Albertirsa

Albertirsa (also Alberti-Irsa, Slovak: Irša) is a town in Ceglédi kistérség, Pest megye, and the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain. Although it has got its town status in 2003, still has its village-scent that is so common for most of the inhabitations in the region.

History

Initially Albertirsa was two separate inhabitations: Alberti and Irsa, having joined in 1950.

• 1277: King Ladislaus IV mentions the name of Alberti (as Alberth) tenure in one of his charters
• 1368: The chapter of Buda mentiones Irsa (from Slavic *jelsa) as an inhabitation
• 1597: Both villages got emptied after the 1241 Mongol invasion and the Ottoman conquest in the 16th century
• September 29, 1711: Local landlord András Váracskay brings settlers to populate the grassland of alberti-irsa. 24 chariots of Slovak settlers arrive to Alberti
• 1714: Royal endowment letter grants the ownership of Alberti to Márton Szeleczky
• 1719: András Irsay has one third of Irsa of Pest shire
• 1731: Beginning of mandatory lecturing for commons in local landlord funded school
• 1784: Descendants of Márton Szeleczky attain the rights for Alberti to hold markets. This right also grants the market town title.
• September 1, 1847: First train arrives
• 1848: Hundreds joining to the 1848 Revolution after the recruitment speech of Kossuth at Cegléd
• 1924: Civil School of Irsa founded
• September 6, 1950: The two villages Alberti and Irsa are joined under the name of Albertirsa by an ordinance of the Ministry for Home Affairs
• 1979: Inauguration of Hungary's first 750 kV substation south of Albertirsa
• 1995: Gerje-Party Association founded
• 1996: Inauguration of the new flag and symbol during the millennium festival
• July 1, 2003: City status granted to Albertirsa, which has 11547 inhabitants this time

Notable people

• Moritz Goldstein, a chazzan of this town
  • Rosa (Róza) Csillag, Hungarian: Csillag Róza, exactly: Goldstein Róza; born October 23, 1832, Irsa, Hungary - February 20, 1892, Vienna, Austria), a 19th-century Hungarian female Jewish singer
• Ádám Politzer (1835–1920), a Jewish Hungarian otologist
• Andrea Hunter (Formerly Hering) (1975–Present), Vice President, Principle Accounting Officer- Encore Acquisition Company

Points of interest

Near Albertirsa, there is the only 750 kV-substation in Hungary. At it, the 750 kV-powerline from Zakhidnoukrainskaya in Ukraine ends. However this line is since 1995 out of service.

• Szeleczky-Szapáry Castle (Hungarian: Szeleczky-Szapáry kastély) named after Szeleczky and Szapáry family
• Synagogue of Irsa

Twin cities and towns

Albertirsa is twinned:

External links

• Albertirsa Official site
• Google Maps satellite
• Official website of the Town of Żnin - twin town in Poland
• Aerialphotgraphs of Albertirsa