ALFÖLD

ôlˈföld, Hun. Nagy-Alföld [Great Alföld], great central plain of Hungary extending into Serbia and W Romania. The level region is drained by the Tisza and Danube rivers. Formerly wooded, the Alföld gradually became a steppe region as the Magyar and then the Mongol invaders (13th cent.) cut down many trees, exposing the soil to dry winds. Grasslands covered most of the Alföld until the late 19th cent., when extensive irrigation and drainage projects transformed parts of it into fertile farmland; grains, vegetables, feed crops, and livestock are now raised. The Alföld, on a primary invasion route to Europe, has been the scene of many major battles. The Little Alföld (Hun. Kis-Alföld) is located in NW Hungary and extends into S Slovakia and Austria.

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Studies in Human Ecology
Book by George A. Theodorson; Row, Peterson, 1961
Subjects: Human Ecology--Collections
...the areas of compact settlement on the Alfold. The principal indexes of the urban zones...the center. None of the cities of the Alfold, however, show that still higher type...characteristic of large cities. In the Alfold cities this zone includes both residence...
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Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788-907
Book by Charles R. Bowlus; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995
Subjects: Danube River Valley--History, Europe, Central--History
...predecessors, settled confederates in the Alfold. These settlers were Moravians, who...South Slavs, immigrated onto the Great Alfold from beyond the Danube following the defeat...whence they migrated north onto the Alfold. The classical name for the southern...
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Crossing Paths: Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms
Book by John Daverio; Oxford University Press, 2002
...One of the Burgenlands main regions, Alfold, turns up in the following line from...Zigeunerlieder: Schonstes Stadtchen in Alfold ist Ketschkemet ( Kecskemet is the loveliest little town in Alfold ). On Brahmss enthusiasm for the music...
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Yugoslavia
Book by Robert J. Kerner; University of California Press, 1949
Subjects: Yugoslavia
...certainly the Slavs were, for a time, in the Alfold--that wide expanse of grassland occupying...Avars under Bajan formed an empire in the Alfold region about A.D. 600, but some authorities...895. They found the grasslands of the Alfold congenial and gradually displaced the...
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Yugoslavia
Book by Robert J. Kerner; University of California Press, 1949
Subjects: Yugoslavia
...certainly the Slavs were, for a time, in the Alfold--that wide expanse of grassland occupying...Avars under Bajan formed an empire in the Alfold region about A.D. 600, but some authorities...895. They found the grasslands of the Alfold congenial and gradually displaced the...
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Who Is the Best? Insights from the Benchmarking of Border Regions
Journal article by Daniela Grozea-Helmenstein, Christian Helmenstein, Tatiana Slavova; Trames, Vol. 13, 2009
Subjects: Benchmarking--Analysis, Benchmarking--Methods, Benchmarks--Analysis, Benchmarks--Methods, Foreign direct investment, Foreign investments, Industrial location--Marketing, Industrial locations--Marketing, Regional development, Regionalism--Analysis, Regionalism--Economic aspects
...Severovychod, Severozapad, Stredni Cechy, Bremen, Stuttgart, Tubingen, Upper Bavaria, Del-Alfold, Del-Dunantul, Eszak-Magyarorszag, Eszak-Alfold, Kozep-Dunantul, Kozep-Magyarorszag, Nyugat-Dunantul, Campania, Emilia-Romagna...
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Szechenyi and Posterity: Changing Perceptions about Szechenyi in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Journal article by Gabor Vermes; East European Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1995
Subjects: Hungarian history, Hungary--History, Szechenyi, Istvan--Portrayals
...Nationalism (Princeton, NJ, 1968), p. 429. 29. Janos Barta, "A Szechenyi Elmeny. Utohang a Naplo Megjelenesehez," Alfold, 31, no. 3, 1980, p. 65. 30. Gyorgy Aczel, Jovot Mutato Elodok. Arckepvazlatok a Magyar Kultura Tortenetebol (Budapest...
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Self-Determination and the Difficulty of Creating Nation-States: The Transylvania Case
Journal article by Wesley J. Reisser; The Geographical Review, Vol. 99, 2009
Subjects: Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes--Influence, Nationalism--Analysis, Nationalism--Social aspects, Pacific settlement of international disputes--Influence, Peace negotiations--Influence, Transylvania--History, Transylvania--Social aspects, United States history--Analysis
...transferred from Hungary to Romania at the end of World War I as "Transylvania," although it also includes portions of the Greater Alfold (the eastern Hungarian Plain) and areas of the Banat given to Romania. For the purposes of investigating this region and...


