Alcsútdoboz is a village in

Fejér county Fejér ( hu, Fejér megye, ) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties V ...

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. Alcsútdoboz was created in 1950 by the merger of the municipalities of Alcsút (German: ''Altschutt'') and Vértesdoboz.

History

Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria (, , 9 March 1776 – 13 January 1847) was the 103rd and penultimate palatine of Hungary who served for more than 50 years from 1796 to 1847, after he had been appointed governor in 1795. The latter half ...

had his country estate

Alcsút Palace Alcsút Palace (Hungarian: ''Alcsúti kastély'') is a former royal residence located in Alcsút, central Hungary. It was the country estate of the Hungarian branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. History On 20 September 1795, Holy Ro ...

there. It was constructed by the renowned architect

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. It was destroyed during

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, with only the

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remaining.

Archduke Joseph August of Austria Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (9 August 1872 – 6 July 1962) was a ''Feldmarschall'' (field marshal) of the Austro-Hungarian Army and for a short period head of state of Hungary. He wa ...

, who was for a short period

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of Hungary, was born in Alcsút.

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was raised in Alcsútdoboz.

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Aerial photographs of Alcsútdoboz
Populated places in Fejér County {{Fejer-geo-stub