Biatorbágy

Biatorbágy

Biatorbágy

Town in Pest, Hungary

Biatorbágy (German: Wiehall-Kleinturwall) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 13,889 (2019). It was created in 1966 by the merger of Bia (German: Wiehall) and Torbágy (German: Kleinturwall).

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History

Rail bridge in Biatorbágy

On 13 September 1931 a demented man (Szilveszter Matuska) blasted the train to Vienna on the viaduct of Biatorbágy. Killing 22 and injuring up to 122 people, 17 severely, it has been the most notorious sabotage on his crime history.

Sport

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Biatorbágy is twinned with:[2]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary". www.ksh.hu.
  2. [2]
    "Testvérvárosok". biatorbagy.hu (in Hungarian). Biatorbágy. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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