Eger

:(Eger is also German name for the city Cheb in the Czech Republic.)

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Eger (Serbian and Croatian Jegar, Jegra, Czech Jager, Slovak J?ger, Polish Jagier, Turkish E?ri, German Erlau, Latin Agria) is a town in northern Hungary, county capital of Heves, east of M?tra mountains. Eger is mostly known for its castle, thermal baths, historical buildings (including the northernmost Turkish minaret) and for the best Hungarian red wines.

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Eger has been inhabited since the stone age. During the early Middle Ages the area was inhabited by German, Avar and Slavonic tribes. Hungarians occupied the area in the 10th century. Stephen the Saint (997–1038), the first Christian king of Hungary founded an episcopate in Eger. The first cathedral of Eger was built on the Castle Hill, where now the Castle of Eger stands. The town was built around the cathedral, which doesn't exist any more, but Eger has been an important religious centre of Hungary ever since then.

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