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26 unusual facts about Hungary


1903 World Figure Skating Championships

Carried out of the competition for the second time won the pairs competition sporting a pairs :Christina von Szabo / G. Euler (1st place) and brother and sister Mizzi Bohatsch / Otto Bohatsch (2nd place) both of Austria .

Aleksandar Popović Sandor

Aleksandar Popović tutored other students and won scholarships to complete his basic education in Pest.

Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz

Appointed to the chief command against the Hungarian revolutionaries under Lajos Kossuth, he gained some early successes and reoccupied Buda and Pest (January 1849), but by his slowness in pursuit he allowed the enemy to rally in superior numbers and to prevent an effective concentration of the Austrian forces.

Arnold Ipolyi

In 1863 he was made canon of Eger, and in 1869 director of the Central Ecclesiastical Seminary at Pest; in 1871 he became Bishop of Banská Bystrica, and Bishop of Oradea where he died on 2 December later that same year.

Demographics of Austria

Only three numerically significant traditional minority groups exist – 14,000 Carinthian Slovenes (according to the 2001 census – unofficial estimates of Slovene organisations put the number at 50,000) in Austrian Carinthia (south central Austria) and about 25,000 Croats and 20,000 Hungarians in Burgenland (on the Hungarian border).

Eduard Wagnes

Eduard Wagnes (born 18 March 1863 in Graz, Austria - died 27 March 1936 in Bad Gams, Austria) was a conductor in the Austro-Hungarian Military, and composer of military marches.

Fatback

In Hungary, where it is called szalonna, it is very popular for campfire cookouts (szalonnasütés).

Franjo Kuhač

After becoming a teacher, Kuhač went to study music in Pest, Hungary.

Franz Benque

He received lessons of photography from C.C. Hersen before moving to the then Austrian city Trieste in 1864, where he opened a studio in partnership with the Italian watchmaker Guglielmo Sebastianutti (1825-1881), marrying Sebastianutti' stepdaughter, Isabella, in 1868.

Friends of a Democratic Cuba

Friends of a Democratic Cuba is a group formed in 2006 that is composed of representatives from six former Soviet-bloc nations – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Giovanni Punto

They premièred the work on 18 April 1800 at the Burgtheater and the following month the pair played the work again in Pest, Hungary (it was here that the critic commented "who is this Beethoven?...").

Hont, Hungary

Hont is a village in Nógrád County in Hungary.

János Bihari

In 1801, living in Pest, Bihari created an orchestra of 1 cimbalist and 4 violinists.

Lake Öreg

The lake is situated in the middle of the town of Tata.

Max Fabian

Maximilian Fabian (May 1, 1891, Galicia, Austria-Hungary – June 30, 1969, Los Angeles, California) was a cinematographer who is credited on 16 films.

Mihailo Vitković

Mihailo Vitković (Eger, 25 August 1778-Pest, 9 September 1829) was a Serbian and Hungarian poet, translator and lawyer.

Military of Austria-Hungary

The Austrians were defeated after bitter fighting at Magenta and Solferino, the young Emperor Franz Joseph assuming personal command during the Battle of Solferino.

Mindig magasabbra

Mindig Magasabbra is the fourth studio album by Hungarian rock band Locomotiv GT, released in 1975.

Rainer Island

This island was named by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition after nobleman Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, also known as the Archduke Rainer of Austria, one of the aristocrats who helped to finance the private venture.

Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire

Provisional governments in Venice and Milan quickly expressed desire to be part of a united Italian state, a new Hungarian government in Pest announced its intentions to break away from the Empire and elect Ferdinand its King, and a Polish National Committee announced the same for the province of Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.

Ruralia Hungarica

This was Dohnányi's contribution to the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the city of Budapest from a merger of Buda and Pest.

Stefan Stefanović

Stefan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Стефановић), (1807–1828) was a Serbian playwright who lived and worked in Novi Sad and Pest.

Sten Anders Hjalmar Sjögren

studied in Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1883 and in 1885-89 was staff geologist at the Nobel company in Baku.

Válicka

There are to streams in Zala County, Hungary under this name.

Villum Foundation

Beginning in 2006, it has donated a larger proportion of its grants to social and cultural projects outside Denmark, with a special focus on Hungary, Poland and other countries in Eastern and Central Europe.

Zirc Abbey

The monastery was re-established in 1989 and maintains residences in Eger, Baja, Budapest, Pécs and Székesfehérvár.


