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Country
  
Hungary

County
  
Pest

Rank
  
Village

Region
  
Central Hungary

Subregion
  
Váci

KSH code
  
18573

Acsa

Acsa is a village in Pest County, Hungary.

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Location

The village lies at the foot of the Cserhát hills by the upper River Galga in Pest County, near the border with Nógrád County.

Population

Most of Acsa's population is Slovakian.

Communications

Route 2108 serves the village by road from Aszód and Balassagyarmat. Stopping trains of the Hungarian State Railways serve the village on line 78 (Aszód–Balassagyarmat–Ipolytarnóc). Acsa and Erdőkürt share a station ("Acsa-Erdőkürt"), between Püspökhatvan and Galgaguta.

History

The first known mention of the village as "Acha" was in 1341. At that time the village was owned by the Achai family and from 1422 it was the Palatine Miklós Garai's property. During Turkish rule (see Ottoman Hungary) the village was demolished, but later on Slovakians settled. From 1730 the village was the Prónay family's land.

Landmarks

  • The baroque Prónay castle, which was built around 1775 by Giovanni Battista Carlone (it is in Acsaújlak, but is not open to visitors)
  • The ruins of Csővár to the north
  • The Roman Catholic church, built in 1747
  • The village museum

    • Famous people

    Sándor Prónay, knight and chamberlain, was born in Acsa in 1760.

    References

    Acsa Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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