Zalavár | |
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Village | |
 Remains of the Romanesque basilica in Zalavár | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Zalavár Location of Zalavár | |
| Coordinates:46°40′12″N17°09′25″E / 46.66996°N 17.15683°E /46.66996; 17.15683 | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Western Transdanubia |
| County | Zala |
| District | Keszthely |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.06 km2 (11.99 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2024)[1] | |
• Total | 835 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8392 |
| Area code | (+36) 83 |
| Website | www |
Zalavár is a village in south-westernHungary, located inZalaCounty. It is located around 9 km (6 mi) southwest ofLake Balaton.
According to written sources the settlement was called 'Mosapurc' in the 9th century, "Mosapurc regia civitate".[2] It was also known asMoosburg,Urbs Paludarum,Braslavespurch[3] andBlatengrad in medieval records. The medieval settlement is known in modern sources asBlatnohrad (Slovak),Blatnograd, Блатноград (Serbo-Croatian andBulgarian).Ján Kollár called itSalavár in his travel book and described the state of the ruins in 1841.
In the 9th century,Mosapurc orMoosburg[4] was a fortified settlement built along theZala river and was the capital of the Frankish vassalLower Pannonian Principality ruled by a Slavic princePribina ("Privinae civitas, munimen, castrum in nemore et palude Salae" in aSalzburg chronicle). During the reign of Pribina's son, princeKocel (861–876), in the summer of 867, it provided short-term hospitality to brothersCyril and Methodius on their way fromGreat Moravia to the pope inRome to justify the use of theSlavonic language as a liturgical language. They and their disciples turned Blatnograd into one of the centers that spread the knowledge of the newSlavonic script (Glagolitic alphabet) and literature, educating numerous future missionaries in their native language.
It is claimed thatUrbs Paludarum, Brazlavo's burg (Moosburg), was the site of theBattle of Pressburg, instead ofBratislava.[5] The only contemporary source mentioning a location of the battle is theAnnales iuvavensesmaximi (Annals of Salzburg); however, the reliability of these annals is questionable, as they survive only in fragments copied in the 12th century.[6] According to the annals, the battle took place in the vicinity of Brezalauspurc, the castle of Duke Brazlavo (Braslav), located west ofLake Balaton.[7]
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