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4 unusual facts about Puszta


August von Pettenkofen

Having decided to give up the military career on which he had started, he devoted himself to painting, taking for his subjects the simple scenes of the life on the dreary Puszta.

Morshausen

In remembrance of her homeland, the well was built in the style of those typically seen in the Puszta region.

Podersdorf am See

This flat and mostly treeless Puszta with numerous small lakes and ponds shows a unique flora and fauna.

Deforestation of oak woods by early dwellers lead to the bleak Pusztalandscape that predominates today.


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Csernovics Ujfalu

Csernovics Ujfalu was puszta (in Hungarian) or praedium (depopulated area, in Latin) in the NW part of Arad County, about 10-15 km from the Romanian-Hungarian border, via Curtici.

The latter was formed in 1853 by 92 families of Hungarian Roman Catholic farmers ousted by their landlord from Bánkuta puszta, in the western part of Arad county (Elek jaras/district, now in Hungary).

Hans Siegel

During the fighting in spring 1945, in the Esztergom Bridgehead, in preparation for Operation Spring Awakening, the Battalion committed itself to a night attack during the night of 7 and 8 March, and overcame a Russian anti-tank force within the first two kilometers advancing towards Puszta Antal which is six kilometers away.


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