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  Hungary - LoveToKnow 1911
The greatest elevations are in the Tatra mountains of the north of Hungary proper, in the east and south of Transylvania (the Transylvanian Alps) and in the eastern portion of the Banat.
The principal salt-mines are in Transylvania at Torda, Parajd, Deesakna and Maros-Ujvar; and in Hungary at Szlatina, Ronazsek and Sugatag.
The Orthodox Eastern Church in Hungary is subject to the authority of the metropolitan of Carlowitz and the archbishop of Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt); under the former are the bishops of Bacs, Buda, Temesvar, Versecz and Pakracz, and under the latter the bishops of Arad and Karansebes.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hungary   (14852 words)

  
 Hungary at AllExperts
Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország), officially the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság), is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Hungary's landscape consists mostly of the flat to rolling plains of the Carpathian Basin, with hills and lower mountains to the north along the Slovakian border (highest point: the Kékes at 3,327 ft; 1,014 m).
According to census data, the largest religion in Hungary is Roman Catholicism (50% of the population [3]), with a significant Calvinist minority (16% of the population) and smaller Lutheran (3%) and Greek Catholic (3%) minorities.
en.allexperts.com /e/h/hu/hungary.htm   (3647 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Kingdom of Hungary was established in 1000 by King St. Stephen I.
Initially the history of Hungary was developed in a triangle with that of Poland and Bohemia, with the many liaisons with Popes and Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
The largest religion in Hungary is Catholicism – Roman and Greek – (approx two thirds of the population), with a Calvinist minority (around 20%) and Lutherans (5%).
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Hungary   (1594 words)

  
 Vas - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Vas county shared borders with the Austrian lands Lower Austria and Styria and the Hungarian counties Sopron, Veszprém and Zala.
In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the western part of the county became part of the new Austrian land Burgenland, and a small part in the southwest became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia).
Vas, Vas county, Regional structure, Cities and towns, Villages, Vas (former county), Geography, History, Subdivisions, Counties of Hungary and Counties in the Kingdom of Hungary.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Vas   (341 words)

  
 Hungary Counties
In 1950, a territorial reform eliminated all of the urban counties.
Hungary has three divisions at the NUTS-1 level, called Statisztikai nagyrégiók; seven divisions at the NUTS-2 level, called Tervezési-statisztikai régiók; and twenty divisions at the NUTS-3 level, which are the counties and capital city.
The Kingdom of Hungary consisted of Hungary proper, the province of Croatia and Slavonia, and the tiny province of Fiume (Rijeka).
www.statoids.com /uhu.html   (958 words)

  
 b. Hungary. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Unlike Austria, Hungary remained almost entirely agricultural in the first half of the 19th century.
However, the counties refused and forced Francis to call a Diet and promise triennial meetings and exclusive rights to grant taxes and recruits.
It outlined Széchenyi's belief in the need for a liberal government and a policy of industrial development in Hungary and was inspired by Széchenyi's love of Hungary; he remained loyal to the Habsburg monarchy.
www.bartleby.com /67/1074.html   (421 words)

  
 Hungary - Gurupedia
The kingdom of Hungary was established in 1000 by
Initially the history of Hungary was made in the triangle with Poland and Bohemia, with the many liaisons with Popes and Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
Hungary declared its full independence on October 31, 1918, though it lost most of its former territory and population (mostly non-Hungarian nationals) to neighbouring nations.
www.gurupedia.com /h/hu/hungary.htm   (931 words)

  
 Hungarian Census Returns
The nobility of Hungary controlled most of the land which in turn was leased to the peasants who had feudal obligations to their Lords.
These county census returns are not necessarily complete because many larger cities were enumerated separately from the county they were in.
This is because of slight shifting in the county borders between the time of the 1869 census and the 1880 gazetteer.
www.progenealogists.com /hungary/census-fhl.htm   (1701 words)

  
 Hungary Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers
Hungary has little in the way of historic traditions of a free media because it was effectively under the influence of the Soviet Bloc since 1945.
Pest County, where Budapest is located, has no newspaper of its own but owing to the dominance of Budapest in Hungarian affairs, the national dailies devote much of their news coverage to what is happening in the capital.
The news media in Hungary is generally seen as having a left-wing bias, an accusation that the ruling political parties in the 1990s disliked and have attempted to counterbalance by political appointments in oversight bodies.
www.pressreference.com /Gu-Ku/Hungary.html   (6245 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Hungary Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hungary separated from Austria on October 31, 1918.
Over a decade later, Horthy made a limited alliance with Nazi Germany in the 1930s, in the hope of revising the territorial losses that had followed World War I. Hungary was rewarded by Germany with territories belonging to Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania, and took an active part in World War II.
The largest religion in Hungary is Roman Catholicism (67.5%), with a Calvinist minority (20%).
www.ipedia.com /hungary.html   (1056 words)

