Tata, Hungary

Tata is located in the valley between the Gerecse Mountains and Vértes Mountains, some {{convert|70|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Budapest, the Hungarian capital city. By virtue of its location, it is a railway and road junction. Motorway M1 (E60, E75) from Vienna to Budapest passes through the outer city limits, and the railway line Budapest–Vienna goes through the city.

Tata's climate is classified as oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The annual average temperature is {{Convert|10.9|C}}, the hottest month in July is {{Convert|21.4|C}}, and the coldest month is {{Convert|0.0|C}} in January. The annual precipitation is {{Convert|589.4|mm}}, of which July is the wettest with {{Convert|69.6|mm}}, while February is the driest with only {{Convert|30.6|mm}}. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from {{Convert|-22.7|C}} on December 28, 1996 to {{Convert|39.1|C}} on August 8, 2013.

{{Weather box

|location = Tata, 1991−2020 normals

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|collapsed = yes

|Jan record high C = 17.2

|Feb record high C = 19.9

|Mar record high C = 23.3

|Apr record high C = 31.0

|May record high C = 33.1

|Jun record high C = 36.1

|Jul record high C = 38.6

|Aug record high C = 39.1

|Sep record high C = 34.2

|Oct record high C = 27.7

|Nov record high C = 22.4

|Dec record high C = 18.1

|year record high C = 39.1

|Jan high C = 3.1

|Feb high C = 6.0

|Mar high C = 11.4

|Apr high C = 17.9

|May high C = 22.2

|Jun high C = 25.9

|Jul high C = 27.7

|Aug high C = 27.4

|Sep high C = 22.2

|Oct high C = 16.1

|Nov high C = 9.7

|Dec high C = 3.9

|year high C = 16.1

|Jan mean C = 0.0

|Feb mean C = 1.7

|Mar mean C = 6.0

|Apr mean C = 11.6

|May mean C = 16.2

|Jun mean C = 19.7

|Jul mean C = 21.4

|Aug mean C = 20.9

|Sep mean C = 15.8

|Oct mean C = 10.8

|Nov mean C = 5.9

|Dec mean C = 1.0

|year mean C = 10.9

|Jan low C = -3.2

|Feb low C = -2.1

|Mar low C = 1.1

|Apr low C = 5.5

|May low C = 9.9

|Jun low C = 13.4

|Jul low C = 14.7

|Aug low C = 14.4

|Sep low C = 10.3

|Oct low C = 6.1

|Nov low C = 2.5

|Dec low C = -1.9

|year low C = 5.9

|Jan record low C = -21.4

|Feb record low C = -19.7

|Mar record low C = -16.1

|Apr record low C = -6.9

|May record low C = -0.7

|Jun record low C = 2.8

|Jul record low C = 5.8

|Aug record low C = 4.0

|Sep record low C = 0.3

|Oct record low C = -8.9

|Nov record low C = -12.4

|Dec record low C = -22.7

|year record low C = -22.7

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 35.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 30.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 35.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 36.7

|May precipitation mm = 67.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 62.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 69.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 62.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 54.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 46.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 47.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 40.4

|year precipitation mm = 589.4

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 7.4

|Feb precipitation days = 6.2

|Mar precipitation days = 6.8

|Apr precipitation days = 5.8

|May precipitation days = 8.8

|Jun precipitation days = 7.1

|Jul precipitation days = 7.3

|Aug precipitation days = 6.7

|Sep precipitation days = 6.4

|Oct precipitation days = 6.4

|Nov precipitation days = 7.9

|Dec precipitation days = 7.4

|year precipitation days = 84.2

|Jan humidity = 82.8

|Feb humidity = 76.8

|Mar humidity = 71.0

|Apr humidity = 65.9

|May humidity = 70.3

|Jun humidity = 69.1

|Jul humidity = 69.2

|Aug humidity = 72.0

|Sep humidity = 76.0

|Oct humidity = 79.9

|Nov humidity = 82.1

|Dec humidity = 84.2

|year humidity = 74.9

|source 1 = NOAA{{cite web

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|title = Tata Climate Normals 1991-2020

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date = September 20, 2023

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According to the 2001 census, the town has 23,937 inhabitants: 93.3% Hungarians, 1.6% Germans, 0.6% Roma, 0.2% Slovaks and 6.5% other.{{cite web |url=http://www.nepszamlalas2001.hu/hun/kotetek/06/11/data/tabhun/4/prnt01_11_0.html | title=4.1.11 Population by ethnicity}}

The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times; archaeological findings date back to 50,000 BCE.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} Later it was a Roman settlement.{{citation needed|reason=Need source for the Roman settlement|date= September 2013}}

The first known mention of Tata is from 1221.{{By whom|date=September 2013}} Its name may come from the name of Lombard king Tato.{{Cite book |last=Márki |first=Sándor |url=http://real-eod.mtak.hu/5753/1/000911018.pdf |title=A longobárdok hazánkban |publisher=Ajtai Kovách Albert Magyar Polgár Könyvnyomdája |year=1899 |location=Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) |page=15 |language=hu |trans-title=The Langobards in our homeland}} Its castle was built by the Lackfi family and had its prime under Matthias Corvinus, who had it rebuilt in a Renaissance style.

