15 Facts About Eger

Eger is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary .

Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque buildings, the northernmost Ottoman minaret, dishes and red wines.

Today's Eger was formed in the 10th century by St Stephen, the first Christian king of Hungary, who founded an episcopal see in Eger.

The first cathedral of Eger was built on Castle Hill, within the present site of Eger Castle.

Eger grew around this cathedral, and remains an important religious centre in Hungary.

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Lampert, the bishop of Eger, received a permit from Bela IV for building a stone fortress.

The castle of Eger was starved into surrender by the Crusader army led by Charles of Lorraine in 1687, after the castle of Buda had been retaken in 1686.

Eger became the seat of an archbishopric in 1804, and the church remained in firm control of the town, despite efforts by its citizens to obtain greater freedom.

In 1933, Eger was one of those towns that first got the permission for opening a spa.

Eger is famous for its wines, most notably the "Egri Bikaver" .

Today, Eger is a prosperous town and popular tourist destination with a charming Baroque town centre.

Eger is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Eger, an ecclesiastical province of Hungary founded as a bishopric in 1009 and made a Metropolitan archdiocese in 1804, by Pope Pius VII.

Eger succeeds Archbishop Istvan Seregely, who retired because of age.

The most important terroir of the Eger Wine Region is the Nagy-Eged Hill, which is a Grand Cru terroir, where premium Grand Superior wines are produced.

Eger is mainly known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings and, above all else, its famous Hungarian red wines.