Komárom
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| Country |  Hungary |
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| County | Komárom-Esztergom |
| Area | |
| - Total | 70.2 km2 (27.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| - Total | 19,704 |
| - Density | 280.68/km2 (727/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 2900 |
| Area code(s) | 34 |
Komárom (Croatian: Komoran, German: Komorn, Serbian: Komarom or Комаром) is a city in Hungary on the right bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom county.[1]
The city of Komárom was formerly a separate suburban village called Újszőny. It was unified with the historical city of Komárom on the left bank of the Danube only in 1896. The city center was cut by the newly created border of Czechoslovakia in 1918 (the Czechoslovak part - now Slovak part - holds the name Komárno), and the development of the southern part only really began at that time.
Komárom and Komárno are connected by a bridge and the two towns used to be a border crossing between Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia on one hand, and Hungary on the other until both countries became part of the Schengen Area, resulting in all immigration and customs checks to be lifted on December 12, 2007.
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Notes and references
- ^ The fortress played an important role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and many contemporary English sources refer to it as the Fortress of Comorn (eg. George Ripley, Charles Anderson. The New American Cyclopaedia, D. Appleton and Company, 1860. p. 362)
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