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Hungary

Hungary . In the heart of Europe for 1100 years. The facts. Name in Hungarian: Magyarország (magyar= Hungarian ország= country) Area: 93000km2 Population: 10 million Capital city: Budapest (2 million inhabitants) Currency: Hungarian forint (HUF)

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Hungary

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  1. Hungary In the heart of Europe for 1100 years

  2. The facts • Name in Hungarian: Magyarország (magyar= Hungarian ország= country) • Area: 93000km2 • Population: 10 million • Capital city: Budapest (2 million inhabitants) • Currency: Hungarian forint (HUF) • System of government: unitary multiparty republic • Biggest rivers: The Danube, The Tisza • Biggest lake: Lake Balaton • Highest peak: Kékes (1015 m)

  3. The facts • Name in Hungarian: Magyarország (magyar= Hungarian ország= country) • Area: 93000km2 • Population: 10 million • Capital city: Budapest (2 million inhabitants) • Currency: Hungarian forint (HUF) • System of government: unitary multiparty republic • Biggest rivers: The Danube, The Tisza • Biggest lake: Lake Balaton • Highest peak: Kékes (1015 m)

  4. The terrain of Hungary

  5. Our language is Hungarian • Is it Slavic? • Maybe German? • Or Turkish???

  6. The truth: It’s Finno-Ugric. . Our closest relatives are small tribes in Siberia. The Finns are our relatives too but we don’t understand each other. Only linguists can find any similarities between the two languages.

  7. The Hungarian national anthem The text of the Hungarian national anthem was written in 1823 by Ferenc Kölcsey (1790-1838). The music was composed by the composer and conductor Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) in 1844. Only the first stanza is normally played or sung on official occasions.

  8. Ferenc Kölcsey Ferenc Erkel

  9. Our legendary ancestors, Hunor and Magor coming to today’s territory of Hungary while hunting a magic deer

  10. The agreement of the 7 chieftains of the Magyar tribes led by Árpád. It is sealed with their own blood. (896)

  11. The Danube bend The river Tisza

  12. The vineyards of Tokaj The rich grainfields of the Great Plain

  13. Our first king, Stephen I, later saint converted his people to Christianity in 1000.

  14. The golden era of Hungary under the Renaissance king, Matthias (1443-1490)

  15. Our first punishment from God, the Mongolian Tatars in 1241. Although they stayed here only for a year, they ruined our country.

  16. Finding our king’s dead body after the lost battle at Mohács (1526). It was the beginning of the Ottoman conquest in Hungary.

  17. The fighting women of Eger (1552)

  18. Captain Zrínyi’s last desperate attack against the huge Turkish army at the walls of Szigetvár (1566)

  19. The execution of 13 Hungarian commanders in Arad after the fail of the revolution and war of independence against the Habsburgs (1848-49)

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