Kollányi Ágoston: Esztergom : Idegenforgalmi prospektus (1937)
as created by St. Stephen. Close to it stands the ancient palace of the kings of the Arpad dynasty giving evidence of a gorgeous historical past. The visitor is, awaited by many cultural treasures in Esztergom: the new excavations of European repute, the Basilica treasury, the Christian museum, the high reputed galery of paintings and the diözesan library, the various historical buildings and memorials and the whole patina atmosphere of the town. Esztergom calls you also as a summer resort place and spa in all its natural beauty, with picturesque surrounding Hills, its fine and pure air, its attractive surroundings and places for excursions, its renovated up-to-date-hotels, which charge but low rates, and with its St. Stephen Mala Strandbath equal to any one of the Hungarian strandbaths. . It calls you with the streets and lanes adorned with flowers, the woods and parks and shady promenades altogether in their festival attire to participate in the Hosanna brought to the memory of the great and saint king. Briefly said the ancient town awaits you to participate in its festival joy and genuine Hungarian hospitality. JULIUS GLATZ Mayor. What the foreign Tourist visiting Esztergom should know. The primatial palace will be reached from the railway-station by using the autobus. Autotaxi-Station Phone: 68. The Esztergom Municipal Information Office for foreign Tourists (Kossuth Lajos-u.) Phone: 44 will supply any information wanted. This office involves also a Booking Office for tickets under the same address. Hotels: Szt. István-fürdő-szálló, Magyar Király-szálló, Catholic Young Mens Association. Boardinghouses. Addresses are to be had with the Municipal. Irformation Office. Passports and registering will be attended to by the Police Station. Post Office and public call station Széchenyi-tér. Humane society for first medical help and fire-brigade. Phone: 22. Inns, beerhalls, coffeehouses: Szt. István-fürdő-szálló, Magyar Király-szálló, Szerecsen-szálló, Kispipa, Kossuth- vendéglő, Árpád-kert, Arany Bárány, Bosznia, Központi- és Korona-kávéház. Autocar Service: Kossuth Lajos-u. (the firm Nádor). lournev to Esztergom. Esztergom is the residence of the Prince Primate of Hungary it counts 18.000 inhabitants. It represents a very high culture. The excavated old fortress, the Basilika (cathedral), the primatial picture gal- lerv are known all the world over. The town may be easily reached: by train from the Budapest Western Railway Station, by ship from the Eötvös-or Petőfi-tér-starting place, by autobus from the Mussolini Square in Budapest, by autocar in using the Budapest—Vienna higway which is branching off to Esztergom at Dorog. From Vienna you reach Esztergom in using the trains leaving the Ostbahnhof (Eastern Raiway Station) for Komárom, in Komárom you change for Esztergom in using the trains of the branch line Komárom—Esztergom, by ship on the Danube: all boats stop at Esztergom, by autobus which is starting froip the Et. Stephens Square in Vienna to Budapest at the station (halting place) of Dorog you change in using either the railway or the autobus, by autocar on the Vienna—Budapest highway which is branching off in the direction of Esztergom at Tát and Dorog. Esztergom, the ancient town. In ancient times Esztergom was already of some importance as a settlement of the Romans. During the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian its name was Salve Aelia. In 900 lit was already
