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Esztergom ((:ˈɛstɛrɡom) , also known by alternative names), is a city in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there. Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda. Esztergom is the seat of the ''prímás'' (see Primate) of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has the Keresztény Múzeum, the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary. Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica is the largest church in Hungary. ==Names== The Roman town was called ''Solva''. The Old Slavonic name, ''Strěgom'', is explained meaning ''guarding'' or ''guard post'' (rel. Czech ''střeh'' – ''watching position'', Slovak ''striehnuť'', old Slovak ''striegnuť'' - ''to watch'', ''to guard'', similar to for example ''Strážov'' near Žilina - ''village of guards''). This name was taken over by medieval Latin as ''Strigonium''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/roger/carmenmiserabile.htm )〕 The Magyars added a vowel in front of the initial group of consonants, similar to the Hungarian adaption of 'Stephan' as 'Istvan'. The name ''Esztergom'' was first mentioned in documents in 1079. Nevertheless, some people believe the name 'Esztergom' is a combination of 'Ister' (a Latin name of Danube) and 'Gam' referring to the nearby river Garam). The Turkish and modern Slavic names are derived from the Hungarian one: Serbian ''Ostrogon'' and ''Estergon'', Croatian ''Ostrogon'', Turkish ''Estergon'', Polish ''Ostrzyhom'', Slovak ''Ostrihom'' and Czech ''Ostřihom'' (''o'' is a familiar prefix in Slavic languages, and all-Slavic ''g'' is Czech and Slovak ''h''). The German name is Gran (), like the German name of river Garam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Esztergom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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