Albertirsa (formerly ''Alberti-Irsa'', sk, Irša) is a town in ''
Ceglédi kistérség'',
''Pest megye'', and the middle of the
Great Hungarian Plain
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.
History
Initially Albertirsa was two separate inhabitations: ''Alberti'' and ''Irsa'', having joined in 1950.
* 1277:
King Ladislaus IV mentions the name of Alberti (as ''Alberth'') tenure in one of his charters
* 1368: The chapter of
Buda mentions ''Irsa'' (from
Slavic *''jelsa'') as an inhabitation
* 1597: Both villages got emptied after the 1241
Mongol
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invasion and the
Ottoman conquest in the 16th century
* September 29, 1711: Local landlord András Váracskay brings settlers to populate the grassland of Alberti-Irsa. 24 chariots of
Slovak settlers arrive to Alberti
* 1714: Royal endowment letter grants the ownership of Alberti to Márton Szeleczky
* 1719: András Irsay has one third of Irsa of Pest shire
* 1731: Beginning of mandatory lecturing for commons in local landlord funded school
* 1784: Descendants of Márton Szeleczky attain the rights for Alberti to hold markets. This right also grants the
market town
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title.
* September 1, 1847: First train arrives
* 1848: Hundreds joining to the
1848 Revolution
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after the recruitment speech of
Kossuth at
Cegléd
Cegléd (; german: Zieglet) is a city in Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
Name
The name of the town is of disputed origin. The name may be derived from the word "szeglet" (meaning "corner") due t ...
* 1924: Civil School of Irsa founded
* September 6, 1950: The two villages Alberti and Irsa are joined under the name of Albertirsa by an ordinance of the Ministry for Home Affairs
* 1979: Inauguration of Hungary's first 750 kV substation south of Albertirsa
* 1995
Gerje-Party Associationfounded
* 1996: Inauguration of the new flag and symbol during the millennium festival
* July 1, 2003:
town status granted to Albertirsa, which has 11547 inhabitants this time
Notable people
*
Róza Csillag
Róza Csillag or Rosa Herrmann-Csillag (born ''Róza Goldstein'', 23 October 1832 – 20 February 1892) was an Austro-Hungarian mezzo-soprano opera singer.
Csillag was born in the Jewish community of Irsa in central Hungary (today Albertirsa), and ...
(1832–1892), female Jewish singer
*
Ádám Politzer (1835–1920), a Jewish otologist
Points of interest
Near Albertirsa, there is the only 750 kV-substation in Hungary. At it, the
750 kV-powerline from Zakhidnoukrainska in Ukraine ends.
*
Szeleczky-Szapáry Castle ( hu,
Szeleczky-Szapáry kastély) named after
Szeleczky and
Szapáry
The House of Szapáry (Hungarian: ''Szapáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár'') is the name of an old and important Hungarian noble family, which derived its name from the village of Szapár. The family belonged to the Hungarian nobilit ...
family
*
Synagogue of Irsa
*
Albertirsai Strand An outdoor bathing area with many pools for all ages along with small restaurants.
Twin towns – sister cities
Albertirsa is
twinned with:
*
Gaggiano
Gaggiano ( lmo, Gaggian or ''Gasgian'' ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,360 and an area of .All demographic ...
, Italy (1992)
*
Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Bourg-Saint-Andéol (; oc, Bourg-Sant-Andiòu) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Rhône Valley in southern France.
Geography
It lies directly along the river Rhône at the southeast end of the department south of the smaller tow ...
, France (1998)
*
Malacky
Malacky ( German: ''Malatzka'', Hungarian: ''Malacka'') is a town and municipality in western Slovakia around north from capital Bratislava. From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
It is one ...
, Slovakia (2000)
*
Șimleu Silvaniei
Șimleu Silvaniei (; hu, Szilágysomlyó, german: Schomlenmarkt) is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 14,436 people (2011 census). It is located near the ancient Dacian fortress Dacidava.
Three villages are adminis ...
, Romania (2004)
*
Żnin
Żnin (german: Znin, 1941-45: Dietfurt) is a town in north-central Poland with a population of 14,181 (June 2014). It is in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (previously Bydgoszcz Voivodeship) and is the capital of Żnin County. The historical ...
, Poland (2005)
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Google Maps satelliteOfficial website of the Town of Żnin - twin town in PolandAerialphotgraphs of Albertirsa
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Populated places established in 1950
1950 establishments in Hungary
1277 establishments in Europe
Irsa
Populated places in Pest County
Shtetls
Irsa