Diósd
Encyclopedia
Diósd Hungary
is a small town located between the larger cities of Budapest
and Érd
in the Budapest metropolitan area
, Pest County. It best found by travelling on the road 7 (also known as Balatoni út), which crosses the commune. The motorway M0 runs at the very edge of Diósd.
Though many residents commute to work in the capital city of Budapest, the largest employers in the town are a manufacturing plant, named New MGM Zrt., that produces ball bearings and tapered roller bearing
for worldwide OEM customers and dealers, an Interspar grocery store, and the International Christian School of Budapesthttp://www.icsbudapest.org/, a school that serves missionary families, expatriate
s, and Hungarians.
Diósd has also a German name, called Orasch. The reason for this phenomenon is that after the Turkish
invasion, the area was fully uninhabited. Swabians arrived from Southern Germany to repopulate the town and they were in majority there until the end of the second world war, when many of the Swabes were chased away.
Diósd was first mentioned in 1417, under king Sigismund
Nowadays many old, Swabian peasant houses can be seen in the town and there is, among others, a Museum for Radio and Television.
Since 1989, Diósd works in tight partnership with the German
town Alsbach-Hähnlein
in Hesse
.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
is a small town located between the larger cities of Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
and Érd
Érd
Érd is city and urban county in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.-History:The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric men lived here 50,000 years ago....
in the Budapest metropolitan area
Budapest metropolitan area
The Budapest Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Central Hungary. It consists of Budapest capital and the surrounding suburbs. It has a population of 2.525 million...
, Pest County. It best found by travelling on the road 7 (also known as Balatoni út), which crosses the commune. The motorway M0 runs at the very edge of Diósd.
Though many residents commute to work in the capital city of Budapest, the largest employers in the town are a manufacturing plant, named New MGM Zrt., that produces ball bearings and tapered roller bearing
Tapered roller bearing
Tapered roller bearings are bearings that can take large axial forces as well as being able to sustain large radial forces.-Description:...
for worldwide OEM customers and dealers, an Interspar grocery store, and the International Christian School of Budapesthttp://www.icsbudapest.org/, a school that serves missionary families, expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
s, and Hungarians.
Diósd has also a German name, called Orasch. The reason for this phenomenon is that after the Turkish
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
invasion, the area was fully uninhabited. Swabians arrived from Southern Germany to repopulate the town and they were in majority there until the end of the second world war, when many of the Swabes were chased away.
Diósd was first mentioned in 1417, under king Sigismund
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxemburg KG was King of Hungary, of Croatia from 1387 to 1437, of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also King of Italy from 1431, and of Germany from 1411...
Nowadays many old, Swabian peasant houses can be seen in the town and there is, among others, a Museum for Radio and Television.
Since 1989, Diósd works in tight partnership with the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
town Alsbach-Hähnlein
Alsbach-Hähnlein
Alsbach-Hähnlein is a municipality in southern Hesse in the district Darmstadt-Dieburg. It resulted from a merger of the two separate municipalities Alsbach and Hähnlein.- External links :* *...
in Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
.
See also
- TörökbálintTörökbálintTörökbálint is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Törökbálint received town status on 1 July 2007.The city has also got a German name, Großturwall, which originates from the times of the Swabian immigration after the Turkish occupation of Hungary....
(Großturwall) - ÉrdÉrdÉrd is city and urban county in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.-History:The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric men lived here 50,000 years ago....
(Hanselbeck)