Acsa is a village in , Hungary.

Location

The village lies at the foot of the

Cserhát Cserhát () is a mountain range in Hungary, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest and Nógrád counties. Its highest point is the Naszály with an elevation of 654 metres above sea level. Cserhát stretches from Cserhá ...

hills by the upper River Galga in , near the border with .

Population

Most of Acsa's population is

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

Communications

Route 2108 serves the village by road from

Aszód Aszód is a town in Pest county, Hungary. History During World War II, Aszód was captured on 7 December 1944 by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Budapest Offensive. Notable residents * Sándor Petőfi, Hungaria ...

and

Balassagyarmat Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: ; formerly ''Balassa-Gyarmath''; german: Jahrmarkt; sk, Balážske Ďarmoty or ) is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus. Balassagyarmat is the capital city of Palóc country as the promi ...

. Stopping trains of the

Hungarian State Railways Hungarian State Railways ( hu, Magyar Államvasutak, MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions "MÁV START Zrt." (passenger transport), "MÁV-Gépészet Zrt." (maintenance), "MÁV-Trakció Zrt." and "MÁV Cargo Zrt" (freig ...

serve the village on line 78 (

–

Ipolytarnóc Ipolytarnóc ( sk, Ipeľský Trnovec) is a village in Hungary, Nógrád county. There is a fossil site close to it, the Ipolytarnoc Fossils Nature Conservation Area. Fossils Sometimes referred to as the "Prehistoric Pompeii", Ipolytarnóc is the ...

). Acsa and Erdőkürt share a station ("Acsa-Erdőkürt"), between

Püspökhatvan Püspökhatvan is a village in Pest county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to ...

and Galgaguta.

Name

The village's name comes from the old Hungarian personal name Acsa. The personal name may originate from the Turkic ''ača'', meaning "kindred". It was recorded as ''Acha'' in 1341.

History

At that time the village was owned by the Achai family and from 1422 it was the

Palatine A palatine or palatinus (in Latin; plural ''palatini''; cf. derivative spellings below) is a high-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times.

Miklós Garai's property. During Turkish rule (see

Ottoman Hungary Ottoman Hungary ( hu, Török hódoltság) was the southern and central parts of what had been the Kingdom of Hungary in the late medieval period, which were conquered and ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1541 to 1699. The Ottoman rule covered ...

) the village was demolished, but later on Slovaks settled. From 1730 the village was the Prónay family's land.

Landmarks

* The

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Prónay castle, which was built around 1775 by

Giovanni Battista Carlone Giovanni Battista Carlone (1603–1684) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. Biography Carlone was born and died in Genoa. He came from a family of artists: his father Taddeo, uncle, and cousins were sculptors, ...

(it is in Acsaújlak, but is not open to visitors) * The ruins of Csővár to the north * The

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church, built in 1747 * The village museum

Famous people

Sándor Prónay,

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and

chamberlain Chamberlain may refer to: Profession *Chamberlain (office), the officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign or other noble figure People *Chamberlain (surname) **Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855–1927), German-British philosop ...

, was born in Acsa in 1760.

References

External links

Welcoming (Vendégváró)

Photos (Légifotók Acsáról)

Acsa, village at Cserhát foot (Acsa, falu a Cserhát lábánál)

Acsa

Acsa Evangelical Congregation (Acsai Evangélikus Egyházközség)
Populated places in Pest County {{pest-geo-stub