Kisbér

Kisbér
Town
Kisbér Location of Kisbér
Coordinates: 47°30′06″N 18°01′37″E / 47.50166°N 18.02688°ECoordinates: 47°30′06″N 18°01′37″E / 47.50166°N 18.02688°E
Country	Hungary
County	Komárom-Esztergom
Area
• Total	70.86 km^2 (27.36 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	7,532
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2870
Area code(s)	34

Kisbér is a town in Hungary, in Komárom-Esztergom county. The town was first mentioned in 1277.

Royal Stud

Kisber was home to the 15,648-acre (63.33 km²) Imperial-Royal Stud where a Thoroughbred racehorse named for the town was bred under the supervision of Stud's manager, Count Zoest. Foaled in 1873, Kisber raced in England where in 1876 he won that country's most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby. He was then sent to Paris where he won France's most important race, the Grand Prix de Paris.^[1]

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kisbér is twinned with:

• Eslohe, Germany
• Kolárovo, Slovakia
• Câmpia Turzii, Romania

People

• Lipót Baumhorn, architect

References

1. http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=harp;cc=harp;idno=harp0067-3;node=harp0067-3%3A1;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=351;view=image;page=root