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Vatta
Vatta is a village in , Hungary. It lies in the south of the county, from Miskolc and from Mezőkövesd. Etymology According to local tradition, the name of Vatta from the name of an 11th-century pagan tribal chief called "Vata". History The first known record of the village is in a charter of 1323. In the following centuries it was known as ''Vatha'', ''Woytha'', ''Watha'', and ''Bata''. From 1475 the settlement was recorded as ("Lower Vatta") and ("Upper Vatta"), which indicates that there were two distinct and separate settlements. These combined later. During the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule of the 16th Century, the village was razed and the inhabitants had to flee several times. In 1895 Vatta became a town, and from 1950 an independent village. After Communism in Hungary, Communist rule, in 1990 the village got its own Parish councils in England, parish council. Landmarks * Odescalch Castle, built in the 18th Century. * Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertalan Szemere
Bertalan Szemere (27 August 1812 – 18 January 1869) was a Hungarian poet and nationalist who became the third Prime Minister of Hungary during the short period of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when Hungary was independent of rule by the Austrian Empire. Early years Szemere was born in Vatta into a poor noble family. His father was Major László Szemere, his mother was Erzsébet Karove. Szemere studied in Miskolc, Késmárk and Sárospatak. He was interested in writing poems and his works were published in the periodical ("Upper-Hungarian Minerva"). He was influenced by Ferenc Kölcsey and Mihály Vörösmarty. In the reform era In 1832 Szemere graduated as a jurist and started to work as an apprentice in Pressburg (now Bratislava, Slovakia) and became a member of the Parliamentary Young Members' Group and advocated liberal principles. After he finished his pupillage, Szemere went back to Borsod where he was elected as an honorary notary public. In 1835 Szemere tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
