Albertirsa
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Albertirsa is a town in Ceglédi kistérség, Pest megye, and the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain
Great Hungarian Plain
The Great Hungarian Plain is a plain occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of the Eastern Slovak Lowland, southwestern Ukraine, the Transcarpathian Lowland , western Romania , northern Serbia , and eastern Croatia...

. Although it has got its town status in 2003, still has its village-scent that is so common for most of the inhabitations in the region.

History

Initially Albertirsa was two separate inhabitations: Alberti and Irsa, having joined in 1950.
  • 1277: King Ladislaus IV mentions the name of Alberti (as Alberth) tenure in one of his charters
  • 1368: The chapter of Buda
    Buda
    For detailed information see: History of Buda CastleBuda is the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian.Buda comprises about one-third of Budapest's...

     mentiones Irsa (from Slavic
    Slavic languages
    The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...

     *jelsa) as an inhabitation
  • 1597: Both villages got emptied after the 1241 Mongol
    Mongols
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     invasion and the Ottoman
    Ottoman Empire
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     conquest in the 16th century
  • September 29, 1711: Local landlord András Váracskay brings settlers to populate the grassland of alberti-irsa. 24 chariots of Slovak
    Slovakia
    The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

     settlers arrive to Alberti
  • 1714: Royal endowment letter grants the ownership of Alberti to Márton Szeleczky
  • 1719: András Irsay has one third of Irsa of Pest shire
  • 1731: Beginning of mandatory lecturing for commons in local landlord funded school
  • 1784: Descendants of Márton Szeleczky attain the rights for Alberti to hold markets. This right also grants the market town
    Market town
    Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...

     title.
  • September 1, 1847: First train arrives
  • 1848: Hundreds joining to the 1848 Revolution after the recruitment speech of Kossuth
    Lajos Kossuth
    Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

     at Cegléd
    Cegléd
    Cegléd is a city in Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.-Name:There are discussions going on about the origin of the name of the town...

  • 1924: Civil School of Irsa founded
  • September 6, 1950: The two villages Alberti and Irsa are joined under the name of Albertirsa by an ordinance of the Ministry for Home Affairs
  • 1979: Inauguration of Hungary's first 750 kV substation south of Albertirsa
  • 1995: Gerje-Party Association founded
  • 1996: Inauguration of the new flag and symbol during the millennium festival
  • July 1, 2003: City status
    Town privileges
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     granted to Albertirsa, which has 11547 inhabitants this time

Notable people

  • Moritz Goldstein, a chazzan of this town
    • Rosa (Róza) Csillag
      Róza Csillag
      Csillag Róza , also , Rose HermannCsillag, Rosa Hermann , was a Hungarian female Jewish opera singer....

      , , exactly: Goldstein Róza; born October 23, 1832, Irsa, Hungary - February 20, 1892, Vienna
      Vienna
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      , Austria
      Austria
      Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

      ), a 19th-century Hungarian female Jewish singer
      Singing
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  • Ádám Politzer
    Ádám Politzer
    Adam Politzer was a Hungarian and Austrian physician and one of the pioneers and founders of otology.- Life :Adam Politzer was born in Alberti , near the city of Budapest, to a well-to-do Jewish family....

     (1835–1920), a Jewish Hungarian otologist
  • Andrea Hunter (Formerly Hering) (1975–Present), Vice President, Principle Accounting Officer- Encore Acquisition Company

Points of interest

Near Albertirsa, there is the only 750 kV-substation in Hungary. At it, the 750 kV-powerline
750 kV Powerline Albertirsa-Zakhidnoukrainskaya
The Albertirsa–Zakhidnoukrainskaya–Vinnytsia powerline is a power transmission line between Ukraine and Hungary. It is a part of the former "Mir" transmission system between the Soviet Union and Comecon countries...

 from Zakhidnoukrainskaya in Ukraine ends. However this line is since 1995 out of service.
  • Szeleczky-Szapáry Castle  named after Szeleczky and Szapáry family
  • Synagogue of Irsa

Twin cities and towns

Albertirsa is twinned:
Gaggiano
Gaggiano
Gaggiano is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 13 km southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,360 and an area of 26.7 km²....

 in Italy
Italy
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 (since 1992) Bourg Saint Andeol
Bourg-Saint-Andéol
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 in France
France
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 (since 1998) Malacky
Malacky
Malacky is a town and municipality in western Slovakia around 35 km north from capital Bratislava. From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary...

 in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 (since 2000)
Şimleu Silvaniei
Simleu Silvaniei
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 in Romania
Romania
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 (since 2004) Żnin
Żnin
Żnin is a small town in Poland with a population of 14,558 . It is in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the capital of Żnin County. The town is situated in the historic land of Pałuki and the Gniezno Lake Area on the river Gąsawka.-Etymology:The name originates from the Polish word...

 in Poland
Poland
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(since 2005)

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