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Similarly, the town in which he was born had the German name of Pressburg and the Hungarian name of Pozsony.
There is genuine reason for both German and Hungarian versions, for Segner was from a family of German origins, and although he spent about 25 years of his life in Hungary he spent most of his career in Germany.
He also attended school in Györ and, while it is not completely certain, it does seem highly probable that he spent the year 1724 at the College in Debrecen.
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Pozsony, its name in (A native or inhabitant of Hungary) Hungarian (today still the official alternative Hungarian name)
1919-1939: part of (A former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993) Czechoslovakia; official new name becomes "Bratislava"- instead of "Prešporok" ((A native or inhabitant of Slovakia) Slovak) /"Pressburg" ((A person of German nationality) German)/ "Pozsony" ((A native or inhabitant of Hungary) Hungarian) in 1919
- (A native or inhabitant of Hungary) Hungarian: Pozsony
Family Barthalos is mentioned as being landholders in Mad and Padany in Pozsony county, that their nobility was certified by that county in 1730 and a declaration of this has been registered by the
Mentioned is a Bartalos who is originally from Pozsony county and in 1723 proved his nobility in this county.
Ferencz Bartalos de Nagy-Mad who was proclaimed in that county in 1752 on the basis of Pozsony County 's certification.
