Vecsés (german: Wetschesch) is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in

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, Pest County,

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, situated adjacent to

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History

The village was first mentioned in records in 1318. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the region had a dense network of villages and extant documents mention it as an ecclesiastical place. In 1786 Count

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settled 50 families in Vecsés, who were mainly

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n, and to a lesser extent Slovakian and Hungarian inhabitants from the surrounding villages. The movie Indul a bakterház was shot here. The

n farmers grew cabbage and brought their Germanic tradition of

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production with them and Vecsés is famous even today for its

. Vecsés started to develop quickly after it was formed. From the end of the 19th century, the population started to grow, the village had a busy social, cultural and political life. It had a high number of victims in World War II. By the late 20th century, Vecsés became a town of individual character and as such was elevated from

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on 1 July 2001.

Economy

At one time the airline

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had its head office in the Airport Business Park C2 in Vecsés. The airline moved into its current head office on the property of Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport in the northern hemisphere summer of 2011.Property development
." Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. Retrieved on 11 December 2011.

Transport

; Bus-lines: The autobus company "VOLÁNBUSZ" operates 3 buses to Vecsés town: * 1. Vecsés, Erzsébet tér > Budapest, Kőbánya-Kispest vá. * 2. Vecsés, Sportpályam > Budapest, Csévéző utca * 3. Vecsés, Anna utca > Budapest, Népliget and Budapest Transport serves one line to Vecsés * 4. Route 200E (Budapest, Kőbánya-Kispest railway and subway station > Budapest, Liszt Ferenc Airport Terminal 2)

Twin towns – sister cities

Vecsés is twinned with: *

Lăzarea Lăzarea ( hu, Gyergyószárhegy or colloquially ''Szárhegy'', Hungarian pronunciation: , meaning ''Bald Mountain in Gyergyó'') is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylv ...

, Romania *

Rheinstetten Rheinstetten (; South Franconian: ''Rhoischdedde'') is a town in the west of Baden-Württemberg on the border to Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated to the south-west of Karlsruhe and belongs to the rural district of Karlsruhe. The city has ...

, Germany

Gallery

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References

External links

Street map
Populated places in Pest County Hungarian German communities {{Hungary-hist-stub