1998 European Marathon Cup

The 1998 European Marathon Cup was the 6th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Budapest, Hungary, inside of the 1998 European Championships.

2012 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2012 Hungaroring GP2 Series round and the 2012 Hungaroring GP3 Series round was a group of motor races held at the Hungaroring circuit near Mogyoród in Hungary for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships.

8×56mmR

The updated cartridge coincided with an update to the Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 rifle in which the barrel length was reduced and the chamber re-cut to accept the new cartridge, and was the cartridge chosen by Hungary for the 35M rifle as a replacement for the Mannlicher M1895.

Anationalism

At the SAT congress in Nagykanizsa (Hungary) in 2001, the Anationalist Faction of SAT was reestablished as a result of renewed interest in anationalism and related subjects, which had evidenced itself previously, when an "anationalism" internet mailing list was founded.

András Kállay-Saunders

During his visit in Hungary he noticed a TV commercial urging talented singers to audition for the nations talent competition Megasztár.

Beatrice of Hungary

Beatrice of Naples, the queen consort of both Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary from 1476–1490 and 1491–1502, respectively

Blood in the Water

Blood in the Water match, a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR in 1956

Carabus hungaricus

The majority of its populations inhabit calcareous sandy grasslands from the Deliblat (Serbia: Deliblatska Peščara) throughout the Banat (Serbia, Romania) and sandy areas in Hungary along the Danube River all the way to Vienna (Austria) and South Moravia (Czech Republic).

Carpathian Mountains

The most important cities in or near the Carpathians are: Bratislava and Košice in Slovakia; Kraków in Poland; Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu and Braşov in Romania; and Miskolc in Hungary.

Christiane Pilz

Pilz reached into the international stage in triathlon, when she placed twelfth at the 1999 ETU Triathlon European Championships in Funchal, Madeira, and in 2000, she claimed her first medal at the FISU World University Triathlon Championships in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary.

Das Nibelungenlied. Ein Heldenepos in 39 Abenteuern

After ten years of mourning she marries again, king Etzel of Hungary.

Drava

The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary, being navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.

Erich Obermayer

He made his debut for Austria in an April 1975 European Championship qualification match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal in a match against the Netherlands, and 1982 FIFA World Cup where he skippered the team.

Erzsébet Gaál

Erzsébet Gaál is a native of Hungary currently living in Bloomington, Indiana, where she is an active professional harpist, Kodály pedagogue and a researcher in the field of physical wellness for musicians.

European Christian Political Movement

This platform had started in November 2002 when representatives of political parties from more than 15 countries decided to examine new chances for Christian politics in Europe on the conference "For a Christian Europe" at Lakitelek, Hungary.

Football in Montenegro

The Montenegro national team played its first match in Podgorica on March 24, 2007, when they beat Hungary 2-1.

Gyula Y. Katona

Gyula Y. Katona (born December 4, 1965) is a Hungarian mathematician, the son of mathematician Gyula O. H. Katona.

Hungary–South Korea relations

The Hungarian ambassador to South Korea, Miklos Lengyel, who began his service in October 2007, had previously worked in his government's mission in Pyongyang in the 1980s.

Imre Nagy

During the time when the Communist leadership of Hungary would not permit his death to be commemorated, or permit access to his burial place, a cenotaph in his honour was erected in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Jakob Fugger

Despite having constant financial difficulties due to an extravagant lifestyle and many failed political projects his reign saw the kingdoms of Spain, Bohemia and Hungary gained for the House of Habsburg, not by waging war but through advantageous marriage arrangements which were funded with the help of Jakob Fugger.

Jews and the slave trade

The prohibition was repeated by subsequent councils - Fourth Council of Orléans (541), Paris (633), Fourth Council of Toledo (633), the Synod of Szabolcs (1092) extended the prohibition to Hungary, Ghent (1112), Narbonne (1227), Béziers (1246).

Johann Grueber

Though in poor health Grueber lived another 14 years as preacher and spiritual guide in the Jesuit schools of Trnava (Slovakia) and Sárospatak (Hungary) where he died in 1680.

John B. Haberlen

Haberlen has participated as a jury member and auditor in major choral festivals worldwide, including the St. Petersburg Choral Festival, the World Choir in Cardiff, Wales; Marktoberdorf, Germany; Riva del Garda, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Denmark and Sydney, Australia.

