Kisbér

Kisbér

Kisbér

Town in Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary

Kisbér (German: Beer) is a town in northern Hungary, in Komárom-Esztergom county. It is the administrative centre of Kisbér District. The town was first mentioned in 1277.

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Royal Stud

Kisber was home to the 15,648-acre (63.33 km2) Imperial-Royal Stud where a Thoroughbred racehorse named for the town was bred under the supervision of Stud's manager, Count Zoest. Foaled in 1873, Kisber raced in England where in 1876 he won that country's most prestigious race, The Derby. He was then sent to Paris where he won France's most important race, the Grand Prix de Paris.[2]

Twin towns — sister cities

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

Kisbér is twinned with:[3]

People

References

  1. [1]
    Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
  2. [2]
    "Cornell University Library Making of America Collection".
  3. [3]
    "Külkapcsolatok". kisber.hu (in Hungarian). Kisbér. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
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