Danube Bend

Danube Bend is a curve of the in and gives its name to this entire region.
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Essential Destinations

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is a town in the Danube Bend region, on the right bank of the river Danube, that is, on the border between Slovakia and Hungary. The original capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, preserves its sites of medieval significance.

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is a small castle town in the Danube Bend region. It is north of on the right bank of the Danube. is famous for the remains of the Early Renaissance summer palace of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and the medieval citadel.

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is a town in the Danube Bend region. It is located on the eastern bank of the Danube near the magnificent Danube bend. Though not visited nearly as much as either or it can be a pleasant and enjoyable stopover between the two.

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is a town in the Danube Bend region, on the right bank of the Danube, 19 km north of .

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is a town in the Danube Bend region, 55 km north of , halfway between and . The population is a bit over 2700 people.

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a town of 44,000 people in the Danube Bend region, north of , common limit with on the left bank of the Danube. Nicknamed as "Gate of Danube Bend".

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is a town in Pest county, , . It is just south and east of the Slovak border on the north bank of the Danube. is on a major electrified rail connection from and a major railway border crossing into Hungary.

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is a town in the Danube Bend region.

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is a town in the Danube Bend region. It is on the HÉV line – northwest from Budapest. Its neighbor towns are Budakalász, Csobánka and Szentendre. A popular place to start trips in the Pilis mountains.

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is a town in the Danube Bend region. 18 km north-west of . There are over 12,000 residents. Solymár is a village next toward southwest one settlement with . The population of this village over 9,000 people.

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is a village and commune in in . From 1976 to 1990 the village of was merged with the village of , to create a new merged settlement called Verőcemaros.

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is a riverside village in Pest county, in the Budapest metropolitan area. It is just north of Szentendre between the branch of the Little Danube and the spurs of the Visegrád Mountains.

Danube Bend

Latitude of center
47.7642° or 47° 45′ 51″ north
Longitude of center
18.9336° or 18° 56′ 1″ east
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 335716997
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3053477
Wiki­data ID
Q573498
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Swedish—“Danube Bend” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Okuka Dunava”
  • Chinese: “多瑙大彎”
  • Czech: “Dunajské ohbí”
  • Danish: “Donauknæet”
  • Dutch: “Donauknie”
  • Esperanto: “Danubokurbiĝo”
  • French: “Coude du Danube”
  • German: “Donauknie”
  • Hebrew: “עיקול הדנובה”
  • Hungarian: “Dunakanyar”
  • Italian: “Ansa del Danubio”
  • Japanese: “ドナウ大曲”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Donaukneet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Donausvingen”
  • Norwegian: “Donaukneet”
  • Polish: “Zakole Dunaju”
  • Russian: “Дунайская излучина”
  • Slovak: “Vyšehradská brána”
  • Spanish: “Recodo del Danubio”
  • Swedish: “Donaukröken”

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