Albertirsa
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| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = Pest
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Cegléd
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Kitti Jutasiné Klein (KDNP)
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| area_total_km2 = 72.96
| population_as_of = 1 January 2015
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 2730
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| area_code = (+36) 53
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Albertirsa (formerly Alberti-Irsa, {{langx|sk|Irša}}) is a town in Ceglédi kistérség, Pest megye, and the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain.
History
Initially Albertirsa was two separate inhabitations: Alberti and Irsa, having joined in 1950.
- 1277: King Ladislaus IV mentions the name of Alberti (as Alberth) tenure in one of his charters
- 1368: The chapter of Buda mentions Irsa (from Slavic *jelsa) as an inhabitation
- 1597: Both villages got emptied after the 1241 Mongol invasion and the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century
- September 29, 1711: Local landlord András Váracskay brings settlers to populate the grassland of Alberti-Irsa. 24 chariots of Upper Hungarian settlers arrive to Alberti
- 1714: Royal endowment letter grants the ownership of Alberti to Márton Szeleczky
- 1719: András Irsay has one third of Irsa of Pest shire
- 1731: Beginning of mandatory lecturing for commons in local landlord funded school
- 1784: Descendants of Márton Szeleczky attain the rights for Alberti to hold markets. This right also grants the market town title.
- September 1, 1847: First train arrives
- 1848: Hundreds joining to the 1848 Revolution after the recruitment speech of Kossuth at Cegléd
- 1924: Civil School of Irsa founded
- September 6, 1950: The two villages Alberti and Irsa are joined under the name of Albertirsa by an ordinance of the Ministry for Home Affairs
- 1979: Inauguration of Hungary's first 750 kV substation south of Albertirsa
- 1995: [http://www.gerjeparty.hu Gerje-Party Association] founded
- 1996: Inauguration of the new flag and symbol during the millennium festival
- July 1, 2003: town status granted to Albertirsa, which has 11547 inhabitants this time
Notable people
- Róza Csillag (1832–1892), female Jewish singer
- Ádám Politzer (1835–1920), a Jewish otologist
- Barbara Palvin (1993-), a female model
Points of interest
Near Albertirsa, there is the only 750 kV-substation in Hungary. At it, the 750 kV-powerline from Zakhidnoukrainska in Ukraine ends.
- Szeleczky-Szapáry Castle ({{langx|hu|Szeleczky-Szapáry kastély}}) named after Szeleczky and Szapáry family
- Synagogue of Irsa
- Albertirsai Strand An outdoor bathing area with many pools for all ages along with small restaurants.
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}
Albertirsa is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Testvérvárosok|url=https://albertirsa.hu/testvervarosok|website=albertirsa.hu|publisher=Albertirsa|language=hu|access-date=2019-10-16}}
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Gaggiano, Italy (1992)
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Bourg-Saint-Andéol, France (1998)
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Malacky, Slovakia (2000)
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania (2004)
- {{flagicon|POL}} Żnin, Poland (2005)
References
External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.albertirsa.hu/}} in Hungarian
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.245331,19.608364&spn=0.092182,0.126686&t=k&hl=en Google Maps satellite]
- [http://www.um.znin.pl Official website of the Town of Żnin - twin town in Poland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119115349/http://www.um.znin.pl/ |date=2021-01-19 }}
- [http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=15 Aerialphotgraphs of Albertirsa]
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Category:Populated places established in 1950
Category:1950 establishments in Hungary
Category:1277 establishments in Europe