To celebrate the 20th of August, St. Stephen’s Day, also known as the Hungarian State Foundation Day, the following article, based on a century-old diary entry, explores the connection between our namesake and the Hungarian national holiday, while also considering how Otto von Habsburg, the last heir to the Hungarian throne, was the successor to the thousand-year-old vision of the first Hungarian king.
The largest collection growth in the history of our Foundation took place this spring.
On 30 April, Jean-Francois Paroz, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Hungary and his colleague, Zsuzsanna Tormássy, visited our Foundation.
An interesting story led to the meeting between the MTK football team and Otto von Habsburg in 1923. It finally took place in the small Basque village of Lequeitio on the Atlantic coast, where the footballers played a demonstration match on the beach in honour of the young heir to the throne and the royal family.
