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Biatorbágy
Biatorbágy () is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 13,889 (2019). It was created in 1966 by the merger of Bia (German: Wiehall) and Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall). Districts * Bia () * Torbágy () History On 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy. Killing 22 and injuring up to 122 people, 17 severely, it has been the most notorious sabotage on his crime history. Sport *Biatorbágyi SE, association football club Twin towns – sister cities Biatorbágy is Sister city, twinned with: * Herbrechtingen, Germany (1989) * Remetea, Harghita, Remetea, Romania (2001) * Kiti, Cyprus, Kiti, Cyprus (2004) * Dolný Štál, Slovakia (2012) * Velyka Dobron, Ukraine (2013) Notable people *Ferenc Juhász (poet), Ferenc Juhász (1928–2015), poet *Gyula Juhász (historian), Gyula Juhász (1930–1993), historian *Csaba Horváth (canoeist), Csaba Horváth (born 1971), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biatorbágyi SE
Biatorbágyi Sport Egyesület is a professional football club based in Biatorbágy, Pest 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 .... The club competes in the Pest county league. Name changes *1903: establishment *1962: fusion of Biai SE and Torbágyi KSK *1962-1989: Biatorbágyi SE *1989–present: Viadukt SE Biatorbágy External links Profile on Magyar Futball References Football clubs in Hungary Association football clubs established in 1903 1903 establishments in Hungary {{Hungary-footyclub-stub ... [...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] |
Gyula Juhász (historian)
Gyula Juhász ( Bia, September 11, 1930 – Budapest, April 13, 1993) was a Hungarian historian, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1985). He was the brother of the Hungarian poet Ferenc Juhász. Gyula Juhász was born in a peasant family. He graduated from a military school, but in 1956 he left the army protesting against the suppression of the 1956 Revolution. In 1958, he graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest with a degree in history. For the following decades, up to 1985 he has been working for the Historical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. From 1985 up to his death in 1993 he was the director of National Széchényi Library. In 1985, he was elected to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His main research fields were the general history of the diplomacy, and the Hungarian politics between the World Wars (1930s-1940s). As from 1963 until his death he was teaching history of diplomacy at Marx Károly University of Economics. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szilveszter Matuska
Szilveszter Matuska (29 January 1892 – disappeared c. 1945) was a Hungarian mass murderer and mechanical engineer who made two successful and at least two unsuccessful attempts to derail passenger trains in Hungary, Germany and Austria in 1930 and 1931. He was born in Čantavir (now located in Serbia), and was ultimately imprisoned for his crimes but escaped under unclear circumstances; his ultimate fate is unknown. Crimes Matuska made at least two failed attempts to derail trains in Austria in December 1930 and January 1931.''Murder in the 1930s'' p.230 Matuska's first successful crime was the derailment of the Berlin-Basel express train south of Berlin on 8 August 1931. More than 100 people were injured, several of them seriously, but there were no deaths. Because of the discovery of a defaced Nazi newspaper at the scene of the crime, among other things, the attack was believed to have been politically motivated. A bounty of 100,000 reichsmark was put on the perpetrator. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Juhász (poet)
Ferenc Juhász (16 August 1928 – 2 December 2015) was a Hungarian poet and Golden Wreath laureate (1992). He was considered a close contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in t ... in 1976. His brother was historian Gyula Juhász. Ferenc Juhász published his first poem in 1946. His first book of poems, ''The Winged Foal'', was published in 1949. His poem ''The boy changed into a stag clamors at the gate of secrets'', has been translated into English. References 1928 births 2015 deaths Hungarian male poets 20th-century Hungarian poets 20th-century Hungarian male writers Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath laureates People from Biatorbágy {{Hungary-poet-stub ... [...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] |
Herbrechtingen
Herbrechtingen () is a town in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... It is situated on the river Brenz, 7 km south of Heidenheim, and 28 km northeast of Ulm. Twin towns – sister cities Herbrechtingen is twinned with: * Mošnov, Czech Republic (1977) * Karavukovo, Serbia (1984) * Horná Štubňa, Slovakia (1986) * Biatorbágy, Hungary (1989) References Heidenheim (district) {{Heidenheim-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budakeszi District
Budakeszi () is a district in western part of Pest County. '' Budakeszi'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Budakeszi District borders with Pilisvörösvár District to the north, Budapest to the east, Érd District to the south, Bicske District ''(Fejér County)'' to the west, Tatabánya District ''(Komárom-Esztergom County)'' to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Budakeszi District is 12. Municipalities The district has 4 towns, 1 large village and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The municipalities in bold are cities, the municipality in ''italics'' is a large village. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 83,670 and the population density was 290/km². Ethnicity Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,700), Roma and Romanian (400), Russian (250) and Slovak (150). Total popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Hungary
Telephone numbers in Hungary for landlines consists of six numerals except those in Budapest which have seven numerals, as do mobile numbers. Before keying the subscriber number required, a caller may need to enter a domestic code (06) and an area code. Hungary area codes In Hungary the standard lengths for area codes is two, except for Budapest (the capital), which has the area code 1. Landline numbers are six digits in general; numbers in Budapest and mobile numbers are seven digits. Making calls within and from Hungary Calls within local areas can be made by dialling the number without the area code, such as 123 4567 in Budapest or 123 456 in other areas. However, this is not permitted in mobile phone networks. Domestic calls to all other area codes must be preceded with 06 + area code. For example, a call from Budapest to Monor (area code 29) would be made as 06 29 123 456 and a call from Monor to Budapest (area code 1) would be made as 06 1 234 5678. When using mobile pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest Metropolitan Area
The Budapest metropolitan area (, ) 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 Hungarian Central Statistical Office, HCSO to describe suburban development around centres of urban growth, the surrounding a more densely built and densely populated urban area. As of 2014 the Budapest metropolitan area, with its 7,626 km2 (2,944 sq mi), extends significantly beyond Budapest's administrative List of regions of Hungary, region (encompasses 193 settlements around the city), a region also commonly referred to as Central Hungary. It had a population of 3,303,786 inhabitants at the January 2013 census, making it the ''tenth largest'' urban region in Europe (Larger urban zones in Europe). 33% of Hungary's population resides in the region. Economy In 2021 Budapest's gross metropolitan product was €73.5 billion. This puts Budapest in List of EU metropolitan areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remetea, Harghita
Remetea (, or colloquially ''Remete''; Hungarian pronunciation: , meaning "Hermit of Gyergyó") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. Component villages The commune is composed of four villages: History The villages were part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. They belonged to Gyergyószék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted the Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolný Štál
Dolný Štál (, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 112 metres and covers an area of 29.997 km². It has a population of 1,962 people. History In the 9th century, the territory of Dolný Štál became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1111. Until the end of World War I, it was part of Hungary and fell within the Dunaszerdahely district of Pozsony County. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became officially part of Czechoslovakia and fell within Bratislava County until 1927. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. After Soviet occupation in 1945, the Czechoslovak administration returned, and the village became officially part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
