Nógrád

Nógrád [no ː ɡra ː d] is a village in Hungary. It is located in Nógrád, located in the north of Hungary.

The name is of Slavic origin Nógrád: He's on the Slavonic Novigrad ( degree of Novi ) account, which in German means " Neuburg " or "New Town", in Hungarian Újvár or Újváros. 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 her place was named after this finally then the whole county.

Nógrád is 29.52 km ² and has 1678 inhabitants ( 2010).

Nógrád is a favorite among the Hungarians holiday destination. A special attraction is the castle. Although it is in a pretty bad condition, but it is currently about to take renovations in attack.

The nearest villages are Nőtincs, Diosjeno and Berkenye.