After his father's death when Jókai was 12, his family had meant him to follow the law, his father's profession, and accordingly the youth, always singularly assiduous, plodded conscientiously through the usual curriculum at Kecskemét and Pest ( part of what is now Budapest ), and as a full-blown advocate actually succeeded in winning his first case.

Kecskemét was established at the meeting point of a large sandy region and a sandy yellow soil ; its altitude is 120 meters above sea level.

During the Turkish invasion, settlers from neighbouring villages sought shelter in Kecskemét, which was protected by defensive palisades.

In the 19th century, Kecskemét was already part of an important wine district, but the city increased in importance after the vine-pest destroyed most vineyards in the hilly regions.

In 1950 for the first time, Kecskemét took on a significant political administration role, as it was made seat of the country's largest county, Bács-Kiskun.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, and at the 4th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival where it won the Award of Adult Audience.

He was sent to a school run by Piarist Fathers in Veszprém and later to a school in Kecskemét.

He received recognition in 2002 for having created the scores for numerous animated works and was awarded a prize by the Kecskemét Animation Film Festival Jury for Best Music.

Venetianer was born in Kecskemét.

In 1905 he was commissioned to work on a statue of the poet Vörösmarty to be erected in Budapest, and another of Kossuth in Kecskemét, having been awarded both these commissions as a result of competition.

Daimler-Benz invests € 800 million ($ 1. 2 billion ) and creates up to 2, 500 jobs at a new assembly plant in Kecskemét, Hungary with capacity for producing 100, 000 Mercedes-Benz compact cars a year.

Further international tournament victories were scored at East Berlin 1962, Sarajevo 1967, Hastings 1967-68, Kecskemét 1968, Tallinn 1969, Pärnu 1971, and Las Palmas 1973.

Abroad, his best results included first equal with Savielly Tartakower at Kecskemét ( B Final, 1927 ) and fifth at San Remo ( the strongest tournament of 1930 ), when he finished ahead of Spielmann, Vidmar and Tartakower.

He shared second / third places at Kecskemét 1962 on 10. 5 / 15 behind Ratmir Kholmov.

Portisch shared the title at Kecskemét 1966 on 6. 5 / 9, along with Vlastimil Hort.

Melis has composed music for film, winning the Award for Best Music for his work in the animated pieces, A szél (" The Wind ") and Gyurmatek (" Clay Play ") at the 2nd Kecskemét Animation Film Festival.

They played a prominent part in Hungarian history as early as the reign of Coloman of Hungary ( 1070-1116 ); and from King Matthias Corvinus ( 1458-1490 ) they received their estates at Mezőtúr, near Kecskemét, granted to Michael Kállay for his heroic defence of Jajce in Bosnia.

Later he studied at Vienna, Kecskemét, and Budapest.

Roads which converge at the square include the ' Kiskörút ' ( Inner Circuit, encompassing Múzeum körút (' Museum boulevard ') north of the square, and Vámház körút to the south ), Üllői út (' Üllő street '), Baross utca (' Baross street '), and Kecskeméti utca (' Kecskemét street ').

Cakó's films have won prizes including the award for best short film at the Berlin International Film Festival, the jury prize for short film at the Cannes Film Festival, and numerous awards at the Kecskemét Animation Film Festival.

The amount of sunlight makes it possible for the region to produce agricultural products such as wheat, apricots, red peppers, and tomatoes The warmest month in Kecskemét is July, with an average temperature of 20. 9 degrees Celsius ; the coldest is January, with − 1. 9 ° C.

Due to reorganization in local government, Kecskemét lost its big territory ; several new independent villages were formed in the area.

For a short time he taught in the Jewish public school in Kecskemét, where he wrote noteworthy political articles for several newspapers, especially the " Politik " of Prague ; in 1867 he became a member of the editorial staff of the " Neuer Freier Lloyd ," and in 1872 he became editor-in-chief of the Pester Lloyd.

Kecskemét is in the center of Kiskunság, one of Hungary's famous regions.

In addition to the protection of its setting, the town of Kecskemét had arranged to pay tax directly to the pasha in Buda, thus gaining his protection and enjoying a special situation.

Kecskemét gradually absorbed the lands of those who had taken refuge in the town.

The main road number 4 passes Cegléd towards Budapest to the Northwest, and Debrecen to the East, while the road number 441 connects the town with Kecskemét.

Kecskemét has 107, 267 residents ( 2001 ).

Pálinkas with PDO include, szatmári szilvapálinka ( plum pálinka of Szatmár ), a kecskeméti barackpálinka ( apricot pálinka of Kecskemét ), szabolcsi almapálinka ( apple pálinka of Szabolcs ), békési szilvapálinka ( plum pálinka of Békés ), gönci barackpálinka ( apricot pálinka of Gönc ), újfehértói meggypálinka ( sour cherry pálinka of Újfehértó ) and göcseji körtepálinka ( pear pálinka of Göcsej ).

The family estate was situated near Vadstena on Lake Vattern in south central Sweden.

At the inn, which was situated close to a broad weir, Byron was greeted by the landlord with obsequious deference and addressed as `` milord ''.

There was one vote for location being the place where the property is situated for the greater portion of the twelve months preceding the assessment date.

On Saturday, the orchestra was sensibly situated down on the field, the stage floor was apparently in decent condition for dancing, and the order of the program improved.

This rule proved inconvenient when a monastery was situated in a desert or at a distance from a city, and necessity compelled the ordination of some monks.

It was originally designed for a middle-class family and situated in a prosperous district of Barcelona.

Anavarza ) was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the present Çukurova ( or classical Aleian plain ) about 15 km west of the main stream of the present Ceyhan River ( or classical Pyramus river ) and near its tributary the Sempas Su.

It was founded as a Corinthian colony in the 7th century BC and was situated about 7 miles from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos ( or Aratthus ), in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.

One theory holds that Agade was situated opposite Sippar on the left bank of the Euphrates, and was perhaps the oldest part of the city of Sippar.

According to Plutarch's source, Amathousians called the sacred grove where her shrine was situated the Wood of Aphrodite Ariadne.

Amathus was a rich and densely populated kingdom with a flourishing agriculture and mines situated very close to the northeast Kalavasos.

It was situated on the island at ' Anah and belonged to ... the congregational mosque.

Antonio Canova was born in Possagno, a village of the Republic of Venice situated amid the recesses of the hills of Asolo, where these form the last undulations of the Venetian Alps, as they subside into the plains of Treviso.

" This was farsighted, because when the House of Hanover ascended the British throne they would retain the territories that became the Kingdom of Hanover ( situated in modern-day Germany's Lower Saxony ).

If Lagnus was situated on the Cimbrian frontier and after Kiel, then Angeln must have been in the territory of the Teutones.

Lake Foy Sagar is situated in the outskirts of the city, it is a picturesque artificial lake that was created as a famine relief project in 1892.

It was situated on a hill above the modern Adra.

It is situated in nearby Trecynon and was built in 1938 using miners ' subscriptions.

The latter name is derived from a hatter's shop which was situated in front of one of the first bus stations in Nantes, France in 1823.

Zealous by contrast was barely touched: Hood had situated Zealous outside the arc of most of the French ship's broadside and in any case Guerrier was not prepared for an engagement on both sides simultaneously, with its port guns blocked by stores.