Előszállás

Előszállás
Roman Catholic church
Coat of arms
Előszállás Location of Előszállás
Coordinates: 46°49′30″N 18°49′36″E / 46.82505°N 18.82656°ECoordinates: 46°49′30″N 18°49′36″E / 46.82505°N 18.82656°E
Country	Hungary
County	Fejér
Area
• Total	39.83 km^2 (15.38 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	2,487
• Density	62.44/km^2 (161.7/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2424
Area code(s)	25
Website	eloszallas.hu

Előszállás (German: Neuhof) is a village in Fejér County, Hungary.

Name

Road sign in Old Hungarian script

Előszállás was first mentioned in written sources in a 1537 record as Elevzallas (and as Ellő Szállás in 1740, Elő-Szállás in 1785, and Ellö-szálas in 1805).^[1] The name is probably of Cuman origin; the westernmost settlement of the Cumans was located here. The village was known as Neuhof in German.

History

Előszállás and the surrounding areas were occupied before the Romans. Celtic, Avar, and Roman artifacts have been found here. At the beginning of the 16th century, the provost of Fehérvár had an estate here. Later it became the property of the Sulyok family (Balázs, István, and György Sulyok). After this it was a property of Várpalota Castle.

References

1. Magyar nyelvjárások 23 (1980), p. 66.

External links

• Media related to Előszállás at Wikimedia Commons
• Street map (Hungarian)