Kápolnásnyék is a village in
Fejér county,
Hungary.
History
The excavations in the surroundings revealed bronze-age artifacts, proving that the area was already populated in ancient times.
The name of the
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
*Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fina ...
originates from the name of the Nyék, tribe (coming to
Hungary during the
settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
*Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fina ...
of
Hungarian tribes), the first residents belonged probably to a subgroup of the tribe. When István I. defeated Koppány, Nyék became a land of the queen. The name of the settlement is mentioned first in 1193 as Neck. Later the names Kápolnás Nyék, Káposztás Nyék, and Fertőfő Nyék are used to mention this rather insignificant settlement located between
Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...
and
Fehérvár, to the south of the commercial route. As a border village Kápolnásnyék suffered from double taxation during the
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
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occupation (both
Hungary and the
Turkish Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
collected taxes), therefore the population of the village decreased considerably, it even turned uninhabited during the Turkish camping of 1543. The inhabitants returned to the village in 1772. During the 19th century Upper and Lower Nyék were differentiated, even after 1861, when the Southem Railway was built. It is mentioned as an independent village first in 1871, to which Pettend was attached in 1898.
Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855), the famous Hungarian poet was born here,
and the house where he grew up is dedicated to him as a museum.
The present appearance of the village was formed in the 1930s, when it became a commercial and service background for the booming tourism of the Lake Velencei. The phone system, the gendarme patrol, local medical care, the railway station and the mill were established in this period. The settlement suffered serious damage in World War II, when the majority of the population also died. The village also lagged behind in development, compared to other settlements of the region and became a part of
Velence by the 1970s.
Kápolnásnyék declared its independence in 1990 and has gone through considerable development since then. It once again became the background for the tourism of
Lake Velencei
Lake Velence (german: Welenzer See), an endorheic basin, is the third largest natural lake in Hungary. It is a popular holiday destination among Hungarians.
The lake has an area of 26 km2, one third of which is covered by the common reed. Be ...
, where commercial service facilities are established and the infrastructure is developing rapidly.
References
External links
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Street map
Kápolnásnyék.hu
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Populated places in Fejér County