Alcsútdoboz

Alcsútdoboz is a municipality in northwestern Hungary, situated in the Vertes Mountains, about 40 km west of Budapest. In 1950 the villages Alcsút and Vértesdoboz were united under the name Alcsútdoboz.

History

Alcsútdoboz and its surrounding area was inhabited from the Stone Age to the present day out. Archaeological finds from the Bronze Age and the Roman period were uncovered in Göböljáráspuszta and in the area of the castle. The first known written mention dates from 1365.

In 1819 Emperor Franz II appointed his younger brother Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria governor of Hungary, the Hungarian State Assembly elected him in 1796 to the Palatine. Palatine Joseph Anton had made ​​great contributions in the upsurge of economic and cultural life in Hungary. He is considered the founder of the Hungarian branch of the Habsburg-Lorraine family.

His castle in Alcsút was built 1819-1827 according to the plans of the famous architect Mihály Pollack ( 1773-1855 ) ( after the Second World War, the castle was completely destroyed, only the colonnaded entrance ( portico ) still stands ). The park at the summer home of the Palatine was designed after 1825 in the style of an English garden. The castle park is also enriched by rare plants ( Arboretum ).

About the Flora of the goods in Alcsút and the activities undertaken in Fiume experiments in plant breeding reported Archduke Joseph Karl Ludwig of Austria in scientific publications. His rank among the European scholars he reached also by the fact that he dealt with the folklore and the language of the Gypsies. The first approaches to the solution of the Gypsy question in Hungary are connected with his name.

List of sons and daughters

• Simon Kezai
• Joseph Anton Johann of Austria
• Maria Dorothea of ​​Austria
• Clotilde of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha
• Margarethe Clementine of Austria

• Joseph August of Austria
• Hermine of Anhalt- Bernburg - Schaumburg- Hoym
• Ladislaus Philip of Austria
• Elisabeth Henriette of Austria
• Clotilde Maria of Austria