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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)

  
 A short history of Hungary
Hungary is invaded by the Ottoman Empire and is defeated in 1526.
Hungary is formally the Hungarian Kingdom and after the treaty of Trianon Hungary loses large parts of its territory to Czechoslovakia, Romania, Croatia (later part of Yugoslavia) and Fiume.
In 1944/1945 Hungary is invaded by the USSR.
www.electionworld.org /history/hungary.htm   (824 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   (3604 words)

  
 Austria-Hungary - Search View - MSN Encarta
Austria and Hungary were united as a result of the compromise (known in German as the Ausgleich) of March 1867.
In Hungary, the long-repressed critics of the compromise, mainly the non-Magyar peoples who resented the rule of the Magyars, could no longer be silenced.
Negotiations in Hungary for the renewal of the compromise, which had to be approved every 10 years, dragged on from 1897 to 1906 without resolution.
encarta.msn.com /text_761579967__1/Austria-Hungary.html   (2683 words)

  
 Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary was a loose federation (1867-1918) in which the kingdom of Hungary enjoyed self-government and proportional representation in joint affairs (principally foreign relations and defence) with the western and northern lands of the Austrian Empire under the Emperors (who were also Kings of Hungary) of the Habsburg dynasty.
Though Hungary's leaders were on the whole less willing than their German Austrian counterparts to share power with their subject minorities, they granted a large measure of autonomy to the kingdom of Croatia in 1868, parallelling to some extent their own accommodation within the Empire the previous year.
A pro-monarchist revival in Hungary after the communist revolution and Romanian intervention of 1919 led to the country's formal reversion to a kingdom (March 1920), but with the throne vacant.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/au/austria_hungary.html   (971 words)

  
 History of Hungary Magyars, Hungarian Democracy, Budapest History
After the conquest of Hungary, which ended in 900, it seemed for a time that the Magyars would not be able to adapt themselves quickly enough to settle in Europe.
With this loss of territory (Hungary had a renounce 70 per cent of its former land) it was also deprived of access to its raw materials.
Hungary successfully concluded its accession negotiations with the European Union at the end of 2002, and will become a member of this organization on May 1, 2004.
www.gotohungary.com /history/history.shtml   (1353 words)

  
 Hungary information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Kingdom of Hungary was established in 1000 by King St.Stephen I (Hungarian: Szent István).
Hungary passed a series of anti-Semitic laws throughout the 1920s and thirties, and some massacres of Jews by Hungarian forces took place in the early part of the Second World War, but Hungary initially resisted large scale deportation of its Jewish population.
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).
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Hungary   (3442 words)

  
 HUNGARIAN Maps and Shields
The 64 counties of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1876.
The dismemberment of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Trianon Treaty, 1920 (I).
The dismemberment of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Trianon Treaty, 1920 (II).
www.fortunecity.com /victorian/wooton/34/hungary/shields.html   (239 words)

  
 Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Initially the history of Hungary was in the triangle with Poland and Bohemia with the many liaisons with Popes Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
Hungary's landscape consists mostly of the flat rolling plains of the Carpathian Basin with hills and lower mountains to north along the Slovakian border (highest point: the Kékes at 014 m).
Hungary is divided in two its main waterway the Danube (Duna); other large rivers include the Theiss (Tisza) and Dráva while the western half Lake Balaton a major body of water.
www.freeglossary.com /Hungary   (1241 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Kingdom of Hungary was established in 1000 by King St. Stephen I.
Hungary was partially demolished with a great loss of life in 1241–1242 by Mongol armies of the Golden Horde.
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 1,014 m).
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Hungary   (1594 words)

  
 HUNGARY : Encyclopedia Entry
Hungary was the first modern nation to pass distinctly anti-Semitic laws; the "numerus clausus" laws of the early 1920 were aimed at restricting the access of Jews to higher education.
Hungary continues to demonstrate economic growth as one of the newest member countries of the European Union (since 2004).
According to census data, the largest religion in Hungary is Roman Catholicism (50% of the population [5]), with a significant Calvinist minority (16% of the population) and smaller Lutheran (3%) and Greek Catholic (3%) minorities.
www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Hungary   (3866 words)

