Komorn

Komárom (Hungarian: Komárom and Slovak: Komárno ) is the German name of two cities located on the two opposite banks of the Danube in Hungary and Slovakia are the result of the division of this city. The two cities are connected by a railway and a road bridge.

The historic center and the fortress are located at the point where the Waag flows into the Danube, so in the Slovak part. The fort was in the Kingdom of Hungary (later Austria - Hungary) significant because they could never be conquered by the Ottomans forcibly (nec nec arte marte ). The fortress was built in the 16th century as a fortress Schwesterbau Raab by the reconstruction of a medieval castle (first source document in 1218 ). The engineers were responsible Pietro Ferrabosco and Daniel Hamstead. A " New Fortress " was built in the 17th century next to the old. Both are still preserved.

The division was 1918/20 by the boundary between Hungary and the newly created Czechoslovak state.

In Roman times, was located on the territory of present-day Komárom the legion camp Brigetio with a significant civilian city.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Franz Heckenast, (1889-1939), an Austrian officer and opponents of National Socialism
• Mór Jókai, Hungarian writer and journalist
• Franz Lehár, Austrian composer of Hungarian origin
• Béla Zsolt, Hungarian writer and journalist
• Hans Selye, an Austrian theory of stress - founder of Hungarian origin
• Theodor Körner, Austrian Federal President
• Richard grains, Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery rod.