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Bakonyszentlászló is a village located in Veszprém County
in Hungary between Town of Pápa (38
km east) and Town of Zirc (25 km
north) in the northern part of the Bakony Mountains. The village
has got 2.119 inhabitants (1990 census) nearly all of them are
Hungarians. The territory of the village is 38,51 km2.
The village was founded by King Saint Ladislas (Szent László
király) in the 11th century. In 1910 Bakonyszentlászló was a
village in the Zirc district of Veszprém County. Number of
inhabitants in 1910: 1.416; 1.334 (94,2%) Hungarian, 80 (5,6%)
German and 2 others by mother tongue, 990 (69,9%) Roman Catholic,
373 (26,3 %) Lutheran, 39 (2,8%) Calvinist and 14 (1,0%) other by
religion.
from http://www.almanach.hu/magyar/guide/b/bakonysl.htm:
"The holiday-village situated in a beautiful area lies 25 km
away from Town of Zirc. Places of interest: the Roman Catholic
"round" church built in 1780 in late-Baroque style; the
Mayor's Office with the memorial of the wars in front of it (the
work of György Katona); the Lutheran church, that was rebuilt
many times after its destruction during the Turkish occupation,
and received its present shape in 1816; the Esterházy Park with
a fountain with a water containing iron, sulphur and lithium and
bearing the name of János Vak Bottyán; former
Esterházy-Castle; near the village lies the only ancient sandy
pine-forest in Europe that is now a natural reserve area. Places
to visit in the area: the Köpince-fountain in Vinye, the
fortress of Csesznek, the valley of the Hódos-creek, Fenyöfö,
the Field of the Devil (with the Zsivány-cave and the
Remete-cave nearby)."
The flag, the Coat of Arms and the seal
were adopted on 23 May 1997.
Istvan Molnar, 17 September 2000
Bakonyszentlászló village joined Gyor-Moson-Sopron county on
20th October 2002.
Istvan Molnar, 31 October 2002
by Istvan Molnar, 17 September 2000
Description of the coat of arms - In the dark blue field you can see
King Saint Ladislas, the holy king of the Hungarians, on the
white horse.
Istvan Molnar, 17 September 2000