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Magyar Flags CSS NOT Images

Absolute positioning These are NOT Images with the exception of the Coat of Arms
This div is absolutely positioned 695 pixels from the top and 260 pixels from the left of its containing block INSIDE Flag.
Red is lighter in both the Coat of Arms and Flag itself Colour red = red. Images below.

Absolute positioning These are NOT Images with the exception of the Coat of Arms
This div is absolutely positioned 1179 pixels from the top and 260 pixels from the left of its containing block INSIDE Flag.
Red color= #cc020c what appears to be a more traditional red. Images below

How this Web page evolved

This page started off as a learning experince using css but soon developed into a mini project. Some items are not images at all even though they may look like images. You may notice some of these items are simply exercises in CSS but for the student it may prove valuable. Because of its educational beginnings the page is somewhat disorganised.

It may be appropriate to provide a simple explanation here. Hungarian is the english name of the country, this varies by language and nation but in hungary it is Magyar. It often puzzled me how USA or America seems fairly universal as do many other nations but Germans call Germany Deutschland. How these names evolved seem a mystery to investigate another day. America in itself seems odd since America is used to designate the continents — North America and South America not to mention Central America. If your name is Brown it is Brown (as badly as it may be pronounced) regardless of where in the world you go but nations' names don't seem to have the same consideration. Oh well I am sure there are many things much stranger in the world to ponder.

Hard to deny heritage, not that I ever tried but having lived in Canada for 55 plus years I consider it my home land, even though as you may have guessed I was born in Hungary. I have a mild interest in Hungary as the land of my ancestors, with a rich and intersting history. It was the sacrifices made by my parents that brought our family to Canada following the short lived Hungarian Revolution of 1956. A link to my personal Web Site.

Hungarians from all walks of life rose up against insurmountable odds to fight the brutal Soviet-installed Hungarian communist government. Thousands died fighting, others tortured and executed, while 200,000 were forced to flee. My family is part of those who fled and we settled in Canada. I remeber October 23^rd 1956 well. Some of the Revolutionary Images are still vivid in my mind. I have a chunk of the bronze, once part of the statue of Stalin (my brother Alex has been keeping this for safe keeping for some 30 years now).

Enjoy the site. If you follow the links here you will find years worth of research information, following the many, many links within the referenced pages.

Images of Hungarian Flag

 

 

CSS declarations for various horizontal lines

Hungarian Coat of Arms

Also referenced as National Seal

Kossuth - 1848 revolutionary leader, a national hero honoured to this day




Sándor Petőfi - a poet and national hero of the same revolutionary era
          perhaps his most famos work, Nemzeti Dal (wikipedia) the first verse of which
          is etched into every Hungarian's mind for a lifetime.
          Nemzeti Dal (local copy) Talpra Magyar

Communist Era Seals

Images with a border have a larger version, view by clicking on the image.

Various Historical Items

Click on images above for full size iamge

The Holy Crown

Images of The Hungarian Holy Crown

Treaty of Trianon

Trianon was perhaps the most drastic and controversial element in the post-War settlement.

.....Hungary was not, you would think, particularly guilty: she had been dragged into the war by her Austrian partners. (Make sure you understand exactly how Austria-Hungary worked.)

.....But Hungary was surrounded by enemy states, who all wanted to seize Hungarian land, and full of ethnic minorities who were whipped into resentment and nationalist fervour by agitators.

.....The Treaty of Trianon was forced on the hopeless Hungarians in June 1920. Apart from the usual reparations and limits on future military structure, the Treaty imposed territorial penalties which were fantastically severe. Lands (before dissolution) which had been Hungarian for a millennium went to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Jugoslavia, Italy and even Austria. Among the losses was Prekmurje, given to the Jugoslavs and now part of Slovenia.

.....Hungary lost an appalling 72% of her territory, and two-thirds of her population. Almost a third of the Hungarian race was left outside the rump Hungary, transformed into minorities. This minorities was badly treated for many years, and is still badly treated in Slovakia (where you can be fined for for using Hungarian when conducting business, or publishing books, or singing in public). Hungarians in Rumania too were harshly treated as second class citizens.


Treaty of Trianon, (1920), treaty concluding World War I and signed by representatives of Hungary on one side and the Allied Powers on the other. It was signed on June 4, 1920, at the Trianon Palace at Versailles, France. The Allies' presentation of their terms for peace with Hungary was delayed first by their reluctance to treat with Béla Kun's communist regime in that country and subsequently by the obvious instability of the more moderate Hungarian governments that assumed office during the Romanian occupation of Budapest (from August to mid-November 1919). At last, however, the Allies recognized a new government, and on Jan. 16, 1920, at Neuilly, near Paris, a Hungarian delegation received the draft of a treaty.

By the terms of the treaty, Hungary was shorn of at least two-thirds of its former territory and two-thirds of its inhabitants. Czechoslovakia was given Slovakia, sub-Carpathian Ruthenia, the region of Pressburg (Bratislava), and other minor sites. Austria received western Hungary (most of Burgenland). The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) took Croatia-Slavonia and part of the Banat. Romania received most of Banat and all of Transylvania. Italy received Fiume. Except for plebiscites in two small regions, all the transfers were effected without any plebiscites.

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The Covenant of the League of Nations was integrally included in the treaty. Hungary's armed forces were to be restricted to 35,000 men, lightly armed and employed only to maintain internal order and to secure the frontiers. The amount of reparations to be imposed was to be determined later.

The seeds of much resentment, ethnic conflict, and interwar tension were sown through the treaty. Hungarian officials opposed what they considered its violation of Hungary's historical character, as well as the displacement of so many ethnic Magyars, especially without plebiscites, in violation of the principle of self-determination.

Many changes have taken place in recent times in the shape and face of Europe. Nations torn apart, the former Soviet Union, nations re-born and perhaps a more managable and realistic political climate to accomodate ethenic realities and the history of the regions. See Europe Today a simple interactive map showing the nations with their capitals.

The changes may not be complete with the recent Scottish independence referendum, 2014.
The latest possible change is the Crimean region of Ukraine possibly joining Russia or forming a new state. We do live in interesting times.

I hope your interest has been peaked to do more reasearch. Hungary has one of the richest histories of both conquest and defeat. The Huns terrorised Europe, Attila the Hun comes to mind and were often conquered, ruled and were ruled. Enjoy your quest into history.

Mom's Photo Album – Virtually a lifetime in pictures

Private Section – Unreferenced by the main website

Online Dictionary – English ↔ Hungarian

Fekete Calendar – Birthdays Anniversaries

Personal Musings – Moved to new page

A Hungarian Perspective – A Hungarian's recollections on Canada etc...

Cremation – Inexpensive alternative arrangements