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Várda SE
Várda is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. History and Etymology Várda was first mentioned in historical records in 1284 as a wilderness protected estate. By the 14th century, it had developed a parish.The name Várda likely comes from the Hungarian word ''vár In Norse mythology, Vár or Vór (Old Norse, meaning either "pledge"Orchard (1997:173). or "beloved"Byock (2005:178) and Simek (2007:353).) is a Áss, goddess associated with oaths and agreements. Vár is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled ...'' meaning “castle” or “fort,” with the suffix ''-da'' suggesting a place related to it, perhaps connotating “place of the fort.” Demographics As of 2022, the population of Várda was 416. The general distribution towards males and females were 55% females and 45% males. Notable people * Endre Szász, a prominent Hungarian artist who lived and worked in Várda. External links Street map (Hungarian) References Populated places in Somo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The UTC offset, time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in several African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: :de:Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Stockholm Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis per UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2023, all member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. The next change to CET is scheduled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Code
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. the Universal Postal Union lists 160 countries which require the use of a postal code. Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, special codes are sometimes assigned to individual addresses or to institutions that receive large volumes of mail, such as government agencies and large commercial companies. One example is the French Cedex (France), CEDEX system. Terms There are a number of synonyms for postal code; some are country-specific: * Codice di Avviamento Postale, CAP: The standard term in Italy; CAP is an acronym for ('postal expedition code'). * Código de Endereçamento Postal, CEP: The standard term in Brazil; CEP is an acronym for ('postal add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vár
In Norse mythology, Vár or Vór (Old Norse, meaning either "pledge"Orchard (1997:173). or "beloved"Byock (2005:178) and Simek (2007:353).) is a Áss, goddess associated with oaths and agreements. Vár is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the ''Prose Edda'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and kennings found in skaldic poetry and a runic alphabet, runic inscription. Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the goddess. Attestations In the ''Poetic Edda'' poem ''Þrymskviða'', the blessing of Vár is invoked by the jötunn Þrymr after his "bride" (who is actually the god Thor disguised as the goddess Freyja) is hallowed with the stolen hammer of Thor, Mjöllnir, at their wedding: In the chapter 35 of the ''Prose Edda'' book ''Gylfaginning'', High, Just-As-High, and Third, High tells Gylfi, Gangleri (described as king Gylfi in disguise) about the ásynjur. High lists Vár ninth among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1284
Year 1284 ( MCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Aragonese Crusade: The first French armies under King Philip III (the Bold) and his 14-year-old son Charles of Valois enter Roussillon. They include 16,000 cavalry, 17,000 crossbowmen, and 100,000 infantry, along with 100 ships in south French ports. Though they have the support of James II, ruler of Majorca, the local populace rises against them. Elne is valiantly defended by Aragonese troops, but the French occupy the city, and burn the cathedral, while the population is massacred. * April 4 – King Alfonso X (the Wise) falls ill and dies after a 32-year reign at Seville. He is succeeded by his 25-year-old son Sancho IV (the Brave) who becomes ruler of Castile and León. Meanwhile, his nephew, Alfonso de la Cerda, challenges his right to the Castilian throne. Pope Martin IV excommunicates Sancho, he placed an interdict on his kingdom and refuses to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube, Danube River and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of 9.6 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians, Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian is the Languages of Hungary, official language, and among Languages of Europe, the few in Europe outside the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre. Prior to the foundation of the Hungarian state, various peoples settled in the territory of present-day Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDNP
The Christian Democratic People's Party (, , KDNP ) is a right-wing Christian democratic political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a satellite party of Fidesz. The party has been unable to get into the Parliament on its own since the 1990s (with the last time it did so being 1994), as it was not able to pass the election threshold of 5% of the vote. Without Fidesz, its support is now low enough that it can no longer be measured, and even a leading Fidesz politician, János Lázár, stated that Fidesz does not consider the government to be a coalition government. History The party was founded under the name of KDNP on 13 October 1944 by Hungarian Catholic statesmen, intellectuals and clergy, and was a successor to the pre-war United Christian Party. Among the founders were Bishop Vilmos Apor, Béla Kovrig (president of the University of Cluj-Napoca), , Count József Pálffy, ethnographer Sándor B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Attila Móring
József Attila Móring (born 8 October 1968) is a Hungarian educator and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Balatonboglár (Somogy County Constituency IV) from 2006 to 2014, and for Marcali (Somogy County Constituency III) since 2014. He was also Member of Parliament from his party, the Fidesz's Somogy County Regional List between 2002 and 2004. Political career He served as mayor of Somogyvár from 1998 to 2014. He joined Fidesz in December 1992. He led the Somogyvár branch of his party until 2002. He became a Member of Parliament in December 2002, replacing Károly Szita, who resigned from his parliamentary seat. Móring worked in the Committee on Human Rights, Minorities and Religious Affairs between 2003 and 2006. He was elected MP for Balatonboglár during the 2006 parliamentary election as a candidate of the Fidesz–KDNP alliance. He joined the KDNP parliamentary group. He was a member of the Immunity, Incompatibility and Credentials Committee between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The National Assembly Of Hungary (2018–22)
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NUTS Statistical Regions Of Hungary
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS codes of Hungary have three levels: Codes Local administrative units Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are: ''The LAU codes of Hungary can be downloaded here:'' Changes in NUTS 2016 classification The NUTS classification is regularly updated to reflect changes and modifications proposed by Member States. As part of this process the European Commission has adopted changes concerning Hungary in December 2016. The new classification that has been introduced have split the region Central Hungary in two: Budapest (previously HU101) and Pest County, Pest county (previously HU102). The new classification is in use since 1 January 2018. See also * ISO 3166-2:HU, ISO 3166-2 codes of Hungary * List of FIPS region codes (G-I)#HU: Hungary, FIPS region codes of Hungary * List of regions of Hungary, Regions of Hungary * Counties of Hungary * Districts of Hungary (from 2013) ** Subregi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Kaposvár
The Diocese of Kaposvár () is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Veszprém, in southwestern Hungary. Its cathedral episcopal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (), in the city of Kaposvár, capital of Somogy County. History * Established on May 31, 1993 as Diocese of Kaposvár, on territory split off from its future Metropolitan, the then Diocese of Veszprém. Statistics , it pastorally served 290,425 Catholics (73.5% of 395,207 total) on 6,764 km² in 102 parishes with 95 priests (diocesan), 4 deacons, 6 lay religious (sisters) and 8 seminarians. Episcopal ordinaries ;Suffragan Bishops of Kaposvár * Béla Balás (31 May 1993 – 25 March 2017), previously Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém (Hungary) (1992.08.10 – 1993.05.31) * László Varga (13 May 2017 – ...) See also * List of Catholic dioceses in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catholic Dioceses In Hungary
The Roman Catholic Church in Hungary is composed of: * A Latin hierarchy, comprising ** four ecclesiastical provinces, comprising their Metropolitan archdioceses and in total nine suffragan dioceses ** the exempt Military Ordinariate ** the exempt Territorial Archabbey of Pannonhalma. * The overlapping proper province of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'', Byzantine Rite in Hungarian) There is also an Apostolic nunciature, the papal diplomatic representation in Hungary. Current Latin Dioceses (Roman Rite) Exempt ''Sui iuris'' Jurisdictions ''directly subject to the Holy See'' * Military Ordinariate of Hungary (Tábori Püspökség) * Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma Ecclesiastical Province of Esztergom–Budapest * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest, primatial see of Hungary ** Diocese of Győr ** Diocese of Székesfehérvár Ecclesiastical Province of Eger * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Eger ** Diocese of De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
