Párkány

E781945

Párkány is a town on the Danube River in southern Slovakia, near the Hungarian border, historically known as a strategic site of conflicts between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires.

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Párkány canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
borderFunction Slovak–Hungarian border town
borderStatus Schengen Area internal border crossing NERFINISHED
connectedBy bridge over the Danube
country Slovakia
crossBorderRelation Esztergom (Hungary) NERFINISHED
economicActivity cross-border trade
tourism
hasHeritage Ottoman–Habsburg military history
hasMinority Hungarian minority population
historicalConflict Habsburg–Ottoman wars NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Esztergom region NERFINISHED
historicalRole strategic military site
languageMajority Hungarian (historically and locally)
locatedIn Central Europe
southern Slovakia NERFINISHED
locatedNear Hungarian border
locatedOnRiver Danube River NERFINISHED
nearbyCapital Budapest (relatively nearby along the Danube)
nearbyCity Esztergom NERFINISHED
notableEvent Battle of Párkány NERFINISHED
partOf Kingdom of Hungary (historically) NERFINISHED
region Nitra Region (modern administrative region of Slovakia) NERFINISHED
strategicFeature Danube River crossing
transportRole regional transport hub on the Danube

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Battle of Párkány location Párkány
Štúrovo hasHungarianName Párkány