Eger Ezer Éve - One Thousand Years of Eger

The name Eger derives from the Hungarian word égerfa (alder tree). In German, the town is known as Erlau, in Latin as Agria

History
St. Stephen (997--1038), the first Christian king of Hungary, founded the episcopal see in Eger. The first cathedral of Eger was built on Castle Hill, within the present site of Eger Castle. Eger grew up around its former cathedral and has remained an important religious center in Hungary since its foundation. The 14th-16th centuries were an age of prosperity for Eger. Winegrowing, for which the town is still famous, began to be important at that time. The bishops of Eger built beautiful buildings in the city during the reign of King Matthias (1458-1490) when Hungary began to be imbued with Renaissance culture.
During the Turkish occupation of Central Hungary, Eger became an important border fortress, successfully defended by Hungarian forces in the 1552 Siege of Eger, in the face of overwhelming odds. The castle's defenders under the command of Captain István Dobó are said to have numbered fewer than 2,000, including women and children, but successfully held off a Turkish army of 80,000 soldiers. Most Hungarians know the version of this story found in the novel "Eclipse of the Crescent Moon" (Hungarian "Egri csillagok", lit. "Stars of Eger") by the 19th century Hungarian author Gárdonyi Géza, which is set reading under the Hungarian national curriculum.
However, Eger was attacked in 1596 by a bigger army of Turks, who took over the castle after a short siege. Then followed 91 years of Ottoman rule in which Eger was the seat of a Turkish vilayet (administrative division). Churches were converted into mosques, the castle rebuilt, and other structures erected, including public baths and minarets.
The rule of the Turks in Central Hungary began to collapse after a failed Ottoman attempt to capture Vienna. The Vienna-based Habsburgs, who controlled the rest of Hungary, apart from Transylvania, steadily expelled the Turks out of the country. The castle of Eger was starved into surrender by the Christian army led by Charles of Lorraine in 1687, after the castle of Buda had been retaken in 1686.
Eger Castle soon began to prosper again. The city was reclaimed by its bishops, which caused many local Protestants to leave. Although the city supported the Hungarian leader Prince Francis II Rákóczi in the 1703-1711 war of independence against the Habsburgs, the Hungarians were eventually defeated by the Imperial army. Soon after that, the city was ravaged by plague. However, immigration into Eger was strong, and the population rose from 6000 to 10,000 between 1725 and 1750. Many new buildings were built in Baroque and later in Zopf style, including the Episcopal Palace, the county hall, the Lyceum (now housing the Eszterházy College of Education) and several churches, while others were reclaimed from being mosques.
Eger became the seat of an archbishopric in 1804, and the church remained in firm control of the city, despite efforts by its citizens to obtain greater freedom. In 1827, much of the city center was damaged by fire again, and four years later over 200 were killed in an epidemic.
Economic recovery was slow after World War I, although the 1899 publication of Gárdonyi's "Eclipse of the Crescent Moon" made Eger popular as a tourist attraction and archaeological excavation of the castle began.
Eger today is a prosperous city and popular tourist destination with a charming Baroque town center.
/source: Wikipedia/

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[mefisz]

Nagyon szép, igényes videó lett! Tetszik :)

[Semperativus]

Köszönöm! :)

[carolineislands]

Really nice video. I admit I know very little about Hungary except that they fought valliantly against the muslims! Very interestin - now I want to know more.

Thank you!

[MultiGakka]

Sok torok "leszarmazott" van azert Magyarorszagon is a mai napig. Mert nem 1 honapig tartott, letelepedtek abban az idoben es ott is szaporodtak, sokasodtak... Tatarjaras K-rol volt, az sem 2 napig tartott. Elso vilaghaboruban szetszedtek az orszagot. Masodikban mar zsidokat oltek, utana elokaptak ciganyokat es melegeket.

[MultiGakka]

@TrouseredApes LOL ur crazy :D

[MultiGakka]

@YUSKHAN the reason why?

[YUSKHAN]

A true Hungerian is a Turkic warrior just like the Tatar warriors of the ottoman empire who fought against hungery people

[SONYKOR72]

Székesfehérváron így néznek ki a felújított panelházak:

watch?v=-Bx4cXnKzX8

watch?v=Pvu9JC8si2w

Szinte minden panelházat felújítottak. Ezt a fejlődést kívánom minden városnak.

[poligon333]

Le a kalappal.

[kvr700]

Kozel 10 eve hogy utoljara Egerben voltam, Edesanyam onnan valo. En is gondoltam mar tobbszor is hogy oda koltozok Torontobol amikor nyugdias leszek.

[TheRockinCactus]

Egerbe szeretnek koltozni : )

[gecseianna]

Hát ez nagyon klassz! Az én kis szülővárosom most nagyon elkezdett hiányozni:(.

Üdv. Spanyolországból!