Esztergom
City with county rights in Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Esztergom (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɛstɛrɡom] ⓘ; German: Gran; Latin: Solva or Strigonium; Slovak: Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, 46 kilometres (29 miles) northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there. Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th until the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda.
Esztergom | |
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Coordinates: 47°47′8″N 18°44′25″E | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Central Transdanubia |
County | Komárom-Esztergom |
District | Esztergom |
Established | around 972 |
Capital of Hungary | 972–1249 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ádám Hernádi [hu] (2019–) |
Area | |
• Total | 100.35 km2 (38.75 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 28,165[2] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 2500–2509 |
Area code | (+36) 33 |
Website | www |
Esztergom is the seat of the prímás (see Primate) of the Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has a Christian Museum with the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary. Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica, is the largest church in Hungary. Near the Basilica there is a campus of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.