Törökbálint
| Törökbálint | |
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Walla Mansion
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 Törökbálint
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| Coordinates: 47°26′12″N 18°54′44″E / 47.43668°N 18.91224°ECoordinates: 47°26′12″N 18°54′44″E / 47.43668°N 18.91224°E | |
| Country |
 Hungary
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| County | Pest |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.4 km2 (11.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 12,023 |
| • Density | 408.94/km2 (1,059.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 2045 |
| Area code(s) | 23 |
Törökbálint [ˈtørøɡbaːlint] is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Törökbálint received town status on 1 July 2007.
The city also has a German name, Großturwall, which originates from the times of the Swabian immigration after the Ottoman times of Hungary.
Törökbálint is c. 15 kilometres (9 miles) westwards from Budapest, between Diósd and Budakeszi, which were also Swabian settlements.
Törökbálint can be directly approached from the motorways M0, M1 and M7.
Until the 1st century, the Avaric peoples were the inhabitants of Hungary, which the Romans chased away. Both nations left their footprint over the entirety of Hungary, and in Törökbálint as well, though the region was uninhabited until the 6th century, well after the Roman invasion. Germanic tribes arrived around this time.
After the Magyar settlement in the 9th century, the main leader of the Hungarians, Árpád, gave the lands around the present Törökbálint to prince Kond, whose son, Csörsz built the first castle in the area. Its name was Torbágy (Turobag), which is probably the ancient form of the present German name of the settlement.
Only in the early modern age, c. the 16th century, was the village renamed to Török-Bálint, with a Hungarian landlord and poet, Bálint Török (in Hungarian form Török Bálint) giving the name to it.
In the 16th century, the lands around Törökbálint were given to the Jesuits, who built many beautiful buildings in Baroque style. They possessed the lands until 1773. By this time, the area was hardly inhabited, which was partly the result of the Turkish wars two hundred years before. In the 18th century, the first Danube Swabians began to arrive. The latter became the major population group in the area in a few decades.
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