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Philhellene's Progress: Patrick Leigh Fermor
Magazine article by Ben Downing; New Criterion, Vol. 19, January 2001
Subjects: A Time of Gifts (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Between the Woods and the Water (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Fermor, Patrick Leigh--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Travel--Literature, Travelers--Literature
...Hungarian Plain, he found still more drawbridges lowering at his approach: "word of the hazard moving across the south-east Alfold i.e., the Plain must have got about and thank God I shall never know whether it loomed as a threat or a bit of a joke...
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Hungary through Gastronomy - as Hungary Steps out of the Shadow of Communism, It Plans to Attract More Tourism by Showcasing Its Excellent Food and Wine Industries
Magazine article by Linda Joyce Forristal; World and I, Vol. 16, May 2001
Subjects: Food--Portrayals, Hungary--Description and travel, Wine and wine making--Hungary, Wine making--Hungary
...and well worth a day trip, lies a flat, fertile plain commonly called the Puszta but more accurately referred to as the Alfold. Here in Lajosmizse, I would see my first real gulyas--a thin spicy soup, not a stew. This traditional gulyas was made...


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Treasures in Oak; Peter Barker's Passion for Oak-Timbered Period Buildings Has Given Him a Home and a Business, Says Katrina Burroughs Homes & Property
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 27, 2004
...pounds sterling amp;#93;300) or some nicely figured oak floorboards at amp;#91;pounds sterling amp;#93;45 a square yard. Antique Buildings Ltd, Alfold Road, Dunsfold GU8 4NP, (01483 200477; www.antiquebuildings.com).
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WARS TO BAG A BARGAIN; Head beyond the M25 to Surrey, and Pick Up Antiques at Half the Prices Found in London. Katrina Burroughs Reports
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 21, 2004
...packhouse.com). . Bourne Mill Antiques: 39-43 Guildford Road, Farnham, Surrey (01252 716663). . Antique Buildings: Alfold Road, Dunsfold, Surrey (01483 200477; www.antiquebuildings.com). . Farnham Maltings antiques fair: Bridge Square...


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encyclopedia articles on: AlfOld  - 8 results

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AlfÖld
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALFOLD ol fold, Hun. Nagy-Alfold Great Alfold, great central plain of Hungary extending into Serbia and W Romania. The level region is drained by the Tisza and Danube rivers. Formerly wooded, the Alfold gradually became a steppe region as...
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Hungary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the east of the Danube, the Great Hungarian Plain (Hung. Alfold ) extends beyond the Hungarian boundaries to the Carpathians...important waterways. To the west of the Danube is the Little Alfold and the Transdanubian region, which are separated by the Bakony...
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Great AlfÖld
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GREAT ALFOLD see Alfold , plain, Hungary. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Danube
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the border between Slovakia and Hungary from Bratislava to Szob. At Szob, the Danube turns south and flows across the Great Alfold (plain) of central Hungary, past Budapest. After forming the northern two thirds of the Croatia-Serbia border, it enters...
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Europe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Italian, and Balkan peninsulas, which are largely mountainous. The Po plain, between the Alps and the Apennines, and the Alfold plain, between the Carpathians and the Alps, are fertile and much-developed regions. Among the chief river systems of Europe...
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