Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár [ va ː ː moʃonmɒɟɒro r] ( German: Burg weasel - Hungarian Altenburg ) is a city in Győr- Moson -Sopron county in north-west Hungary.
Geography
The city is situated on the border with Austria directly to the M1 motorway and the railway line between Vienna and Budapest. Through the town the Leitha ( Lajta ), a southern tributary of the Danube flows. The Leitha opens between Moson and Magyaróvár west of the island Szigetkoz ( Small bulk ) in the Little Danube ( Duna - Moson ).
Mosonmagyaróvár has about 32,500 inhabitants ( 2011).
History
The Mosonmagyaróvár in 1939 from the merger of the towns Moson ( Wiesel castle ) and Magyaróvár emerged ( Hungarian -Altenburg ).
In the Kingdom of Hungary was only Moson, later Magyaróvár capital of the county Wiesel castle. Magyaróvár has been inhabited since Roman times, and location of a fort with the name " Ad Flexum " which means as much as " at the bend " ( the Danube ).
The place Altenburg ( Óvár ) was designated for the purpose of distinction to lie in Lower Austria German -Altenburg as " Hungarian -Altenburg " ( " Magyar - Óvár ").
In Hungarian Altenburg began in August 1809 after the armistice Znojmo peace negotiations to end the Fifth coalition war.
Economy
Due to the vicinity of the border to Austria are dentists who can not offer paid by the Austrian health services much cheaper than in Austria, has become a major industry. Foreign companies such as automotive or mechanical engineer who settled in the area.
Education
In Mosonmagyarovár the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science University of West Hungary has its headquarters predecessor was opened on 6 November 1850 by Pope headed by Heinrich Wilhelm private institution of higher learning for agriculture, which, in a first mold by Albert Casimir of Sachsen -Teschen founded, was officially opened on 10 November 1818 as Herzoglich economic institute to Hungarian Altenburg and initially trained 28 pupils. As a result of the Austro-Hungarian adjustments, the new educational institution fell by the Hungarian state. Since only was allowed to be taught in Hungarian, lost the traditional institution from 1870 many of their German professors. Some of them went to the 1872 University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna (BOKU ). In 1874 the educational institution Hungarian Royal Academy of Agriculture was called.
Media
East of Mosonmagyaróvár is a radio transmitter for FM and AM. The medium-wave transmitter that operates on 1116 kHz with 2.2 kW, used as a transmitting antenna a 106 meter high radio mast. The antennas of the FM transmitter are mounted on a free-standing lattice tower.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Alexander Bauer (1836-1921), Chemist
- Ferenc Chalupetzky (1886-1951), chess writer, a chess player
- László Csiba (* 1949), writer
- Carl Flesch (1873-1944), violinist and music writer, born in Moson / Wieselburg
- Alfred Gesswein (1911-1983), poet, author
- Gottlieb Haberlandt (1854-1945), botanist
- Michael Haberlandt (1860-1940), folklorist and Indologist
- Valentin Haecker (1864-1927), zoologist
- Nicholas J. Hoff, an engineer
- Richard Hönigswald (1875-1947), philosopher
- Josef Kainz (1858-1910), actor
- Katalin Pálinger (born 1978 ), Women's Handball
- Antal Pusztai (born 1978 ), classical guitarist and jazz musician
- Béla ( Adalbert ) Rabelbauer ( born 1934 ), international businessman Vorarlberg
- Carolus Antonius Franciscus Winter (1811-1873), business magnate, benefactor in Moson / Wieselburg
Students and teachers of the Agricultural College in Hungarian Altenburg
- Friedrich Haberlandt (1826-1878), 1848-1872 Student, Teaching Assistant and Professor
- Wenzel Hecke (1824-1900), 1850-1872 Student, Associate Professor and Professor
- Guido Krafft (1844-1907), 1864-1870 Graduate, assistant professor and
- Nikolaus Lenau (1802-1850), 1822-1823 student for one semester
- Matthias Meixner (1894-1977), Hungarian -Austrian agronomist and politician, before 1916 Student
- Heinrich Wilhelm Pabst (1798-1868), German agronomist, 1850-1861 responsible in Vienna's Ministry of Culture for the reorganization of the establishment
- Johann Pohl (1842-1913), Austrian agronomist, Student
- George of Schönerer (1842-1921), Austrian landowner and politician, 1863-1865 Student
- Swap Anton (1838-1898), Bohemian teachers and politicians, 1862-1864 Student
- Anton Wittmann (1771-1842), Austrian agricultural economist, first Director of the Institute in 1818
Other personalities associated with the city
- Jean -Baptiste Champagny and Klemens von Metternich, resulted in Hungarian Altenburg August-September 1809 peace negotiations
- Frederick of Austria -Teschen (1856-1936), Archduke of Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal, a retirement home in Magyaróvár and died and was buried here ( Habsburg Crypt, Parish Church of St. Gotthard)
- Isabella of Croy (1856-1931), Archduchess of Austria -Teschen, lived here and is buried here ( Habsburg Crypt, Parish Church of St. Gotthard)
- Gießwein Alexander (1856-1923), Hungarian clergyman, politician and skilled writer, this prelate was ( Parish Church of St. Gotthard)
- Johann Thullner (1880-1937), Hungarian -Austrian clergyman and acting in Austria politicians, here was a chaplain
Twin Cities
Mosonmagyaróvárs partner cities: