Dunaújváros

Dunaújváros [ dunɒ.u ː ː jva roʃ ] ( until 1951 Dunapentele until 1961 Sztálinváros ) is a city of county Fejér county in Hungary.

The city is located 67 km south of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube on an area of ​​5266 ha, you had 53 036 inhabitants in 2001.

History

Prehistoric and Roman times

The area was settled during the Early Bronze Age, and later by the Celts. With the start of Roman rule, from the early 1st century AD, the Danube formed as the limit Pannonicus the frontier. At that time, was on the west bank of the river on the northern Lösssporn of Öreghegy ( Altersberg ) the fort Intercisa to the rapidly developed a large warehouse village ( vicus ) with several cemeteries. On the opposite bank of the Danube, in the barbarian, also settled since the 1st century AD, the warrior Sarmatian Jazyges that in history have repeatedly become a threat to the fort. The military secured in this position until the migration period. At the latest with the evacuation of the Pannonian provinces, 433 AD, became extinct Roman life in Intercisa.

Middle Ages

Under different circumstances, the village was repopulated later. Thus, there are ruins from the time of the Hungarian conquest in the early 10th century, and even in the Árpád age church is attested, which was dedicated to Saint Pantaleon and the settlement the name ( Duna ) Pentele was.

Early Modern and Present

During the Ottoman rule from 1541 to 1688 the place was deserted for 15 years and was in consequence an insignificant country town that had only 3949 inhabitants in 1949.

The end of 1949 decided the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communists to build a large ironworks Combine with an industrial colony in Dunapentele. In the wake of the personality cult of Stalin this so-called first socialist city in Hungary should bear the name of Soviet dictator: Hungarian Sztálinváros ( German " Stalin City "). In 1961 the city was however in Dunaújváros ( German translation: Neustadt an der Donau) renamed and bares the name.

Since the founding of the university in 1953 Dunaújváros Dunaújváros is a student town. In recent times, it makes up for its modern infrastructure and the new plant of the South Korean company Hankook attention to themselves, which will build its largest European tire factory here.

Attractions

In particular, the partially preserved for visitors remains of the Roman fort Intercisa over a oxbow lake of the Danube as well as the applied before the south gate of the fortification with selected lapidary stone monuments from the ancient burial grounds are a particular attraction in the otherwise historical monuments very poor industrial city. Some of the many high-quality and rare finds from this fort and the related civil settlement, which were collected during the operations performed over a century excavations, can be seen at Intercisa Museum of Dunaújváros.

Friendship cities

• Hungary Germany Austria Poland Czech Republic Slovakia Netherlands Dunaújváros is a member of the largest international cities Friendship Association Neustadt in Europe, in which 37 cities and towns (as of April 2014) by the name Neustadt from Hungary, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Netherlands have joined forces.
• United Kingdom twinned with Coventry in the UK.
• Bulgaria twinned with Silistra in Bulgaria.

Sports

The football team of Dunaújváros FC played in the Nemzeti National Championship II, the second league Hungary, but moved in 2009 from playing back. Very successful are the handball Dunaferr SE. The water polo interior of Dunaújvárosi VSE count many years among the top clubs in the land of two-time world champion, were several times Hungarian champion and also won medals in the European Cup competitions. Since the season 2011/12 Hockey Club Dab.docler Dunaújváros plays in the Austrian National League with.

Personalities

• Zoltan Meszaros (born 1964 ), Munich-based actor, director
• Tamás Bódog (born 1970 ), former football goalkeeper and current coach