Location

Hont is located on left bank of river Ipoly

Ipoly

Ipoly may refer to:* The River Ipoly , a tributary of the Danube which runs through Slovakia and Hungary* International Polytechnic High School...

 about 77 kilometres north of Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. The E77 European main road drives by the village. Hont lies north of Börzsöny

Börzsöny

Börzsöny is a mountain range in Northern Hungary. Its tallest peak is the Csóványos with 938 metres.It is the westernmost member of the North Hungarian Mountains, which in turn are part of the Inner Western Carpathians. The varied landscape offers good hiking opportunities. A large part of the...

 mountains in Ipeľ

Ipel

Ipeľ or Ipoly is a 232 km long river in Slovakia and Hungary, tributary to the river Danube. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains...

 (Hungarian Ipoly) valley.

History

The settlement was founded by Hunt and Poznan on turn of 10th and 11th centuries. They were German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 knight

Knight

A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....

s and brothers according to Simonis de Keza, who was a Hungarian historian in the 13th century. Hunt built an earth fort onto peninsula of Ipeľ

Ipel

Ipeľ or Ipoly is a 232 km long river in Slovakia and Hungary, tributary to the river Danube. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains...

. This earth fort became centre of medieval Hont County. The name of the county and the settlement derived from Hunt’s name, what means captain in old German language

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

. There was probably built another fort near to Hunt’s castle onto a hill by Poznan.

The peninsula castle was administrative centre of Hont County until the middle of 13th century, when it lost its importance and was set on fire by either its proprietors or Tartars. The castle area was occupied by the settlement, so it is covered with houses now.

The village became property of Archbishopric of Esztergom in 1436. The archbishopric remained owner until 1945.
The Roman catholic church was built in Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 style in 1776. After World War II

World War II

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 Hont was annexed to Nógrád County.