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Steinamanger
(Encyclopedia)Steinamanger: see Szombathely, Hungary. ...Margaret Island
(Encyclopedia)Margaret Island: see Budapest, Hungary. ...Saint Gotthard, English name of Szentgotthárd
(Encyclopedia)Saint Gotthard: see Szentgotthárd, Hungary. ...Joseph I
(Encyclopedia)Joseph I, 1678–1711, Holy Roman emperor (1705–11), king of Hungary (1687–1711) and of Bohemia (1705–11), son and successor of Leopold I. Joseph became Holy Roman emperor in the midst of the Wa...Alföld
(Encyclopedia)Alföld ôlˈföld [key], Hun. Nagy-Alföld [Great Alföld], great central plain of Hungary extending into Serbia and W Romania. The level region is drained by the Tisza and Danube rivers. Formerly wo...Tisza
(Encyclopedia)Tisza both: tĭsˈə [key], Ger. Theiss (tīs), river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, formed by two headstreams in the Carpathians, W Ukraine. It flows generally S across E Hungary, past Szolnok and Szeged, ...Szechenyi, Count Stephen
(Encyclopedia)Szechenyi, Count Stephen sāˈchĕnyē [key], Hung. Széchenyi István, 1791–1860, Hungarian politician. Influenced by his studies in England, he championed the modernization of Hungarian economic, ...Boleslaus II
(Encyclopedia)Boleslaus II, c.1039–1081, duke (1058–76), and later king (1076–79) of Poland; son and successor of Casimir I. Throughout his reign he opposed the influence of the Holy Roman Empire. He asserted...Great Alföld
(Encyclopedia)Great Alföld: see Alföld, plain, Hungary. ...Harmás Körös
(Encyclopedia)Harmás Körös, river: see Körös, river, Hungary. ...Browse by Subject
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