Hungary

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Hungary

• In the heart of Europe
• for 1100 years

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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)

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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)

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The terrain of Hungary
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Our language is Hungarian

• Is it Slavic?
• Maybe German?
• Or Turkish???

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The truth

• Its Finno-Ugric.
• .
• Our closest relatives are small tribes in
  Siberia. The Finns are our relatives too but we
  dont understand each other. Only linguists can
  find any similarities between the two languages.

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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.

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Ferenc Kölcsey Ferenc Erkel
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Our legendary ancestors, Hunor and Magor coming
to todays territory of Hungary while hunting a
magic deer
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The agreement of the 7 chieftains of the Magyar
tribes led by Árpád. It is sealed with their own
blood. (896)
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The Danube bend The river Tisza
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The vineyards of Tokaj
The rich grainfields of the Great Plain
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Our first king, Stephen I, later saint converted
his people to Christianity in 1000.
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The golden era of Hungary under the Renaissance
king, Matthias (1443-1490)
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Our first punishment from God, the Mongolian
Tatars in 1241. Although they stayed here only
for a year, they ruined our country.
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Finding our kings dead body
after the lost battle at Mohács (1526).
It was the beginning of the Ottoman conquest in
Hungary.
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The fighting women of Eger (1552)
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Captain Zrínyis last desperate attack against
the huge Turkish army at the walls of Szigetvár
(1566)
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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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