Écs
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Écs is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron
county, Hungary
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Écs was first mentioned in 1172 as Esu, Echu. In the middle age
it was the property of little nobles, later of the Pannonhalma
Abbey. During the Ottoman invasion, the Cseszneky
, Oross and Siey families were the most important landlords in Écs.
Gyor-Moson-Sopron
Győr-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Komárom-Esztergom, Veszprém and Vas. The capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county is Győr...
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...
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Écs was first mentioned in 1172 as Esu, Echu. In the middle age
Middle age
Middle age is the period of age beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. Various attempts have been made to define this age, which is around the third quarter of the average life span of human beings....
it was the property of little nobles, later of the Pannonhalma
Pannonhalma
Pannonhalma is a town in western Hungary, in Győr-Moson-Sopron county with approximately 4,000 inhabitants. It is about from Győr. Archduke Otto Habsburg's heart is kept at the Pannonhalma Archabbey, while his body was laid at the Capuchin Crypt in the old Imperial capital of Vienna.-History:The...
Abbey. During the Ottoman invasion, the Cseszneky
House of Cseszneky
The House of Cseszneky was one of the most prominent noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary. The Counts Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek have produced many individuals notable in Hungarian and general European history and culture.-Name and origin:...
, Oross and Siey families were the most important landlords in Écs.