  
 HUNGARY
In Hungary, mostly in the rural areas, unemployed women fall in two main categories - the registered unemployed who are the beneficiaries of employment policy and actions, and the hidden unemployed who do not register because of negative attitudes toward the unemployed.
For instance, the percentage of women in management in Hungary was 33.7 percent, 68 percent in the banking sector in general and 44 percent in the banking sector in rural areas.
Hungary has adopted all international conventions related to the status of women and has done so, with few exceptions, unconditionally.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/006/AD270E/ad270e02.htm   (3569 words)

  
 Family History in Hungary
The parts of Hungary that are now in Austria have archives of their own and their registers have also been filmed by the Mormons, but the Czech and Slovak Republics have not and as many of the old Hungarian towns have been renamed, going there independently is difficult, but not impossible.
Hungary has been overrun a number of times, by the Mongols and the Turks in ancient times, then the Austrians and, in more recent times, both Germans and the Russians.
The greatest period of Hungarian history was the mediaeval period and since the invasion of the Turks in 1541, Hungary seems to have lost most of its battles and, consequently, their older records are patchy, destroyed, or totally missing.
user.itl.net /~glen/FamilyHistoryinHungary.html   (2191 words)

  
 CDC - Echinococcus multilocularis in Northern Hungary
Of 150 foxes examined, 19 animals from four counties (Györ-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest, and Nógrád) harbored 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 22, 31, 51, 54, 114, 130, 200, 250, 300, 400, 800, and 1,300, and 5,500 mature worms of Echinococcus.
The examined foxes were found from 5 to 70 km from the known endemic areas of the Slovak Republic, Austria, and Hungary, and from 5 to 50 km from the northern border of the country.
On the basis of this information and the previous study (2), the overall prevalence rate of infection was 16% (24/156) in the five northern counties of Hungary (Györ-Sopron 30%, Nógrád 26%, Komárom-Esztergom 7%, Pest 6%, and Borsod -Abaúj-Zemplén 5%).
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol10no7/03-1027.htm   (1384 words)

  
 The FAME: Hungary - Counties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The vertical flag is vertically divided green and yellow with the circular county coat of arms in the middle.
The county was made by joining the former counties of Hajdú (arms granted around 1408) and Bihar (arms granted 1690) and city of Debrecen.
The coat of arms is granted to the county in 1498 by King Vladislas II, abandoned in late 1940's and readopted in 1992.
pubwww.srce.hr /fame/descr/hu-megye.html   (680 words)

  
 REMOTE SENSING BASED CROP MONITORING IN HUNGARY
The validation was retrospective; it covered a 6 county area of the total 19 in Hungary and also diverse weather conditions in a 5-year period (within 1991-96).
Beyond the counties level crop area and predicted yield data these had to be expanded to the entire area of Hungary.
Some hilly, mountainous counties or those that were covered very sparsely by the given crop had to be omitted from the analysis.
www.fomi.hu /internet/magyar/Projektek/remsensmonit.htm   (2445 words)

  
 Holidays in Hungary - Travelling to Hubgary - Trips to Hungary - www.reiswijs.co.uk
Counties in Hungary [ megyek ]: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala
Urban counties in Hungary [ megyei varos ]: Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Gyor, Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa, Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg
The Kingdom of Hungary was established in 1000 by King St. Stephen I. Initially the history of Hungary was developed in a triangle with that of Poland and Bohemia, with the many liaisons with Popes and Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/europe/hungary/hungary.html   (1423 words)

  
 The World Factbook -- Hungary
Hungary was part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under Communist rule following World War II.
Hungary has made the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, with a per capita income one-half that of the Big Four European nations.
Hungary continues to demonstrate strong economic growth and acceded to the European Union in May 2004.
hungary.noggle.com   (1266 words)

  
 Hungary - Historical Flags (Overview)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
27.12.1860 The territory of the Governorate of Temesh and Serbian Vojvodina is reunited with Hungary
27.01.1861 The Muraköz/Medzimurje region is reunited to Hungary from Croatia.
The Kingdom of Hungary and the Empire of Austria become the parts of the Monarchy of Austria- Hungary.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/hu_hist.html   (2042 words)

