburg or ; la, Bassiana; sl, Mala Sela) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. Sárvár lies on the banks of the River Rába at Kemeneshát. The population is nearly 16,000. The town has become a tourist centre of internatio .... The family's nobility was confirmed in 1646 by King Ferdinand III. Coat of arms A red triangle on the shield. In the middle of the triangle a crescent. Above the triangle in a blue field two shining stars. On the helmet a Hungarian warrior wielding a sabre. Notable family members * Miklós Takács de Saár, forestry specialist, Social Democratic politician Alpokalja, 10 Dec 2010 References Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Takacs de Saar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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