John Flournoy Montgomery

Montgomery was clearly expected to watch over the political intrigues not only in Budapest but, from his central location on the Danube, to monitor the goings-on in Hungary’s neighbors (Austria, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia) and other countries in the region as well, including Bulgaria, Poland, Germany and Italy.

Josef Maria Horváth

Josef Maria Horváth (born 20 December 1931 in Pécs, Hungary) is a Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor.

József Mindszenty

Mindszenty's life and battle against the Soviet domination of Hungary and communism were the subject of the 1950 film Guilty of Treason, which was, in part, based on his personal papers, and starred Charles Bickford as the cardinal.

Katharine Goodson

When her sister Ethel, who had stayed with her during much of her time in Vienna, went to Budapest to become the governess to the son of Count István Tisza, the Prime Minister of Hungary, Goodson went to stay with academic and parliamentarian William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington and his wife Lady Katrina Conway at their London house.

Katy Sexton

European Short Course in Debrecen, Hungary where she made two finals breaking the British senior record in the 50m backstroke in 27:99.

Ladislaus V of Hungary

Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440-1457), also known as Ladislaus of Bohemia and Hungary, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia; and Duke of Austria

Lajos Kozma

Born on September 2, 1938, in Lepsény, Hungary, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, and made his debut at the Budapest Opera in 1962, where he won considerable acclaim as Pelléas in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande.

Lament for the Destruction of Hungary by the Tartars

It was written in 1242, shortly after the invasion of Hungary by the Tartars of Batu Khan, by a monk in the retinue of King Béla IV.

Language law of Slovakia

According to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL), the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said the issue was beyond being simply an affair between Slovakia and Hungary and was becoming an issue of the whole European Union because it harms the spirit of European integration and the principles of democracy.

Laurens Pannecoucke

Pannecoucke qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by finishing fourth from the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Leó Frankel

Leó Frankel (Léo Fränkel) (February 25, 1844, Újlak – March 29, 1896, Paris) was a Communist revolutionary of Hungarian and Jewish origin.

Mariyka Pidhiryanka

After Austria-Hungary collapsed, Pidhiryanka remained in exile across the Carpathians from war-torn Galicia, where the West Ukrainian People's Republic was defeated by the Poles, who then fought off the Bolsheviks and annexed the territory.

Medzev

The struggle for power continued throughout the Counter-Reformation and eventually resulted in the rebuilding of the monastery under the supervision of Maria Theresia, the Habsburg Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Croatia.

Michael Somogyi

Michael Somogyi was born on March 7, 1883 in the village of Zsámánd in Hungary, Austria-Hungary (today Reinersdorf, part of Heiligenbrunn, Austria).

Mircea I of Wallachia

The defeat of Sultan Beyazid I by Timur Lenk (Tamerlane) at Ankara in the summer of 1402 opened a period of anarchy in the Ottoman Empire and Mircea took advantage of it to organize together with the Hungarian king a campaign against the Turks.

Nădlac

A former part of the town lies across the border with Hungary; this village is called Nagylak.

Øyvin Thon

He is also five times Relay champion, as a member of the Norwegian winning teams in 1981 (Thun, Switzerland), 1983 (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary), 1985 (Bendigo, Australia), 1987 (Gérardmer, France) and 1989 (Skaraborg, Sweden).

Peter Glassen

Born in Szeged, Hungary (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on October 19, 1920, Glassen emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1929, residing on Gladstone Avenue in the city's west end.

Raba

Rába, a river in Austria and Hungary, tributary of the Danube

Sándor Egervári

Mikael Forssell equalized the result in the 88th minute, but Hungary still could win the match by a late goal by Balázs Dzsudzsák in the 94th minute.

Sretno dijete

For example Darko Rundek is interviewed in Paris, France, Mirko Ilić in New York City in the United States, and there are also scenes shot on locations in the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and other countries.

Starčevo site

The culture of Starčevo is connected with other cites from Balkan and middle Europe where they use the term Starčevo-Keres-Kris culture in Hungary and Romania cites to symbolize the union of three close culture: culture of Starčevo, culture of Kereska and culture of Kris all of them located on the region of today southeast Hungary, Serbia and Romania.

Steven Karidoyanes

:"Café Neon owes its form and existence to the 20th century Hungarian composer, Zoltán Kodály. When I first conducted Kodály's Galánta Dances I was immediately taken by the music's passion and color and wished there was a Greek equivalent which would gratify my Hellenic heritage. Café Neon now fills that personal void."

Thomas Bender

Bender was also named in the squad for 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 3 matches against Italy and Hungary.