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Abaújalpár
Abaújalpár is a village in the district of Gönc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. Few Jews lived in the village and to this day there are Jewish gravestones in the area. Geography It is located in the North Hungarian Mountains, in the western part of the Zemplén Mountains, 9 kilometers southeast of Encs and about 50 kilometers northeast of Miskolc, the county seat. Its area is 848 hectares, of which 22 hectares are inner areas and 826 hectares are outer areas, mostly forest. The neighboring settlements are: Boldogkőújfalu to the north, Sima to the east, Abaújkér-Aranyospuszta to the south, and Abaújkér to the west; its southeastern border touches the outer areas belonging to Abaújszántó, a town that lies to its southwest. Accessibility The main road access route is the 3714 road, which runs along the western edge of its inner area, providing access from Abaújszántó and Gönc. Its main street is the secondary road numbered 37 108, and its southern bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gönc District
Gönc () is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' Gönc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Gönc District borders with the Slovakian region of Košice to the north, Sátoraljaújhely District and Sárospatak District to the east, Tokaj District and Szerencs District to the south, Szikszó District and Encs District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gönc District is 32. Municipalities The district has 2 towns and 30 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 19,275 and the population density was 35/km². Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500), Slovak (150) and Rusyn (100). Total population (2011 census): 19,275 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 20,5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encs
Encs is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 30 kilometers from the county capital Miskolc. History The area has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years. After the Hungarians occupied the area, it became part of ''Újvár'' comitatus (later Abov, Abaúj county). The first recorded mention of the village was in 1219. The railway line reached the village in 1860. In 1880 Encs had about 1,000 residents. After the treaty of Trianon Encs was the most important village of the parts of Abaúj-Torna county that remained in Hungary. The next few decades brought prosperity. In 1962 it became the centre of the unified districts of Encs, Abaújszántó and Szikszó, and gained town status in 1984. Twin towns – sister cities Encs is Sister city, twinned with: * Bad Dürrenberg, Germany * Ghelința, Romania * Gmina Kępno, Kępno, Poland * Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia References External links * in Hungarian * {{authority control Populated places in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1720
Events January–March * January 21 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). * February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England. * February 17 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed between Spain, Britain, France, Austria and the Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands ..., ending the War of the Quadruple Alliance with effect from May 20. * February 24 – Battle of Nassau (1720), Battle of Nassau: Spanish forces assault the Kingdom of Great Britain, British settlement of Nassau, Bahamas at the end of the War of the Quadruple Alliance. * March 11 (February 29 Old Style) – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns, to let her husband Frederick I of Sweden, Frederick I t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1715
Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire in 1752 and in Russia in 1923) by adding 11 days. January–March * January 13 – A fire in London, described by some as the worst since the Great Fire of London (1666) almost 50 years earlier, starts on Thames Street when fireworks prematurely explode "in the house of Mr. Walker, an oil man"; more than 100 houses are consumed in the blaze, which continues over to Tower Street before it is controlled. * January 22 – Voting begins for the British House of Commons and continues for the next 46 days in different constituencies on different days. * February 11 – Tuscarora War: The Tuscarora and their allies sign a peace treaty with the Province of North Carolina, and agree to move to a reservation near Lake Mattamus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1370
Year 1370 ( MCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 18 – The Battle of Rudau is fought between the Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania near Rudau village, north of Königsberg (now Melnikovo village in the Kaliningrad oblast). According to the Teutonic chronicler Wigand of Marburg and the Livonian chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, the Lithuanians suffer a great defeat. * April 9 – Timur becomes first Amir of the Timurid Empire, following the Siege of Balkh which establishes his rule over the Chagatai Khanate, completing his conquest of Central Asia and parts of Persia. * May 24 – The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League. * September 19 – Hundred Years' War: Siege of Limoges – The English led by Edward the Black Prince retake the city from the French by storm with wide destruction, effectively ending the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1330
Year 1330 ( MCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * July 28 – Battle of Velbazhd: The Bulgarians under Tsar Michael Shishman (who is mortally wounded) are beaten by the Serbs. Bulgaria does not lose any territory to Serbia, but is powerless to stop the Serbian advance towards the predominantly Bulgarian-populated Macedonia. * October 19 – King Edward III of England starts his personal reign, arresting his regent Roger Mortimer, and having him executed. * November 9– 12 – Battle of Posada: The Wallachians, under Basarab I, defeat the Hungarians, though heavily outnumbered, thus making a firm statement towards the independence of Wallachia. * December 6 – The British Isles are hit by a great storm, creating large areas of sand dunes on Anglesey. * Undated – Vilnius, Lithuania receives its coat-of-arms, granted to the city in the seventh year of its existence. * Unda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1796
Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark, Upper Canada, Newark to York, Upper Canada, York. * February 9 – The Qianlong Emperor of China abdicates at age 84 to make way for his son, the Jiaqing Emperor. * February 15 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Invasion of Ceylon (1795) ends when Johan van Angelbeek, the Batavian Republic, Batavian governor of Ceylon, surrenders Colombo peacefully to British forces. * February 16 – The Kingdom of Great Britain is granted control of Ceylon by the Dutch. * February 29 – Ratifications of the Jay Treaty between Great Britain and the United States are officially exchanged, bringing it into effect.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1851
Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion in China, one of the bloodiest revolts that would lead to 20 million deaths. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. * January 23 – The flip of a coin, subsequently named the Portland Penny, determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory will be named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. * January 28 – Northwestern University is founded in Illinois. * February 1 – '' Brandtaucher'', the oldest surviving submersible craft, sinks during acceptance trials in the German port of Kiel, but the designer, Wilhelm Bauer, and the two crew escape successfully. * February 6 – Black Thursday occurs in Australia as bushfires sweep across the state of Victoria, burning about a quarter of its area. * February 12 – Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abaújkér
Abaújkér is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. Jews lived in Abaújkér for many years until they were murdered in the Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ... References External links Street map Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Borsod-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sima, Hungary
Sima is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and .... External links Street map Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Borsod-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