  
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Among almost 200 countries of the world, Hungary is one which, due to geographic size and economic potential, cannot be considered a major power.
Hungary ranks among the top tourist destinations in Central and Eastern Europe; the country welcomes more than 20 million tourists each year.
After the battle of Mohács, the western and northern areas of Hungary came under the rule of Ferdinand of Hapsburg as the Kingdom of Hungary.
www.lycos.com /info/hungary--countries.html   (431 words)

  
 Austria-Hungary - MSN Encarta
Austria-Hungary, also known as the dual monarchy, nation in central Europe ruled by the Habsburg monarchy from 1867 to 1918.
It was established in 1867 under Francis Joseph I, the emperor of Austria and king of Hungary.
The compromise was an agreement between the Habsburg Emperor Francis Joseph and the Magyar rulers of the kingdom of Hungary.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579967/Austria-Hungary.html   (1390 words)

  
 Hungary - Historical Flags - Kingdom of Hungary (Pre-1848)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The red-argent striped flag appeared during the reign of Béla's sons, Imre and András II, as a revival of the coats-of arms of the previous kings.
This is the flag of János (Johannes) Hunyadi, regent of Hungary.
As Istvan said, it is the shield of the Hunyadi family, whose members included one Governor of Hungary, one Regent of Hungary, one Ban (Landowner/Lord type rank) of Transylvania, and one King of Hungary.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/hu_king.html   (2617 words)

  
 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Vas
Vas (in German: Eisenburg) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Vas is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Vas county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary.
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Vas   (270 words)

  
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Baranya county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century.
By the Treaty of Trianon (part of the Versailles peace) in 1920, the Baranya region was formally divided between Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, but de facto remained under the administration of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (the later Yugoslavia) until 1921.
On August 21-25, 1921, the territory of the Republic was divided between Hungary (represented by Hungarian Commissioner Károly Soós Bádoki) and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, as was previously decided by the Treaty of Trianon (June 4, 1920, one of the Versailles peace treaties after World War I, concerning Habsburg's former Hungarian lands).
www.baranja.com   (727 words)

  
 Hungary
Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Zagreb
According to the Hungarian Constitution, the flag of Hungary is a red-white-green tricolor.
Now, since Hungary is part of the EU, the sign has been changed to a blue background with the 12 EU stars and the words "Magyar Köztársaság" Republic of Hungary) in the center.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/hu.html   (2833 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Country profiles | Country profile: Hungary
A landlocked country, Hungary is home to Lake Balaton, the largest in central Europe, and to a large number of spa towns and hot springs.
Hungary played an important part in accelerating the collapse of communism across Eastern Europe when in 1989 it opened its border with Austria, allowing thousands of East Germans to escape to the West.
Hungary's national and local newspapers are privately-owned, some of them by foreign groups and investors.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1049641.stm   (827 words)

  
 Hungary - Historical Flags (1918-1945)
Hungary 1941: The ensign is a red white green horizontal tricolor with the state arms on the white stripe.
Hungary was forbidden by the victors of WW1 from putting a Habsburg on the throne, but the royalist constitution was restored after Horthy defeated the Communist junta of Bela Kun in 1919.
Anyway, in flag terms, Hungary used its red-white-green tricolour, with the state flag having the royal coat of arms on the white — i.e.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/hu_h918.html   (1681 words)

  
 Hungary - Historical Flags (Overview)
24.10.1849 Disannexation of Croatia and Transylvania from Hungary, and partitioning of Hungary to 15 military districts, removing the counties.
27.12.1860 The territory of the Governorate of Temesh and Serbian Vojvodina is reunited with Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary and the Empire of Austria become the parts of the Monarchy of Austria- Hungary.
www.fotw.net /flags/hu_hist.html   (2042 words)

