Nógrád County

Nógrád [no ː ɡra ː d] ( German: Neuburg, Slovak Novohrad ) is a county (administrative district ) in Northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the counties Pest, Heves and Borsod -Abaúj -Zemplén. It has an area of ​​2544 km ² and (2001) 221 642 inhabitants. The county seat is Salgótarján.

The name is of Slavic origin Nógrád. It is due to the Slavic Novigrad ( degree of Novi ), which in German means " Neuburg " or "New Town", in Hungarian Újvár. It is likely that the first meaning " Neuburg " was there, then emerged in the first rule the castles the places around them. First, there was a castle of that name, the castle Nógrád, which was built on a 286 -meter high castle hill. After this then the lying around them Nógrád place was named after this finally then the whole county.

  • 2.1 Museums

Geography

The area is hilly and is traversed by the Northern Hungarian Middle Mountains, the foothills of the Carpathians. The border with Slovakia forming over a wide range of Eipel (Hungarian Ipoly ).

Administrative subdivision in small areas

  • Small area Balassaqyarmat
  • Small area Bátonyterenye
  • Small area Pásztó
  • Small area Rétság
  • Small area Salgótarján
  • Small area Szécsény

Major cities and towns

History and Culture

The county went from the same county ( in German often Neograd / Neuburg called ) after the collapse of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1918 and was produced at that time united with the Hungarian part of the Hont county to Nógrád - Hont. After the cession of southern Slovakia as a result of the first Vienna Award 1939, the Slovak since 1918 part of the county was reconnected to the Hungarian part until 1945. Since 1950 the county has existed in its present form after a small part of the former county of Hont was added to the Hungarian part of the county.

Museums

The State Museums Directorate Nógrád County is the recipient of 4 Komitatsmuseen. County seat is the city Salgótarján.

  • Balassaqyarmat, Palóc Museum *
  • Bercel, Village Museum ( Falumúzeum )
  • Csesztve, Imre Madách Memorial Museum
  • Dejtár, museum ( Muzeum Helytörténeti )
  • Galgaguta, Village Museum ( Falumúzeum )
  • Hollókö, Village Museum ( Falumúzeum )
  • Hollókö, museum ( Muzeum Helytörténeti )
  • Hollókö, Postal Museum
  • Hollókö, Doll Museum
  • Horpács, Kálmán Mikszáth Memorial Museum
  • Nemti, Village Museum ( Falumúzeum )
  • Pásztó, Pásztó Museum *
  • Rimóc, Village Museum ( Falumúzeum )
  • Salgótarján, Historical Museum of the county Nógrád *
  • Sóshartyán, Village Museum
  • Szécsény, Ferenc Kubinyi Museum *
  • Szügy, Village Museum ( Falumúzeum )

* Komitatsmuseum

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