Ecser
Large village
Coat of arms
Ecser Location of Ecser
Coordinates: 47°26′40″N 19°19′34″E / 47.44437°N 19.32605°E / 47.44437; 19.32605
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District	Vecsés
Area
• Total	13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	3,471
• Density	248.05/km2 (642.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2233
Area code	(+36) 29

Ecser (Hungarian: [ˈɛt͡ʃɛr]; Slovak: Ečer) is a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.^[1]

Ecser is situated southeast from Budapest, near Ferihegy International Airport. The neighbouring settlements are Maglód, Vecsés, Gyömrő and Üllő. The M0 motorway runs near the village. The village is situated on the railway-line 120a (Budapest-Újszász-Szolnok). It has a Slovak minority population.

The first written account of Ecser is from December 15, 1315, although the village already existed as of 896, when the Magyars arrived into their present-day country. According to one legend, the name of the village was given by Grand Prince Árpád of the Hungarian tribes. When he asked the name of the settlement where he stopped to have a little rest, the local people could not tell him the name, so Árpád said them: call this place after this ‘oak’ (Hungarian cser). During the period of Ottoman Turkish dominance (1526–1686) the village died out, particularly after the siege of nearby Buda. The inhabitants returned only in 1699. Eleven soldiers from Ecser fought in Rákóczi's War for Independence (1703–1711). In the early 18th century years the owner of the village, Count Antal Grassalkovich brought in Slovak settlers.

The largest monument in the village is the Roman Catholic church from 1740.

In the village there is a world-famous folk dance called ‘Wedding at Ecser’ (Ecseri lakodalmas).

On the coat of arms is seen the church, the folk dance and the oak tree, the three most important sign of the village.

• Zoltán Trepák (*1977), basketball player

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  The Catholic church of Ecser
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  A bilingual welcome-sign on the border of Ecser
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  The Slovakian chapel
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  The monument of the Second World War
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  The historical house of Ecser
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  Court of an old house
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  The park with the church
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  A streetname-table in the Kálvária Hill
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  The "burg" of Ecser, playhouse for children
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  Some block house in Ecser
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  The newest part of Ecser, the Kálvária Hill
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  The main street, Széchenyi utca

Media related to Ecser at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website in Hungarian

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