  
 Huedin (Romania, Cluj)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The town was in Kolozs County of the Kingdom of Hungary.
After the Battle of Mohács (1526) which ended the independent Kingdom of Hungary, Hunyad became a part of the Principality of Transylvania (1552-1765) later Grand Duchy of Transylvania (1765-1867).
The settlement in 1910 was a village in the Bánffyhunyad (Huedin) district of the Kolozs (Cluj) County of the Kingdom of Hungary.
flagspot.net /flags/ro-cj-hu.html   (283 words)

  
 Mighty Monarchs VIII (Hungary) quiz -- free game
The Kingdom of Hungary was created when this duke was crowned king by Pope Sylvester II (Aug 15, 1000 AD).
Andrew II, King of Hungary, was one of the few Christian monarchs to answer the call of Pope Honorius III for a new crusade in 1216 AD.
Between 1301-1458 AD the Kingdom of Hungary was ruled by kings of various foreign extractions (Polish, German, Bohemian, and Neopolitan).
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=84011   (471 words)

  
 The Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was converted to a Christian land only under King Steven in 1003 AD.
The seat of the Kingdom and of its Church was Esztergom.
It is one of the wealthiest monasteries in all of Hungary, lying on the northern slopes of the Mecsek.
www.unc.edu /~murphy/rabenstein/hungary.html   (1460 words)

  
 Sopron at AllExperts
Sopron (pronounced "shop-ron";) is a city in Hungary near the Austrian border.
During the Ottoman occupation of Hungary the Ottoman Turks ravaged the city in 1529 but did not occupy it.
After local unrest, Sopron's status as part of Hungary (along with that of the surrounding eight villages) was decided by a local plebiscite held on December 14, 1921, with 65% voting for Hungary.
en.allexperts.com /e/s/so/sopron.htm   (718 words)

  
 The Fall of The Medieval Kingdom of Hungary: Mohacs 1526 - Buda 1541
Analysis of the few available sources has been hampered by theemotionally heated atmosphere in Hungary: the shock of the collapse of the great and strong medieval kingdom of Hungary in thespace of a few hours as the result of a single battle has been felt eversince 1526.
Since Hungarian public awareness could never acceptthat the defeat had become inevitable because of the fateful conjunctionof historical circumstances, the only acceptable explanation wasthat it had resulted from human weakness and from sinful omissions.Once this answer had been formulated in the "collectivememory", it no longer seemed necessary to examine systematicallyand objectively the few available sources.
After listing all these factors the author comments: "It is difficult todefeat the one who knows how to assess correctly his own and hisenemy's forces."[8] Machiavelli repeated this enumeration almostverbatim[9] while Savorgnano, in the sixteenth century, provided anear-complete system for the assessment of the situation in his Artemilitare.
www.hungarian-history.hu /lib/warso/warso02.htm   (2202 words)

  
 Hungary - Historical Flags (1867-1918)
According to an old source - European flag book published in 1918, the flag of the Hungarian kingdom(?)  in 1918 was red,white,green holozontal tricolour with Kossuth Arm/St.Stephen crown supported by two Angeles which extended into the red and green stripes.
This was the official seal of the Kingdom of Hungary.
In the center of the seal there is the Great Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Hungary (before 1915).
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/hu_h867.html   (991 words)

  
 Hungary / Traditions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
THE TRAGIC FATE OF HUNGARY - Yves de Daruvar, Paris:Nemzetor e.V.,1971.
HUNGARY AND THE ELIMITS OF HABSBURG AUTHORITY - by Steven W. Sowards
HUNGARY BETWEEN WILSON AND LENIN : THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION OF 1918-1919 AND THE BIG THREE - ed.
www.balkanweb.com /hungaria/curiosity.htm   (713 words)

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