Lébény | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Győr-Moson-Sopron county in Hungary | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Győr-Moson-Sopron |
| District | Mosonmagyaróvár |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.36 km2 (31.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 3,232 |
| • Density | 39.72/km2 (102.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9155 |
| Area code | (+36) 96 |
| Motorways | M1 |
| Distance from Budapest | 145 km (90 mi) East |
| Website | lebeny |
Lébény (Latin:Quadrata orStailuco) is a town inGyőr-Moson-Sopron County, midway between Mosonmagyaróvár and Győr,Hungary. It has aRomanesque monastic church commenced in 1208. Similar family or clan-financed medieval Hungarian monastic churches can be found inJák,Ócsa,Nyírbátor,Harina andMălâncrav.
The Lébény area has been occupied continuously since prehistoric times. Signs of human occupation have been found from the Neolithic, through the Bronze and Iron Ages, including excavated remains ofCeltic habitation. WhenTiberius, later the Roman Emperor, overranTransdanubia in AD 9, he established a military camp and civilian settlement in the area of present-day Lébény.
In later centuries the region was inhabited byHuns, then byLombards, and then byAvars, who were converted to Christianity. Excavations have confirmed there was already a sizeable community at Lébény at the time of theHungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in the 9th and 10th centuries, including Slavic groups.
The first written mention of the place was under the name Libin in 1208.[2]
Now the parish church of St James the Apostle, this Romanesque church was originally built for a community ofBenedictine monks. Its nave with two aisles and three apses forms abasilica structure. The capitals of the columns inside the church are carved with plant ornamentation.
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