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by István Molnár, 9 Febuary 2001
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From:
http://www.konkoly.hu/staff/budavari/Szfvar.html :
the city of the kings ', was the first capital of Hungary. Its
name is Alba Regia in Latin. Now it is the seat of Fejér county,
its population is 130,000 and it is a road and railway junction.
The downtown is rich in historical monuments and museums.
Dov Gutterman, 2 August 1999
Székesfehérvár is a city in Fejér County in Hungary near
to the Lake of Velence (10 km West). The city has got 107.073
inhabitants (1990 census), nearly all of them are Hungarians.
Five of the Official Ethnic Minorities of Hungary has got ethnic
council in the city. Gipsy, Polish, German, Armenian and Serb.
Neighbouring settlements are: Zámoly, Sárkeresztes, Moha,
Iszkaszentgyörgy, Csór, Sárszentmihály, Szabadbattyán, Tác,
Aba, Seregélyes, Pákozd and Pátka villages. The name of the
city: Székes means Royal and Fehérvár means White Castle. The
German name is a wrong translation: Stuhlweissenburg. Stuhl in
Hungarian Szék (means chair) The Latin name of the city in the
Middle Ages was Alba Regalis (means Royal White Castle).
From http://www.szekesfehervar.hu/drszfveng/history.htm/:
"Székesfehérvár, na