Törökbálint

Törökbálint [ tørøk̬ba ː lint ] ( German Großturwall ) is a city in Hungary. A referendum in 2004 regarding the collection to the city was slightly negative, but since 1 July 2007, bears the town the title of city.

The German name of the city stems not only from the fact that Hungary and the German-speaking countries - mainly Austria - a common history of several hundred years, but also the fact that the town was originally a Swabian village, like many other settlements in Hungary.

Geographical location

Törökbálint is located about 15 kilometers west of Budapest, between Diósd ( German Orasch ) and Budakeszi ( German Wudigeß ), also Swabian settlements.

Törökbálint is directly connected to the M1 and M7 motorways and is directly accessible from the M0.

History

Before the arrival of the Magyars

By the 1st century AD lived in the area the Avars. These were replaced by the Romans. The history of the local villages was brought about by the expansion of the Roman road going. In the time of the attacks against the Romans and the inhabitants were expelled, and the area was settled again until the 6th century.

Árpáds

According to the Hungarian settlement handed Grand Prince Árpád, the area to the prince Cond, whose son, Csörsz, who built a castle nearby. From their names Torbágy ( Turobag ) probably comes the German name of the village.

Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages the city was called Bálint Török. Bálint Török was a historical figure, a poet and nobleman who owned lands in the area.

Modern History

In the 16th century the Jesuits were the village, who built many beautiful buildings in the baroque style. In the hands of the Jesuits remained until the town in 1773. Areas which up to that time, almost completely depopulated, were re- settled around 1700 by Danube Swabians that there were in the majority in a short time.

After the dissolution of the Jesuit order, Maria Theresa gave the territory to Josef Majláth, her chamber counselor.

Recent history

The first contacts to Budapest in 1884 were produced by the opening of a railway line.

1900, the town was renamed in Törökbálint. From 1912 reversed a suburban railway between the capital and Törökbálint to decommissioning after the war.

After the Second World War many of the centuries living here Danube Swabians were forcibly resettled and the minority.

Törökbálint today

Today Törökbálint is part of the agglomeration of Budapest. More and more people moved from Budapest to Törökbálint to. Therefore, in recent years, which is located on the outskirts of Törökbálint Spiegelberg, who was an orchard once, completely built.

Facilities located on the edge of Törökbálint large companies and the many shopping centers revive the economy in the village, where they are the largest employers.

Partnerships

Sister City of the place is sweet in Baden -Württemberg.

Attractions

• Walla Castle
• The sanatorium, the former castle of the Jesuits. From 1701 on, the building was owned by the Jesuits. Since 1920 it is a tuberculosis sanatorium.
• Kalvarienreihe
• The Roman Catholic church was first mentioned in 1422. It was rebuilt several times, most recently in the Baroque style.
• Ignatius - Zimándy School
• The Calvinist church was built in 1994 in collaboration with the Municipality sweet.
• The Village Museum was opened in 1996 with the help of the Düsseldorf Hermann Niermann Foundation.