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Saturday, October 1, 2022

Here are 20 Facts From The Hungarian State

Here are 20 facts from the hungarian state 


Here are 20 facts from the hungarian state 

The name hungary comes from the byzantine greek from the word oungroi.

This Greek name was borrowed from the Turkic-oghur language family from the word on-ogur which means ten tribes. Onogur was the collective name for the tribes that later joined the bulgar confederation that controlled the eastern part of hungary.

The design of the official flag of the hungarian state consists of three horizontal stripes with three colors, namely red, white and green. This design has been officially adopted since May 23, 1957. The design used is based on the design of the french flag, as a reflection of the ideas of the french revolution, while the colors used are derived from the coat of arms of hungary historically. The red color on the flag has the meaning of strength, the color white means loyalty and green means hope.


Hungarian forint is the official currency used by this country, this currency is encoded with HUF. If converted to the currency of our country, 1 hungarian forint has an exchange rate of 47.27 rupiah.

The kingdom of hungary was first established in 896 AD, making hungary one of the oldest countries in europe. This country was established before the existence of the french state, germany and the british empire. Hungarian is also known as magyar, which is a direct descendant of the language spoken by the hun people.

This language is not a group of indo-european languages and is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Together with austria, hungary established an austro-hungarian empire, and was once the most dominant power in europe until finally this empire collapsed after its defeat in world war I.

Hungary was one of the first communist-era countries to oppose the soviet regime during the cold war, especially with the hungarian revolution of 1956. In 1989, hungary was the first communist bloc country to open its borders with western Europe. In Hungary there is a tradition of riding horses or what is called csiko.


This tradition has been going on for a long time since the first inhabitants of hungary, namely the magyar people. They rode horses from central asia to what is now Hungary. If you have the opportunity to visit Hungary. You can see the right-hand mummy of king stephen I or saint stephen, the first king of hungary. The mummy of this hand is kept in the saint stephen basilica in budapest.

Hungary has no less than 1500 hot springs in its country, with about 123 of them in the city of Budapest. It is the capital of this hungarian country, as the city that has the highest number of hot springs in the world.

At least about 70 million liters of hot water rise to the surface of the earth every day. Hungary has a practice of hot spring public baths that dates back to Roman times. Hungary also has the oldest subway system in europe besides the city of london in the UK.


The railway was opened in 1896 when the country celebrated its 1000th anniversary, hence the name of the millennium underground. The railway line is used as the M1 subway and connects downtown Budapest with city park.

Budapest has one of the largest parliament buildings in the world. This building has an area of 18,000 square kilometers, and has 691 rooms, 20 kilometers of stairs and a height of 96 meters. The building was built in 1885 and completed in 1902.

The city of budapest also has the largest synagogue in europe and the second largest in the world, which is the synagogue of dohany street. The synagogue or kanisah is a place of worship for Jews.

This synagogue can accommodate as many as 3000 worshippers, with a building height of up to 44 meters and an area of 2000 square meters. The synagogue was built in 1854 and 1859 in the neo-moorish architectural style. Gul baba was a respected derwis of the ottoman empire.


His burial place was built during the invasion of the ottoman turkish empire in the 16th century. He was revered as a saint and after he died in 1541, his grave was on the northernmost side of the city of budapest becoming a favorite place of muslims as a place for pilgrimage.

Pecs City is a multicultural city where different ethnic groups live together side by side and peacefully, so the city is one of the cities of peace designated by UNESCO. The city of pecs being the site of the first university in hungary and also one of the oldest in the world, the university is the university of pecs founded in 1367.


Other famous buildings in the city are the pecs cathedral, the szchenyi ter synagogue pecs, and the pasha gazzi kassim mosque. The hungarian people are also known as one of the nations of inventors for the modern world.

Inventions by the hungarians included a voiceless lighter by jános irinyi, a rubik's cube by erno rubik, a krypton electric sphere by imre bródy, an electric motor by anyos jedlik, a modern transformer by otto blathy and miksa dery, a two-way phone by tivadar puskas, vitamin C by albert szent-gyorgyi, a thermography camera and a plasma television by kalman tihanyi, nuclear chain reaction by leo szilard, bolpoint by laszlo bureau, carburetor for stationary engine by banki donut, BASIC programming language by john kemeny and thomas E. kurtz, and hydrogen bomb by edward teller.

Judit polgar, is a hungarian chess grandmaster. She is considered the best female chess player of all time. In 1991, polgar earned the title of grandmaster when he was 15 years and 4 months old, and in those days was the youngest person to obtain the title and had broken the record of former world champion Bobby Fischer.


He was the youngest person ever to make the top 100 list of fide players or the world chess federation and was ranked 55th in January 1989 when he was 12 years old. In 2007, a total of 13 Hungarians received nobel prizes in every category except peace. This number exceeds the nobel prize gains achieved by the countries of Japan, China, India, Australia and Spain.

History and Facts about Hungary, One of the Oldest Countries in Europe

Friday, September 30, 2022

History and Facts about Hungary, One of the Oldest Countries in Europe

History and Facts about Hungary, One of the Oldest Countries in Europe


History and Facts about Hungary, One of the Oldest Countries in Europe

 Here are 20 Facts From The Hungarian State 

Hungary or hungary is a country located in the heart of Europe in the central European region. This country was once the 3 greatest powers in the world namely the roman empire, the ottoman empire and the mongolian empire. Due to its strong and influential history in the hungarian world, many have unique and interesting historical relics. And here is the articrum about hungary.

