Vecsés (german: Wetschesch) is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in
Budapest metropolitan area
The Budapest metropolitan area ( hu, budapesti agglomeráció) is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Budapest and its surrounding suburbs. Created by Hungary's national statistical office HCSO to describe ...
,
Pest County,
Hungary, situated adjacent to
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport.
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
Antal Grassalkovich
Anton Graf Grassalkovich ( Ürmény, 6 March 1694 – Gödöllő, 1 December 1771) was an Imperial Real Privy Councilor, President of the Royal Hungarian Court Chamber, Chief Justice of Hungary (1731–1748), and confidant of Empress Maria There ...
settled 50 families in Vecsés, who were mainly
Swabia
Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
n, and to a lesser extent Slovakian and Hungarian inhabitants from the surrounding villages.
The movie
Indul a bakterház was shot here.
The
Swabia
Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
n farmers grew cabbage and brought their Germanic tradition of
sauerkraut production with them and Vecsés is famous even today for its
sauerkraut. 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
village to
town on 1 July 2001.
Economy
At one time the airline
Wizz Air 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
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport ( hu, Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér) , formerly known as ''Budapest Ferihegy International Airport'' and still commonly called just ''Ferihegy'', is the international airport serving t ...
in the northern hemisphere summer of 2011.
[Property development]
." Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport ( hu, Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér) , formerly known as ''Budapest Ferihegy International Airport'' and still commonly called just ''Ferihegy'', is the international airport serving t ...
. 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
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Lăzarea, Romania
*
Rheinstetten, Germany
Gallery
File:Vecsés légifotó1.jpg
File:Vecsés légifotó2.jpg
File:Vecsés légifotó3.jpg
File:Vecsés légifotó4.jpg
File:Vecses church.JPG
References
External links
Street map
Populated places in Pest County
Hungarian German communities
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