Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár ( German : Wieselburg-Ungarisch Altenburg , Latin : Ad Flexum , Croatian : Stari Grad ) is a city in Győr-Moson-Sopron county , the seat of the Mosonmagyaróvár district . As the crow flies from Győr, it is located 35 km from Sopron, 56 km from Bratislava, 33 km from Vienna, 76 km from Budapest, and 140 km, close to the Austrian and Slovak borders. Its population is approximately 34,000 people, making it the 26th most populous city in Hungary.
Moson The city of Moson county was the original seat in the Kingdom of Hungary, and the county seat was later moved to Magyaróvár. The two cities were united in 1939, and today almost all signs of dualism have disappeared, as the space between the two cities has developed both physically and culturally. locals Due to the length of the name, the city is also referred to as Óvár by foreigners and Moson by. The Hanság Museum is located here.
The settlement was already inhabited in Roman times when it was called Ad Flexum (meaning: " in the bend "). After the failure of the first Turkish siege of Vienna, the city was set on fire by the Turks during their retreat in 1529, and again after the second Turkish siege in 1683. Most other settlements in the region largely suffered the same fate.
As a result of Magyarization, in the 19th century, towards the end of the two cities lost their German majority. In the surrounding German-speaking villages, in 1945 the population remained largely unchanged.
1904 In, the village of Lúcsony was merged with Magyaróvár, and in 1919, Magyaróvár was elevated to the status of a town. the Monarchy in 1918 After the fall of the, he moved to the Magyaróvár estate of Grand Duke Frigyes Tescheni of Habsburg and was considered the first citizen of the city, and died here in 1934. Today, a monument commemorates him in the pedestrian area.
In 1941, 466 Jews lived in the city, which represented about 3 percent of the population. After the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944, the Hungarian administration set up mandatory ghettos in May 1944, into which the Jews of the area were also forced. At the beginning of June, the prisoners of the ghetto were deported to Győr, and from there to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The majority of the previously enumerated German-speaking population was resettled in 1945-1946.
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