István Széchenyi
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Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer. Widely considered one of the greatest statesmen in his nation's history, within Hungary he is still known to many as "the Greatest Hungarian".
István Széchenyi
Széchenyi offers one year's income of his estate to establish and endow the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Széchenyi at the Iron Gates - painting by Schöfft József and Schöfft Ágoston, 1836
Image: HUF 5000 1992 obverse
Tisza
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The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders.
The Tisza in Szeged, Hungary
The rivers of Tisza and Bodrog at Tokaj, from above
The Tisza joins the Danube.