In 1526 when the disastrous battle with the Turks happened and Louis II died in the battlefield, Count György Cseszneky was the castellan of the Castle Tata. The plundering Ottoman army ransacked the area, but Cseszneky successfully defended the castle.

During the Ottoman occupation, the castle of Tata was an important fortress. It was captured in 1543 by the Turks. During this period the castle had many different owners until it was burned down by the Habsburgs in retaliation for the Rákóczi's War of Independence. {{Citation needed|reason=citations needed for the 1529 capture and the destruction by the Habsburgs|date=September 2013}}

In 1727, Count József Esterházy bought Tata and the surrounding villages. The town prospered, in 1765 it already had a secondary school.

According to the article in the Pallas Lexicon about Tata in 1851, the town was a "pretty and developing village in the Tata district of Komárom comitatus; 895 buildings, 6925 mostly Hungarian residents (3633 Roman Catholics, 2518 Lutherans and 673 Israelites), centre of the district, with secondary school, railway station, post office. Tata and the adjoining village Tóváros (4257 residents) are built around a large lake, Tata on the hillside, and Tóváros on the plain. Between them, there are the Esterházy mansion and an old castle with an archive and a gallery which included a painting of Leonardo da Vinci. The theatre was built in 1889. The mansion is surrounded by the English garden (140 hectares)."Pallas Lexicon

In 1938, the village of Tóváros was annexed to Tata. So thus, the city was renamed Tatatóváros but only for a short while; one year later, it was named Tata again.

During World War II, Tata was captured by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front on 19 March 1945 during the course of the Vienna Offensive.

Tata was granted town status in 1954.

• Castle next to the Öreg-tó (Old Lake)
• The Esterházy Palace
• Heroes' Square with World War I monument and synagogue
• Kossuth Square with town hall
• The parish church of Tata
• The Capuchin church
• Calvary Hill
• Lookout tower
• Water mills
• Belfry
• The English Park
• False ruins
• Fényes Bath
• Turkish Mescid

{{see also|Category:People from Tata, Hungary}}

• Móric Fischer de Farkasházy (1799–1880), porcelain-manufacturer, one of the founders of the Herend Porcelain manufactory in 1839
• Csilla Földi (born 1968), retired weightlifter
• Lívia Járóka (born 1974), politician (Fidesz), first Romani woman to be elected to the European Parliament
• Dávid Korányi, political adviser
• Dóra Lőwy (born 1977), former team handball player and Olympic medalist
• Joci Pápai (born 1981), singer, representative for Hungary at Eurovision in {{escyr|2017}} and {{escyr|2019}}
• Zsófia Tóth (born 1989), triathlete
• Slavko Wolf (1862–1936), Croatian lawyer, chess player and writer.
• Zoltan Bathory (Born 1978), founder and rhythm guitarist of Five Finger Death Punch.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}

Tata is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Testvérvárosok|url=https://tata.hu/709/testvervarosok|website=tata.hu|publisher=Tata|language=hu|access-date=2021-04-07}}

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• {{flagicon|NED}} Alkmaar, Netherlands (1985)
• {{flagicon|GER}} Gerlingen, Germany (1987)
• {{flagicon|FRA}} Dammarie-lès-Lys, France (1993)
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Arenzano, Italy (1994)
• {{flagicon|SVK}} Svodín, Slovakia (1997)
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Montebelluna, Italy (2000)
• {{flagicon|ROU}} Sovata, Romania (2002)
• {{flagicon|POL}} Pińczów, Poland (2004)
• {{flagicon|CZE}} Bystřice, Czech Republic
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Kanjiža, Serbia

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{{reflist}}

• Neal Bedford and Lisa Dunford. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5BUmzwqvznAC&dq=History+of+tata%2C+Hungary&pg=PA159 Lonely Planet, 2009, p. 159-162].

{{Commons category|Tata}}

• {{Official website|http://www.tata.hu/}} in Hungarian
• [https://photos.nomadicnotes.com/hungary/tata Tata photo gallery]
• [http://en.funiq.hu/tata Tata at funiq.hu]

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