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unusual facts about Komárom-Esztergom County



Comorn

Komárom a city in Hungary, and the site of an old strategic fortress often referred to as Comorn in old sources.

Gyula Krajczár

Gyula Krajczár (1953–1998) was a Hungarian politician, who served as mayor of Komárom between 1990 and 1998.

Joseph Vandor

Joseph Vandor SDB, (born as: József Wech, known too as Vándor József, José Vandor, Wech József, Father Puchner) was a Hungarian Catholic Salesian priest, missionary and Venerable * 29 October 1909, Dorog (Komárom-Esztergom County, Austria-Hungary; today: Hungary) † 8 October 1979, Santa Clara (Cuba, America).

Karl von Mansfeld

He died shortly thereafter, probably of his wounds, in Komárom.

The Man with the Golden Touch

On the way to Komárom, they stop at an island, the "no man's island", which lies in the Danube between the Ottoman Empire and the Hungarian part of the Habsburg Empire, undiscovered and unclaimed by both.

Wien Südbahnhof

Two railway lines were planned, extending from Vienna to the south and east: one to Wiener Neustadt and Gloggnitz, and one via Bruck an der Leitha to Győr (German: Raab), with an extension to Uj-Szöny (now a suburb of Komárom) and a branch line to Pozsony (now Bratislava).


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