Vecsés
Encyclopedia
Vecsés is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in Budapest metropolitan area
, Pest county, Hungary
, situated adjacent to Budapest's
Ferihegy Airport.
, and to a lesser extent Slovakian and Hungarian inhabitants from the surrounding villages.
The Swabian
farmers grew cabbage and brought their Germanic tradition of sauerkraut
production with them and Vecsés is famous even today for its sauerkraut
. Vecsés started to develop quickly after it was formed. From the end of the 19th century, the population started to grow, the village had a busy social, cultural and political life. It had a high number of victims in World War II. By the late 20th century, Vecsés became a town of individual character and as such was elevated from village
to town
on 1 July 2001.
The autobus company "VOLÁNBUSZ" operates 3 bus to Vecsés town:
Budapest metropolitan area
The Budapest Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Central Hungary. It consists of Budapest capital and the surrounding suburbs. It has a population of 2.525 million...
, Pest county, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, situated adjacent to Budapest's
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...
Ferihegy Airport.
History
The village was first mentioned in records in 1318. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the region had a dense network of villages and extant documents mention it as an ecclesiastical place. In 1786 Count Antal Grassalkovich settled 50 families in Vecsés, who were mainly SwabianSwabian
Swabian may refer:* to the German region of Swabia ; or* to Swabian German, a dialect spoken in Baden-Württemberg in south-west Germany and adjoining areas See also:...
, and to a lesser extent Slovakian and Hungarian inhabitants from the surrounding villages.
The Swabian
Swabian
Swabian may refer:* to the German region of Swabia ; or* to Swabian German, a dialect spoken in Baden-Württemberg in south-west Germany and adjoining areas See also:...
farmers grew cabbage and brought their Germanic tradition of sauerkraut
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut , directly translated from German: "sour cabbage", is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has a long shelf-life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid...
production with them and Vecsés is famous even today for its sauerkraut
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut , directly translated from German: "sour cabbage", is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has a long shelf-life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid...
. Vecsés started to develop quickly after it was formed. From the end of the 19th century, the population started to grow, the village had a busy social, cultural and political life. It had a high number of victims in World War II. By the late 20th century, Vecsés became a town of individual character and as such was elevated from village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
to town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
on 1 July 2001.
Transportation
Bus-lines:The autobus company "VOLÁNBUSZ" operates 3 bus to Vecsés town:
- 1. Vecsés,Erzsébet tér > Budapest, Kőbánya-Kispest vá.
- 2. Vecsés,Sportpálya m > Budapest, Csévéző utca
- 3. Vecsés,Anna utca > Budapest, Népliget and Budapest Transport serves one line to Vecsés
- 4. BUS-Nr.200 (Budapest, Kőbánya-Kispest subway station > Budapest, Ferihegy airport Terminal 2)