Nógrád

Nógrád
Nógrád
Location of Nógrád
Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 19°03′06″E / 47.90482°N 19.05157°E / 47.90482; 19.05157Coordinates: 47°54′17″N 19°03′06″E / 47.90482°N 19.05157°E / 47.90482; 19.05157
Country  Hungary
County Nógrád
Area
  Total 29.52 km2 (11.40 sq mi)
Population (2004)
  Total 1,573
  Density 53.28/km2 (138.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 2642
Area code(s) 35
For the county, see Nógrád County.

Nógrád (Russian: Новгород, Novgorod-Ugorsky;[1][2] German: Neuburg; Slovak: Novohrad) is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary.

Nógrád, castle from a bird's eye view

Etymology

The name comes from Slavic Novgrad ("New Castle") from which evolved Slovak Novohrad (with the same meaning) and Hungarian Nógrád. 1138/1329 civitas Naugrad, around 1200 castrum Nougrad, 1217 castrum de Nevgrad.[3] The village (1405 villa Newgrad) and the county was named after the castle.

References

  1. Vernadsky, V. Voice from the Hungarian Ruthenia. "Russkaya Mysl". 1880
  2. Pogodin, A. Ruthenia Abroad. "Soikin Publishing". Petrograd 1915
  3. Branislav, Varsik (1994). "Osídlenie Novohradu a Ipeľskej kotliny vo svetle miestnych názvov". Kontinuita medzi veľkomoravskými Slovienmi a stredovekými severouhorskými Slovanmi (Slovákmi) (in Slovak). Veda. p. 115. ISBN 80-224-0175-7.
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