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Fiľakovo Castle
Fiľakovo (; hu, Fülek, german: Fülleck, tr, Filek) is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. Historically it was located in Nógrád County, as part of the Nógrád, Novohrad, "Newcastle" region. Geography It is located in the Cerová vrchovina hills, in the valley of the ''Belina'' brook, located around from the Hungarian city of Salgótarján, from Banská Bystrica, about from Košice and around from Bratislava. History The first written record of the town, along with the Fiľakovo Castle is from 1242, where the castle withstood the Mongol invasions. It is mentioned in 1246 as ''Filek''. In 1423 the town received municipal privileges. In 1553 the town with the castle was conquered by the Turks and was the seat of a sanjak until 1593, when it was reconquered by the Imperial troops. However, it was conquered once more by the Ottomans in 1662 and the town along with the castle was burned down in 1682 by troops of Imre Thököly. It was finally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banská Bystrica Region
The Banská Bystrica Region ( sk, Banskobystrický kraj, ; hu, Besztercebányai kerület, ) is one of the Regions of Slovakia, eight regions of Slovakia. It is the largest region by area, and has a lower population density than any other region. The Banská Bystrica region was established in 1923; its borders were last adjusted in 1996. Banská Bystrica consists of 514 municipalities, 24 of which have town status. Its administrative center is the eponymous town of Banská Bystrica, which is also the region's largest town. Other important towns are Zvolen and Lučenec. Geography It is located in the central part of Slovakia and has an area of 9,455 km2. The region is prevailingly mountainous, with several ranges within the area. The highest of them are the Low Tatras in the north, where the highest point, Ďumbier, is located. Some of the mountain ranges in the west include Kremnica Mountains, Vtáčnik and Štiavnica Mountains. The Javorie and Krupina Plain ranges are locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in Versailles on 4 June 1920. It formally ended World War I between most of the Allies of World War I and the Kingdom of Hungary. French diplomats played the major role in designing the treaty, with a view to establishing a French-led coalition of the newly formed states. It regulated the status of the Kingdom of Hungary and defined its borders generally within the ceasefire lines established in November–December 1918 and left Hungary as a landlocked state that included , 28% of the that had constituted the pre-war Kingdom of Hungary (the Hungarian half of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy). The truncated kingdom had a population of 7.6 million, 36% compared to the pre-war kingdom's population of 20.9 million. Though the areas that were allocated to neighbouring countries had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities And Towns In Slovakia
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,891 obcí (singular ''obec'', "municipality") in Slovakia. They are grouped into 79 (''okresy'', singular ''okres''), in turn grouped into 8 regions (''kraje'', singular ''kraj''); articles on individual districts and regions list their municipalities. * Ábelová * |
Vica Kerekes
Éva "Vica" Kerekes (born 28 March 1981) is a Slovak actress of Hungarian ethnicity. She is active in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. She is often referred to and credited as Vica Kerekésová, Vica Kerekešová, and Kerekes Vica. She adopted the nickname "Vica" to distinguish herself from the Hungarian actress . Biography Vica Kerekes was born to ethnic Hungarian parents. After studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she moved to Budapest in 2001, where she met her future husband, artist Csaba Vigh. She made her cinematic debut in 2004 with the Slovak film ''Konečná stanica''. To international audiences, Kerekes is known for the 2011 film '' Men in Hope''. She divorced Vigh in 2012 after having lived with him for six years and being separated for a year. In 2014, Kerekes announced that she was in a relationship with tattoo artist Lukáš Musil. Awards and recognition In 2010, Kerekes was awarded Best Actress at the Hungarian Film Week for her pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cargo Cult (musician)
Cargo Cult was the stage name of Slovak musician Allan Vilhan, who produces music in the genre of electronica (currently producing under name "Blue MOON Science").Raskin, Andy (2004)Giving it Away (for Fun and Profit): Creative Commons encourages artists to share and distribute their work for free. And that could be the key to a new multibillion-dollar industry, CNN, 1 May 2004, retrieved 2010-10-31 The work is a blend of ambient and beat-driven with subtle transitions from track to track. He describes it as "trip rock". Vilhan is originally from Filakovo, making music in his spare time. He was signed with the online music label Magnatune and publishing company ACM Records. , he has produced two albums: ''Alchemy'' and ''Vibrant''. Much of his music is licensed under Creative Commons, and his work has been used in the soundtrack of a video game. At present he lives in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Lowy
