Komárno

Sister cities

• Weißenfels
• Lieto
• Kralupy nad Vltavou
• Blansko
• Sebeș
• Komárom
• Terezín

History

Komárno, located at the confluence of the Danube (rom. Ister) and Váh rivers, 108 – 115 meters above sea level, is an old settlement. Findings stem from the Neolithic, Eneolithic period, the Bronze Age. Many archaeological remains found throughout the region surrounding Komárom indicate the area was settled by the Celts toward the end of the 1st Century BC. During the 1st century AD, the Roman Empire extended its frontiers over the region, forming the province of Pannonia (present day Transdanubia). Here, the Romans, on the southern shore of the Danube, established the military camp and the settlement Brigetio. A chain of fortifications built along the Danube shores protected the camp and town. On the northern shore of the Danube, the fortified bridgehead of Celemantia (near present-day Iža) was built at the beginning of the 2nd century. Some historians suppose that there was a similar Roman fortress on the site of the Komárno (Brigetio) Castle because of the strategic importance of the place, but excavations have not yet proved this theory. The Romans remained in Pannonia until the end of the 4th century, when they were gradually pushed out by the strengthening attacks of barbarian tribes. Gothic, Slavic, and Avar findings have been excavated here from the 7th and 8th centuries AD. After the collapse of the Avar empire at the end of the 8th century, Komárno had remained one of the last resorts of the Avars. The most significant Avar findings are the so-called Shipyard-graves. They are one of the most significant Avar findings in the Carpathian Basin with 153 graves dated from the 7th to 9th century. In the early 10th century, the territory came under the rule of the Magyar tribes. According to the medieval chronicle Gesta Hungarorum, one of the Magyar tribal…