page_title: Törökbálint
section_title: New Age and the modern Törökbálint
hierarchical_section_title: Törökbálint / History / New Age and the modern Törökbálint
caption_attribution_description: Törökbálint, Hungary, aerialphotgraphy
context_page_description: Törökbálint is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Törökbálint received town status on 1 July 2007.
  The city also has a German name, Großturwall, which originates from the times of the Swabian immigration after the Ottoman times of Hungary.
context_section_description: In the 16th century, the lands around Törökbálint were given to the Jesuits, who built many beautiful buildings in Baroque style. They possessed the lands until 1773. By this time, the area was hardly inhabited, which was partly the result of the Turkish wars two hundred years before. In the 18th century, the first Danube Swabians began to arrive. The latter became the major population group in the area in a few decades.
  After the order of the Jesuits was dissolved, Maria Theresa, the Kaiserin of Austria and Queen of Hungary gave the lands to Josef Majláth, her chamber counselor.
  The first transportation contact with the capital, Budapest was established in 1884 with the opening of a railway.
  In 1900, the township obtained a new name. Instead of Török-Bálint, the name Törökbálint became official.
  The next important step in the development of the settlement was the opening of the suburban railway, in 1912, which was, however, closed after World War I.
  After World War II, the Danube Swabians, who had been living there for hundreds of years, were expelled from Hungary.
  Nowadays, Törökbálint is part of the suburban Budapest. More and more people move to the township, which has a very calm and peaceful atmosphere. Tükörhegy (mirror hill or Spiegelberg in German), an area in the outskirts of Törökbálint, a former orchard, has been, for instance, almost fully built in.
  In the outskirts of Törökbálint, multinational companies, like Cora and Telenor give work for many inhabitants of the settlement.
caption: Aerial photography of Törökbálint
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