List of Historical Capitals of Hungary

List Of Historical Capitals Of Hungary

During the history of Hungary the country has had more than one capital city. These were:

  • Esztergom from 1000 to 1256 (it was also the centre of the Principality of Hungary probably from the reigns of Grand Prince Taksony or Géza)
  • Székesfehérvár, it often changed the capital title with Esztergom
  • Buda, from 1256 to 1316 and from 1408 to 1536
  • Temesvár, 1316–1323
  • Visegrád, from 1323 to 1408
  • Vienna, from 1487 to 1490, Matthias Corvinus occupied Lower Austria and put his seat to Bécs (Vienna)
  • Pressburg (Pozsony) from 1536 to 1784 (because of the Ottoman occupation)
  • Gyulafehérvár from 1541 to 1570, royal residence and the capital of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (it was also the centre of the latter Principality of Transylvania)
  • Pest-Buda (present-day Budapest) from 1784 to 1873 (The country was part of Austria between 1849 and 1867, so the true capital was Vienna in that time.)
  • Debrecen twice, in 1849 and in 1944 (during the Hungarian revolution of 1848, end of the World War II)
  • Budapest (including Buda) 1873–present

Read more about List Of Historical Capitals Of Hungary:  Capitals of Pannonia Province

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