Csobánka is a village in
Pest County,
Budapest metropolitan area
The Budapest metropolitan area ( hu, budapesti agglomeráció) is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Budapest and its surrounding suburbs. Created by Hungary's national statistical office HCSO to describe ...
,
Hungary. Csobánka is located in the
Pilis Mountains
Pilis Mountains is a mountainous region in the Transdanubian Mountains. Its highest peak is ''Pilis-tető'' at . It is a popular hiking destination in Hungary.
It is the direct southern neighbour of the Visegrád Mountains which are based on vo ...
which is a
National Park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
in Hungary.
The name Csobánka comes from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban) rooted in < Persian چوبان (čubân). which means shepherd. The word ''csobán'' originated from the settlement of the
Magyars
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic ...
in Hungary. The earliest record of the official name was mentioned in a tax minute-book on January 3, 1698.
Twin towns – sister cities
Csobánka is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Wertheim, Germany (1992)
References
External links
Official website of Csobánka(in Hungarian)
Populated places in Pest County
Budapest metropolitan area
Serb communities in Hungary
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