Komárom
Komárom [ koma rom ː ] ( German Komárom, Slovak Komárno ) is a city in northern Hungary in Komárom-Esztergom county.
Geography
Komárom has an area of 70.19 km ². 2009, the city had 19,747 inhabitants. It lies on the right bank of the Danube. Today Komárom in Hungary has been incorporated from today Komárno in Slovakia until 1 July 1896 up to this time was the name of the town on the right bank of the Danube Új - Szőny.
History
In Roman times, lay on the territory of present-day Komárom in Szőny district until late antiquity the legion camp Brigetio with a significant civilian city. Today it nothing remains visible.
Komárom in 1919 divided by the border between Hungary and Czechoslovakia, now Slovak sister Komárno is connected to Komárom by a bridge over the Danube.
Economy and Transport
Here is the Hungarian border auditors for incoming and exiting vessels, so she has a great importance for the Central European inland waterways - it is the " shunting yard " of the ships. As a result of the fracture gradient of the Danube incoming large convoys in Komárom be shared uphill; upstream are repeated here to a maximum of four pushed convoys. Conversely, the talfahrend incoming ships can be brought together here in large organizations.
On the Hungarian part of the railway line Komárom- Nové Zámky only freight transport takes place.
Komárom is an industrial center today. Internationally operating breweries and companies in the telecommunications (Nokia) have settled with their supplier partners ends in Komárom.
Twin Cities
Komárom is a sister city of:
- Komárno (Hungarian Komárom ), Slovakia
- Lieto, Finland
- Naumburg, Germany
- Jews Village Straßengel, Austria
- Sebes, Romania
- Sosnowiec, Poland
Sons and daughters of the city
- Francis of Krbek (1898-1984), German mathematician
- Árpád Kézdi (1919-1983), Hungarian Civil
- Theodor Körner (1873-1957), Austrian Federal President
- Géza Horváth (1868-1925) Composer, arranger and music school director