Ecser is a village in Pest

Pest (county)

Ethnic groups :*Magyars - 93.5%*Germans - 1.7%*Roma - 1.2%*Slovaks - 0.8%*Others - 0.5%*Unknown - 2.3%Religions :*Roman Catholic - 53%*Calvinist - 16%*Lutheran - 3.8%*Greek Catholic - 1.2%*Others - 1.3%...

 county, Budapest metropolitan area

Budapest metropolitan area

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, Hungary

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.

Situation

Ecser (ˈɛtʃɛr) is situated southeast from Budapest

Budapest

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, near Ferihegy International Airport. The neighbouring settlements are Maglód

Maglód

Maglód is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.www.maglod.hu- Twin Cities :* Lueta , Romania* Mýtne Ludany , Slovakia...

, Vecsés

Vecsés

Vecsés is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in Budapest metropolitan area, Pest county, Hungary, situated adjacent to Budapest's Ferihegy Airport.-History:...

, Gyömrő

Gyömro

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 and Üllő

Üllo

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. The M0 motorway runs near the village. The village is situated on the railway-line 120a (Budapest-Újszász-Szolnok). It has a Slovak

Slovaks

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 minority population.

History

The first written account of Ecser is from December 15, 1315, although the village already existed as of 896, when the Magyars arrived into their present-day country. According to one legend, the name of the village was given by Grand Prince Árpád

Árpád

Árpád was the second Grand Prince of the Hungarians . Under his rule the Hungarian people settled in the Carpathian basin. The dynasty descending from him ruled the Hungarian tribes and later the Kingdom of Hungary until 1301...

 of the Hungarian tribes. When he asked the name of the settlement where he stopped to have a little rest, the local people could not tell him the name, so Árpád said them: call this place after this ‘oak’ (Hungarian

Hungarian language

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 cser).
During the period of Ottoman Turkish dominance (1526-1686) the village died out, particularly after the siege of nearby Buda

Buda

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. The inhabitants returned only in 1699. Eleven soldiers from Ecser fought in Rákóczi's War for Independence

Rákóczi's War for Independence

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 (1703-1711). In the early 18th century years the owner of the village, Count Antal Grassalkovich brought in Slovak

Slovaks

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 settlers.

Notable

The only monument in the village is the Roman Catholic church from 1740.

In the village there is a world famous folk dance called ‘Wedding at Ecser’ (Ecseri lakodalmas).

On the coat of arms is seen the church, the folk dance and the oak tree, the three most important sign of the village.

Notable people from Ecser

• Párvusz (Norbert Kiss) (*1981) - graphic artist
• Zoltán Trepák
  Zoltán Trepák
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   (*1977) - professional basketball player

Twin towns of Ecser

The twin town

Town twinning

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s of Ecser are: Zlaté Klasy

Zlaté Klasy

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 (Slovakia

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) Kumbağ (Turkey

Turkey

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)