Sir Frank P. Lowy ( ; born 22 October 1930) is an Australian-Israeli businessman of Jewish Slovakian-Hungarian origins and the former long-time Chairman of Westfield Corporation, a global shopping centre company with billion of assets under management in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. In June 2018 Westfield Corporation was acquired by French company Unibail-Rodamco. He is a former Chairman of Scentre Group, the owner and manager of Westfield-branded shopping centres in Australia and New Zealand. With an assessed net worth of billion in 2021, Lowy was ranked as the ninth richest Australian according to the ''Financial Review Rich List''; having been the richest person in Australia during 2010. ''Forbes Asia'' magazine assessed Lowy's net worth at billion in January 2019 and placed him fourth in its Australia's 50 Richest people. Lowy is the founder of the Lowy Institute, Australia's leading foreign affairs think tank,Barro, Christiane"The think tanks shaping Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Büchler
Alexander Büchler (, ; 24 September 1869 in Fülek ( Fiľakovo), Kingdom of Hungary – July 1944 in Auschwitz) was a Hungarian rabbi and educator. He is a son of the Talmudist rabbi Phineas Büchler of Mór. He was educated at the gymnasium in Székesfehérvár and at the university and the seminary of Budapest; he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1893, and was ordained as rabbi in 1895. In 1897 he was called to Keszthely. Literary works Büchler's works include essays on the history of the Jews in Hungary, published in the "''Magyar Zsidó Szemle''" and the "''Österreichische Wochenschrift''", and the following books: * "''Niederlassungen der Juden in Europa im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert, mit Besonderer Rücksichtauf Ungarn''", Budapest, 1893 (in Hungarian); * "''Schay Lamoreh''", "''Kolel Miktebe Ḥakme Yisrael''", Budapest, 1895 (in Hebrew); * "''History of the Jews in Budapest''", 1901 (in Hungarian) References Inline citations Sources referenced : ::By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustrzyki Dolne
Ustrzyki Dolne (; yi, Istrik, uk, Устри́ки-Долі́шні, translit=Ustrýky-Dolíshni) is a town in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999) close to the border with Ukraine. It is the capital of Bieszczady County, with 9,383 inhabitants (02.06.2009). In existence since the 15th century, Ustrzyki received its city charter around 1727. During the First Partition of Poland, in 1772 it became part of the Habsburg monarchy where it remained until 1918. After the defeat of Austria-Hungary Ustrzyki became part of the newly independent Poland. Major growth of the Ustrzyki economy began in the 19th century, when a railway connection to Przemyśl and Sanok was built in 1872, and the exploitation of local oil fields began. Temporarily in the USSR after the Vistula–Oder Offensive in 1944–45, it became part of postwar Poland following the 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szigethalom
Szigethalom is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Twin towns – sister cities Szigethalom is twinned with: * Fiľakovo, Slovakia * Jaworzno, Poland * Söderhamn, Sweden * Nagykikinda, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ... References External links * Street map Populated places in Pest County {{Pest-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szécsény
Szécsény is a town in Nógrád county, Hungary. Etymology The name comes from the Slavic ''sečь'': cutting (''Sečany''). 1219/1550 ''Scecen''. History The valley of the Ipoly and especially the area of that around Szécsény was inhabited even in the prehistoric age. Findings attest that the region was peopled from the Neolithic period. Teutons, Avars, and Slavs appeared here in the first millennium BC. Hungarians settled down in the surrounding country in the decades following the Hungarian Conquest, which began in AD 895. The town itself must have originated from that era. The burial places found on the confines of the town render this pretension probable. The first genuine written document about Szécsény dates back to 1219. In 1334, Lord Chief Justice Thomas Szécsényi induced King Charles Robert to permit the status of town, so Szécsény became a market town in the same year. The Turkish occupied Szécsény in 1552 under the name "Seçen" and after that the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bátonyterenye
Bátonyterenye is a town in Nógrád county, in Northern Hungary. The town is the part of the Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark. Bátonyterenye was created in 1984 by the unification of the three villages of '' Nagybátony'', '' Kisterenye'', and '' Szúpatak''. The new settlement became a town in 1989. Bátonyterenye was described as a typical socialist mining city. Twin towns – sister cities Bátonyterenye is twinned with: * Fiľakovo Fiľakovo (; hu, Fülek, german: Fülleck, tr, Filek) is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. Historically it was located in Nógrád County, as part of the Nógrád, Novohrad, "Newcastle" region. Geography It is ..., Slovakia * Giresun, Turkey * Jirkov, Czech Republic * Kobylnica, Poland References External links * Official websitein Hungarian and EnglishStreet mapNovohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark Populated places in Nógrád County Socialist planned cities Planned cities in Hungary Novohrad-N ... [...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 The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradeshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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