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Nagyecsér, the most famous ghost town in Hungary. It was abandoned following school closure, an aging population, and the population leaving; the road to Mezőnagymihály was never built. Nagygéc, was totally destroyed by the 1970s Szamos flooding; there is now a memorial park for the town.
Hundreds of villages were abandoned during the Ottoman wars in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 16th–17th centuries. Many of them were never repopulated, and they generally left few visible traces. Real ghost towns are rare in present-day Hungary, except the abandoned villages of Derenk (left in 1943) and Nagygéc (left in 1970). Due to the ...
Towns and villages in Hungary. Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: város ⓘ, plural: városok [ˈvaːroʃok]; the terminology does not distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: község [ˈkøʃːeːɡ], plural: községek [ˈkøʃːeːɡɛk]) of which 126 are classified ...
The Angel Makers of Nagyrév (Hungarian: Tiszazugi méregkeverők, "Tiszazug poison-mixers") were a group of women who lived in villages in the Tiszántúl region of Hungary and poisoned about 300 people between 1911 and 1929 (the exact number is disputed; the historian Béla Bodó, for example, estimates the number of victims at only around 45–50).
Százhalombatta (Hungarian: [ˈsaːshɒlombɒttɒ]; Croatian: Bata; Latin: Matrica; Serbian: Бата, romanized: Bata) is a town in Pest County, Hungary. The name of this town in Hungarian literally means "One hundred tumuli" referring to the tumulus field at the edge of the town.
Hollókő (Hungarian: [ˈholloːkøː]) is a village in northern Hungary, located in Nógrád County.The village, which was constructed in the 13th century and developed in the 18th and 19th centuries, is a well-preserved ethnographic village of the Palóc people, with traditional wooden architecture and layout of buildings, farms, and orchards. [2]
Sárvár (German: Kotenburg or Rotenturm an der Raab; Latin: Bassiana; Slovene: Mala Sela) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. Sárvár lies on the banks of the River Rába at Kemeneshát. The population is nearly 16,000. The town has become a tourist centre of international renown.
See the talk page of the Hungarian version. This is a list of cities, towns and villages of Hungary. KEY: T Nagi Beckchervick = Town ; V = Village