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Ács
Ács () is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county, northern Hungary. Geography Ács is located in Komárom District on the eastern side of the Little Hungarian Plain near where the Concó River enters the Danube. It is below the Bársonyosi Hills, at the point where the Székes joins the Concó, three kilometer south of the Danube and eight kilometers southwest of the city of Komárno. Name The name literally means "carpenter". It refers to the carpenters who lived here in service to the king. The place name is attested as ''As'' in 1260 and 1270 and as ''Alch'' in 1297. History Ács was a settlement in Roman times, in the province of Pannonia. There were two Roman castra, ''Ad Mures'' and ''Ad Statuas'', in the area. An early mention in the 13th century called the place ''Iwan de As''; and a document in 1346 called it ''Alchy''. In 1970 it was declared a large commune ('' Nagyközség''); and on 1 July 2007 it received town status. Twin towns – sister cities Ács is tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concó River
Concó is a river in northern Hungary, a tributary of the Danube. It rises in Fejér County and enters the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County near the city of Komárom. Geography The Concó rises on the northern slopes of the Bakony, Bakony range of the Transdanubian Mountains and the western and northwestern slopes of the Vértes Hills. It flows basically north and slightly west. In the mountains there are warm springs due to tectonic uplift. In the lower reaches the Concó is subject to flooding. As of 2009, sewage, wastewater and drainage from community landfills went essentially untreated into the river. Mostly the area of the Concó Basin is wilderness in the south and farmlands in the middle and northern sections. The only significant industrial activity is in Kisbér, in the middle section. The Concó discharges into the Danube at the village of Ács. The bedrock consists of Triassic limestones and sandstones, overlain by a thick layer of more recent alluvial sediments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komárom-Esztergom County
Komárom-Esztergom (, ; ; ) is an administrative Hungarian county in Central Transdanubia Region; its shares its northern border the Danube with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of , , and and the Slovakian Nitra Region (Nové Zámky District, Komárno District). Its county seat is Tatabánya. History Middle Ages The predecessor of Komárom Esztergom County, Komárom county and Esztergom county were founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Both counties had parts that now belong to Slovakia. Throughout their history the borders of the two counties were frequently modified, and they were merged several times as well. When the castle of Esztergom was captured by the Ottomans in 1543, the leadership of the county fled from there. The castles of Érsekújvár, Komárom, and Tata were the three border castles stopping the Ottoman conquest for long decades. During the Ottoman occupation of Hungary, Esztergom became the center of a sanjak spanning across sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns Of Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: , plural: ; the terminology does not distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: , plural: ) of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: , plural: ). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 25 of the towns are so-called City with county rights, cities with county rights. All county seats except Budapest are cities with county rights. Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development. The largest city is the capital, Budapest, while the smallest town is Pálháza with 1038 inhabitants (2010). The larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komárom District
Komárom () is a district in north-western part of Komárom-Esztergom County. '' Komárom'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Komárom District borders with the Slovakian region of Nitra to the north, Tata District to the east, Oroszlány District and Kisbér District to the south, Győr District ''( Győr-Moson-Sopron County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Komárom District is 9. Municipalities The district has 3 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages (ordered alphabetically, as of 1 January 2013): The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 39,863 and the population density was 105/km2. Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 350), German (250) and Slovak (150). Total population (2011 census): 39,863 Ethnic gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M1 Motorway (Hungary)
The M1 motorway () is a toll motorway in northwestern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Győr and Vienna. The first section of the motorway opened in the 1970s, reaching the Austrian border at Hegyeshalom in 1996. It follows the route of the old Route 1 one-lane highway. Openings timeline *Budapest – Budaörs (7 and 12 km): 1964 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended 2x3 lane in 1978-79) *Budaörs – Budakeszi (4 km): 1981 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended in 1986) *Budakeszi – Zsámbék (9 km): 1986 *Zsámbék – Bicske (13 km): 1985 *Bicske – Tatabánya-north (28 km): 1982 *Tatabánya-north – Komárom (20 km): 1975 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990) *Komárom – Győr-east (19 km): 1977 - ''half profile''; (this section was extended 2x2 lane in 1990) *Győr-east – Győr-Ménfőcsanak (8 km): 1994 *Győr-Ménfőcsanak – Győr-west (14 km): 1994 *Győr-west – Heg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pannonia
Pannonia (, ) was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, on the west by Noricum and upper Roman Italy, Italy, and on the southward by Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia and upper Moesia. It included the modern regions western Hungary, western Slovakia, eastern Austria, northern Croatia, north-western Serbia, northern Slovenia, and northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Background In the Early Iron Age, Transdanubia was inhabited by the Pannonians or Pannonii, a collection of Illyrians, Illyrian tribes. The Celts invaded in the Late Iron Age and Gallo-Roman culture, Gallo-Roman historian Pompeius Trogus writes that the Celts were met with heavy resistance from the locals and were not able to overrun the southern part of Transdanubia. Some tribes advanced as far as Delphi, with the Scordisci settling in Syrmia (279 BC) upon being forced to withdraw. The arrival of the Celts in Transdanubia disrupted the flow of amber from the Balti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komárno
Komárno (, , ), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom'', ''Öregkomárom'', ''Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically it was formed by the "old town" on the left bank of Danube, present day Komárno in Slovakia, and by a "new town" on the right bank, present day Komárom in Hungary, which were historically one administrative unit. Following World War I and the Treaty of Trianon, the border of the newly created Czechoslovakia cut the historical, unified town in half, creating two new independent towns in two countries. Komárno and Komárom are connected by the Elisabeth Bridge, which used to be an official border crossing between Slovakia and Hungary until border checks were lifted due to the Schengen Area rules. In 2020, a new road bridge was opened. Komárno is Slovakia's principal port on the Danube. It is also the center of the Hungarians in Slovakia, Hungarian community in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brăduț
Brăduț (; ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of four villages: Brăduț, Doboșeni (''Székelyszáldobos''), Filia (''Erdőfüle''), and Tălișoara (''Olasztelek''). Geography The commune is situated in the northeastern foothills of the Perșani Mountains, at an altitude of , in the valley of the river Cormoș. It is located in the northwestern extremity of Covasna County, just north of the town of Baraolt and from the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe, on the border with Harghita County. Brăduț may be accessed from the south by Roads in Romania, county road DJ131, followed by communal road DC42. Demographics The commune has an absolute Székelys, Székely Hungarians in Romania, Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 4,688, of which 83.64% or 3,921 were Hungarians. At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, Brăduț had a population of 4,923; of those, 65.33% were Hungarians, 24.86% Romani people in Romania, Roma, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlatná Na Ostrove
Zlatná na Ostrove (, ) is a village and municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 120 metres and covers an area of 35.407 km². It has a population of about 2555 people. History In the 9th century, the territory of Zlatná na Ostrove became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1267. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Zlatná na Ostrove once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has been part of Slovakia. Ethnicity The village is about 91% Hungarian, 8% Slovak with minorities. Facilities The village has a public library and a football pitch A football pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Towns And Sister Cities
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept Throughout history, many cities have participated in various cultural exchanges and similar activities that might resemble a sister-city or twin-city relationship, but the first officially documented case of such a relationship was a signed agreement between the leaders of the cities of Toledo, Ohio and Toledo, Spain in 1931. However, the modern concept of town twinning appeared during the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