  
 Hungary - Subdivisions - Counties and Towns (index)
The cities are not part of the counties, they are independent, but are counted at the Counties as per public administration.
Settlements, without any marks (29), are traditional towns in Hungary.
In 2004, Hungary has 251 towns, 22 cities (Like County by Right) and the capital (fováros).
flagspot.net /flags/hu-suba.html   (330 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional:Europe:Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The sections of Open Directory under the Hungary structure contain webpages hosted by Hungarian sites, created by Hungarian webmasters or providing informations about Hungary or Hungarians.
Hungary, although a small country, has contributed to the world culture in the past, and contributes even today a lot.
The regional structure of Hungary, separated by counties.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Hungary/desc.html   (341 words)

  
 Old/Former Counties, Varmegyes, Megyes of the Kingdom of Hungary
Old/Former Counties, Varmegyes, Megyes of the Kingdom of Hungary
Is a comprehensive dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, gazetteer, and directory with indexes of placenames for villages, settlements, towns, communities, and cities in the former Kingdom of Hungary (pre 1918), including those now located in Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Serbia / Yugoslavia.
Also includes indexed county / megye directories listing local churches and nearby parishes (to help locate ancestor birth, marriage, and death records), information on population and ethnicity of major inhabitants, current country locations with names, as well as other relative information, research aids, hints, and “Links” to online/Internet websites.
www.hungarianvillagefinder.com /HVFIndex2/73_COUNTIES.html   (267 words)

  
 CPS | Monitor | Minorities | Hungary
Report of the Republic of Hungary on the Implementation of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities - January 1999
Report of the Republic of Hungary on the Implementation of the Provisions of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe - February 1999
Report of the Government of the Republic of Hungary to the National Assembly on the Situation of the national and ethnic minorities living in the Republic of Hungary - June 1999
www.osi.hu /eumap/minhu.htm   (1260 words)

  
 Maps of Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
These large, beautiful county maps are divided into districts (járás) and depict almost every village, settlement, puszta, etc They range in years from 1904-1927, with most of them being pre WWI.
Very large map of modern day Hungary outlining the current counties and depicting most of the larger cities.
This is a large, interactive map covering the region which once included parts of the old Hungarian megyes of Ung, Bereg, Zemplén, and Ugocsa.
www.rootsweb.com /~wghungar/Maps/maps.html   (409 words)

  
 Social capital in a changing society: cross sectional associations with middle aged female and male mortality rates -- ...
Hungary rose to higher levels than they were in the 1930s, while
and female mortality across the 20 counties of Hungary.
Social changes and social problems in Hungary since 1930s: economic, social and political causes of demise of state socialism.
jech.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/57/2/114   (3290 words)

  
 Bloglines | Search: map-of-counties
The task was somewhat easier for the US Postal Service as the map was at street level, rather than a map of counties with a dot on it.
Outline Map of New York State Counties An image map of New...
To find a nursing home select a county from the map below or from a list of counties in New York State.
www.bloglines.com /search?q=map-of-counties   (233 words)

  
 counties of hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Communication was quicker and freer, and daily grew better.
counties of hungary Railroads had been built to the South, East, North, and West.
There was as yet no stock-ticker and no telephone, and the clearing-house had only recently been thought of in New York, and had not yet been introduced in Philadelphia.
focus.newcarservice.org /4566359a323.html   (375 words)

  
 The Milk Recording .....in Hungary
In harmony with the supervisor and control organisations of the Hungarian cattle breeders and as enacted by the Breeding Law, the country-wide Company Network with 17 Regional Centres of Livestock Performance Testing Ltd is linked to 920 dairy herds with 270 thousand cows and their offspring (70 % of the dairy cattle population).
The activities and services introduced show the status and situation what we have achieved mainly in the 920 large herds with 268 182 cows controlled by method „A".
In order to extend milk recording to the herds of small-holders by the first quarter of 1998, we began to introduce method „B" in most of the 19 counties of Hungary.
www.fao.org /regional/seur_old/public4/Hungary.htm   (1112 words)

  
 HungaryGenWeb
Obviously, this will not be an over-night task, nor will it happen without the advice, guidance, and help (especially with translating) from many of you.
Eventually, although remaining under the General HungaryGenWeb site, every county will need its own host, and I hope as time goes by, volunteers will be plentiful.
Having corresponded with a lot of fantastic people who have an awful lot of knowledege and expertise with regards to genealogical research, as well as, Hungarian research, I hope we will have many volunteers.
www.rootsweb.com /~wghungar/index.html   (358 words)

  
 Hungarian Genealogy Articles
If you would like to publish an article that concerns Hungarian genealogical or historical research on these pages, please contact us.
Archives and Libraries in Hungary - Natalie Cottrill
Former Hungarian Counties with Their Former Important Cities and Their Present Locations -
www.progenealogists.com /hungary/resources.htm   (76 words)

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