Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 °C. The greater strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arise mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at these high temperatures. End applications include tableware, decorative ware such as figurines, toilets and washbasins, and products in technology and industry such as electrical insulators and laboratory ware.
Spode is an English brand of pottery and homewares produced in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Spode was founded by Josiah Spode (1733–1797) in 1770, and was responsible for perfecting two important techniques that were crucial to the worldwide success of the English pottery industry in the 19th century: transfer printing on earthenware and bone china.
Pápa is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 32,473 inhabitants (2011), it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the region.
Herend is a small town in Hungary (Europe), near the city of Veszprém.
Controlled-access highways in Hungary are dual carriageways, grade separated with controlled-access, designed for high speeds. The legislation amendments define two types of highways: motorways and expressways.
Móric Fischer de Farkasházy was a Hungarian porcelain-manufacturer; was one of the founders of the Herend porcelain manufactory in 1839.
János Fadrusz was a Hungarian sculptor in the Neoclassical style. He was especially noted for his works on historical subjects.
Városlőd is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary. Its partner town is Wiesthal, Germany.
Zsolnay, or formally Zsolnay Porcelánmanufaktúra Zrt is a Hungarian manufacturer of porcelain, tiles, and stoneware. The company introduced the eosin glazing process and pyrogranite ceramics.
The Herend Porcelain Manufactory is a Hungarian manufacturing company, specializing in luxury hand-painted and gilded porcelain. Founded in 1826, it is based in the town of Herend near the city of Veszprém.
In the Veszprém stabbing of 8 February 2009, a group of Romani people stabbed three members of the MKB Veszprém handball team in a bar in Veszprém, Hungary. One of them, Marian Cozma, was killed.
József Breznay was a Hungarian painter.
The Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is a European award for literature presented in Budapest since 1997. The native form of this name is Balassi Bálint-emlékkard. This award commemorates the 16th century Hungarian poet Bálint Balassi. The memorial sword is presented annually to an outstanding Hungarian poet, and to a foreign poet for excellence in translation of Hungarian literature, including the works of Balassi. The sword itself is a replica of those sabres that the 16th century Hungarian cavalry wore during the sieges of fortresses. They are the work of a contemporary swordsmith. This award is presented each year on Bálint's (Valentine's) Day, February 14, in the city of Buda. The celebration venue is traditionally the Hotel Gellért.
Imre (Emmerich) Menyhay was a Hungarian-Austrian economist, pedagogue, sociologist, and psychologist of economics. His fields of research are pedagogy, economic psychology, and economic sociology development. His key works are Management, Business, Ethics - Social Theory and Background by the Application of Economic Sociology, dealing with social theoretical economic sociology, and Homo Oeconomicus And Unfinished Creation - The Analytical Background by Economic Psychology and Its Application, dealing with psychoanalytical economic psychology.
The Turner family of potters was active in Staffordshire, England 1756-1829. Their manufactures have been compared favourably with, and sometimes confused with, those of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons. Josiah Wedgwood was both a friend and a commercial rival of John Turner the elder, the first notable potter in the family.
Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy was a Hungarian porcelain factory owner, ceramicist, and author. His brother, Dr. farkasházi Zsigmond Farkasházy (1874–1928), was a politician, journalist, MP, and lawyer.
Vienna porcelain is the product of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, a porcelain manufacturer in Alsergrund in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1718 and continued until 1864.
Koloman Brenner is a German-Hungarian linguist, politician, and associate professor. He belongs to the ethnic German community of Hungary. Between 2014 and 2017, he was the Deputy Director of the German Institute of the Faculty of Humanities at Eötvös Loránd University. His research fields are the phonetics and phonology of the German language, German and comparative dialectology, minority languages, and multilingualism. He is an active participant in German public life in Hungary. He has been a Member of Parliament since 2018, and he is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He has been Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly since 2020.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hungary refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members in Hungary. There were 75 members in Hungary in 1990. There were 5,259 members in 21 congregations as of December 2022.
Gábor Ferenczi is a Hungarian educator and politician, who has been the mayor of Devecser since 2014. Prior to that, he was a member of the National Assembly (MP) from 2010 to 2014. He was a politician of the far-right Jobbik, then Our Homeland Movement.