Hungary is a landlocked country, which is located in the central European region. Covering an area of 93,030 square kilometers, the territory of the country is located in the carpathia basin or also called the pannonia basin.

Hungary is the 18th largest country in europe by area. If we compare the area of this country with the area in Indonesia, the area of the hungarian country is still slightly larger than the area of the province of south Sumatra which has an area of 91,592 square kilometers.

Hungary borders the region with other central European countries such as, with the country of Slovakia to the north, ukraine to the east, romania in the southeast, serbia in the south, with the country of croatia and also slovenia in the southwest, as well as with the country of austria in the west.

Along with the czech republic, poland and slovakia. Hungary formed the visegrad group or also known as V4, which is a cooperation group or alliance of four countries in central Europe in the military, cultural, economic and energy fields, as well as to advance their integration within the European Union.

Located in the carpathian basin, most of the hungarian landscape consists of flat land or plains also known as the great hungarian plain. In the north of the country is a hilly region along the borders of the Slovak state.

In 2020, based on a report from the country's statistics headquarters, the total population of the hungarian country was 9,769,526 people, with about 98.3% of the population coming from the hungarian ethnic group. Hungary is a country that has historically been Christian.

A census in 2011 showed that about 54.3% of the hungarian population were adherents of the christian religion, and about 18.2% declared themselves nonreligious, while about 27.2% of the population did not declare their religious affiliation.

Hungarian is the official language spoken in the country, hungarian is the most widely spoken non indo-european language in europe.

Budapest is the capital of hungary. Budapest is a beta plus global city with strengths in trade, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The city of Budapest is the most populous city in hungary.

In addition, budapest is also the largest city in the country and the 9th largest city in the european union by population numbers. Hungary is a country with a parliamentary republican system of government.

Hungary's current political system operates under a framework reformed in 2012. The post of head of state is held by a president and elected by the national assembly once every 5 years.

The hungarian president generally has a ceremonial role but his powers also include the appointment of a prime minister as head of government. Traditionally, the prime minister is the leader of the largest party in parliament. The prime minister elects cabinet ministers and has the exclusive right to dismiss them.

Hungary is considered a developed country with a high-income economy and a very high human development index. Hungary underwent market liberalization in the 1990s as part of the transition of the communist economic system to a market economic system.

The country continues to be one of the leading countries to attract foreign direct investment in central and eastern Europe. The main industries of the country include food processing, pharmaceuticals, motor vehicles, information technology, chemicals, metallurgy, machinery, electrical equipment and tourism. Hungarians stab at universal health care and education at no cost. History of hungary.

From the 9th century BC to the end of the 4th century AD, the western part of the carpathian basin, or what is called pannonia, was part of the roman empire. After the collapse of the western roman empire in the 5th century, the territory of what is now known as hungary, in the following period has alternately been occupied by various nations, including the celtic, roman, germanic, hun, western slavic and avars. The kingdom of hungary itself was only established at the end of the 9th century AD by a hungarian grand prince named arpad.

In 1000 AD, by king stephen I, the kingdom of hungary was transformed into a christian kingdom. From the 12th to the 15th centuries, the hungarian kingdom reached its peak of glory and became one of the regional powers. After the defeat of the mohacs war in 1526, part of the hungarian territory was successfully controlled by the ottoman empire until the 17th century. The country later became part of the habsburg empire in the 18th century.

History and Facts about Hungary, One of the Oldest Countries in Europe


In the 19th century, as the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the habsburg empire, the kingdom of hungary established a monarchy with the austrian empire, in order to form an austro-hungarian empire. Austro-hungary was a multinational country and one of the main powers of europe at the time. The two kingdoms are governed separately by two parliaments of the two capitals, with the same king and the same external and military policies. The empire has the second largest area in europe after the russian empire.

The austro-hungarian empire split after the collapse of the central bloc namely the german state, austro-hungarian, ottoman turkey, and bulgaria which fought against the allies in world war I. After world war I, between 1918 and 1919, it experienced a period of deep political upheaval.

And in January 1920, the hungarian kingdom was re-established. The new government worked quickly to normalize the country's foreign relations, in June of the same year, the trianon treaty established a new border for hungary.

The country lost 71% of its territory and about 66% of its population. After a turbulent inter-war period, the Hungarians joined the axis powers in world war II. The country suffered enormous losses in the war.


History and Facts about Hungary - ,After world war II, hungary became a satellite state of the USSR , which contributed to the formation of a socialist republic. During the four-plus decades of communist rule between 1947 and 1989, the country came under the spotlight from the wider world for the revolution of 1956 and the opening of its territorial boundaries with the austrian state in 1989, which accelerated the collapse of the eastern bloc and the soviet union.

The hungarian transition from communist regime to democracy took place peacefully. In 1989, the country's parliament adopted a democratic package that included union pluralism, namely freedom of association, assembly, and the press, as well as enacting a new electoral law.

On 23 October 1989, hungary again became a democratic parliamentary republic. Since then, it has reformed its economy and improved its relations with western Europe. That's a little summary of the history of hungary, and to get to know more about this country here are 20 facts from the hungarian state The name hungary comes from the byzantine greek from the word oungroi.

 Here are 20 Facts From The Hungarian State