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Veszprém had an important religious role during the struggle to make Christianity the official religion of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary—Stephen I, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, was crowned King in 1000 or 1001, and defeated the armies of his chief opponent, Koppány, near Veszprém. The city became the first episcopal seat of Hungary in ...
Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the northern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér, Somogy and Zala. The capital of Veszprém county is Veszprém. The river Marcal runs along part of its western border. Its area is 4,613 km².
This is a list of Hungarian monarchs; it includes the grand princes (895–1000) and the kings and ruling queens of Hungary (1000–1918).. Holy Crown of Hungary. The Hungarian Grand Principality was established around 895, following the 9th-century Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin.
Andrew (Hungarian: András) was a Hungarian prelate in the 11th century, who served as Bishop of Veszprém sometime between 1062 and 1081. His life and activities are unknown, his name is only preserved by several settlement and geographical names throughout in the region on the north shore of Lake Balaton in the territory of the diocese.
The city Siófok, which used to be in Somogy county before the 1850s, went back from Veszprém county to Somogy county before World War II. After World War II, the territory of Veszprém county was again modified: a small region west of Pápa , which used to be part of Vas county, and the northern shore of Lake Balaton , which used to be part ...
Veszprém (Hungarian: Veszprémi járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Veszprém County. Veszprém is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region .
The circumstances of the establishment of the episcopal see in Veszprém are still under debate. It is probable that Veszprém was the habitual residence of Bishop Bruno, who had been sent to evangelise the Magyars in 972; but it was probably only in 1009 when King Stephen I of Hungary issued the Deed of Foundation of the Diocese of Veszprém. [1]
Királyszentistván is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary. External links. Street map (Hungarian) This page was last edited on 14 July 2024, at 14:20 ...