Tata (Hungary)

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Tata
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Tata (Hungary)
Tata
Tata
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Central Transdanubia
County : Komárom-Esztergom
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Tata
Coordinates : 47 ° 39 '  N , 18 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '18 "  N , 18 ° 19' 42"  E
Height : 140  m
Area : 78.17  km²
Residents : 25,026 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 320 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 34
Postal code : 2890
KSH kódja: 20127
Structure and administration (as of 2013)
Community type : city
Mayor : József Michl
Postal address : Kossuth ter 1
2890 Tata
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Tata [ ˈtɒtɒ ] ( German Totis , Latin Dotis ) is a Hungarian city with about 25,000 inhabitants (as of 2011).

location

Tata is located 67 km from Budapest in the lake district of "Hungarian Tuscany" on the M1 motorway between Vienna and Budapest near the Gerecse and Vértes mountains .

Districts

  • Tata ( Totis ) - Upper Town
  • Tóváros - seaside town
  • Baj
  • Agostyán ( Augustine )

population

In 2001, 23,937 people lived in the city, by ethnic group:

history

View of Totis around 1600 (engraving by Georg Hoefnagel )
East view of the castle in Tata
Tata (Dotis) in the map series by Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (excerpt). Published 1726.
View of the Church of Tata

The origins of the settlement go back to the 11th century and come from a Benedictine abbey.

The first city name comes from King Sigismund in 1388 . During this time, the Lackfis family's castle was expanded as an estate on the shores of the large Öreg lake. Between 1397 and 1409 King Sigismund converted the castle into a royal palace. King Matthias redesigned the castle in 1467–1472 in the Renaissance style .

During the Turkish Wars , the newly fortified castle was an important link in the Habsburg defense system and was destroyed by the Ottomans. After the Turks had been driven out (1727), the castle ruins came into the possession of the Esterházy family , who until the second half of the 18th century under the direction of Jakob Fellner Tata, expanded their large estates as the center of their large estates and built great achievements of their time . There is the English Park, which still surrounds the second largest of the many lakes, the Cseke Lake. The Kuny Domokos Megyei Múzeum has been located in the partially reconstructed castle since 1954 .

During this time, Tata also gained its baroque face with works by the court architect Jakob Fellner , such as the Count's castle, the guest castle in the park, the Piarist monastery , the parish church or the wooden clock tower, which survived until today without a nail to fix it Has.

Count Miklós Esterházy had a palace theater built on the shore of the lake in the 1880s. This theater was considered to be the last 'private theater' in Hungary. Well-known artists of the time worked on the construction. After the Count's death, there were no more performances in this theater. The property fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1913. Today only a memorial stone reminds of this building. (see web links)

In 1938 the settlement of Tóváros ("sea town") merged with the city of Tata. 2013, the city was awarded the European Prize awarded for their outstanding efforts towards European integration.

economy

In addition to tourism, the city's largest employers today are a high-rise and large air-conditioning plant and a refrigerator manufacturer.

traffic

The station is on the state railway line from Budapest to Győr . A junction of the M1 motorway is in town.

Facilities

There is a national Olympic training center for ball sports and athletics as well as a Hungarian German Museum in the village .

Town twinning

Tatas are twin cities

Born in Tata

Well-known personalities related to Tata

Web links

Commons : Tata  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Tata  - travel guide

proof

  1. ^ Tata website , accessed October 6, 2017