Nógrád
Place in Hungary
Nógrád (Slovak: Novohrad; German: Neuburg) is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary.
Besides roads, the village can be reached by train, on the Vác-Balassagyarmat railway line number 75, which stops at Nógrád railway station.
01Etymology
The name comes from Slavic Novgrad ("New Castle") from which evolved Slovak Novohrad (with the same meaning) and Hungarian Nógrád. 1138/1329 civitas Naugrad, around 1200 castrum Nougrad, 1217 castrum de Nevgrad. The village (1405 villa Newgrad) and the county was named after the castle.
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- Nógrádi látkép.jpg by Tichy-Rács Éva, CC BY-SA 3.0
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