- Budaörs
Infobox Settlement
image_shield = COA Budaörs.svg
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2|official_name=Budaörs
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Pest
area_total_km2=23.59
population_total=27004
population_as_of=2007
population_density_km2=1067.01
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=2040
area_code=23
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Budaörs
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latd=47.46072
longd=18.95798Budaörs is a town in
Pest county ,Budapest metropolitan area ,Hungary . The town has a large German-speaking minority who call it Wudersch. In Croatian, it is called "Jerša, Erša and Vundeš" (names by local Croat minority).Location
The town lies among the
Buda and Csiki hills and the Tétény plateau in the Budaörs-basin.History
The first settlements of the area date from 3500 BC. Excavations near the Hosszúrét-creek resulted in findings from the
Bronze age (1900 to 800 BC). Before the Romans, theCelt icEraviscus tribe occupied the area for about 100 years. Several villas have been recovered from the Roman times aroundKamaraerdő .Little is known of the early history of the settlement after the
Hungarian conquest . The name originates from the name of one of tha Kabar tribes that joined the Hungarians.The first written mention of Örs dates from
1236 whenBéla IV , king ofHungary donated a church together with the St. Martin chapel to theCistercians . Under the Turkish occupation during Ottoman rule the area was uninhabited and was resettled by Schwab peasants in the early 18th century by the countess Zsuzsanna Bercsényi.Since then the town developed rapidly. While at the end of the 18th century only 1143 peasants lived here, in 40 years the number tripled. The
World War s affected the town badly; and after the war it was Budaörs where theCommunist government begun forcing ethnic Germans to leave their homes.Today Budaörs is a town of 26400 inhabitants [Official webpage.] .
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