Emília Márkus was born in 1860 and was one of the greatest actresses of the decades around of the turn of the century. Her high culture, radiant beauty and uniquely rich relations of her family and friends have helped her career. She became a great artist, however, owing to her talent. She became a member of the National Theatre at 17. Beginning from the dramatic ingénue to the mother-roles (she was a mother of four children) she played the greatest women-roles of the dramatic literature and achieved the admiration of whole generations. She was the women-idol of the Hungarian secession. Ferenc Herczeg wrote about her: "The actress was more than the beauty: she was astonishingly and discomposingly interesting. Many words were said in the French drama about the female demons but the writers in Paris could only dream about the blonde wonders. In reality there was only one: Emília Márkus"
 
 
 

          György Stettner was born two hundred years ago at Duka in Vas County. The young jurist got into touch with the significant poets of that era (Berzsenyi, Kazinczy, Vörösmarty), with belletrists (Ferenc Schedel , József Bajza). We could meet his poems, translations and critiques in almost all literary and scientific publications (Hébe, Aurora, Felsõ Magyar Országi Minerva Tudományos Gyûjtemény ). He was a co-worker of the 2-volume literary history anthology: "Handbuch der ungrischen Poesie". In 1831 he was a corresponding member of the Hungarian Scientific Society. In 1832 he became full member. Between 1832 and 1848 he taught jurisprudence at pápa. After 1848 he was deprived of his position. His career as judge was rising from 1851. He translated numerous laws from German to Hungarian. Although he wasn't linguist, from his pamphlets, letters, critiques and technical term collection it becomes clear that he was interested in language, technical terms' renewal and style issues.
 
 
 

          György Almásy (1867-1933), son of a squirearchical, noble family was studying law in Graz but his interest has been turned early toward the zoology, especially the ornithology. In 1897 he visited Dobrogea and the delta of the Danube. He led two expeditions to Inner Asia to the Tien-san lands unknown till then (1900, 1906). He performed extensive ornithological researches in the higher areas of the mountains and collected more than ten thousands specimens. He immortalised with sharp eyes the living situation and traditions of the nomad peoples. During his second expedition he was accompanied by Gyula Prinz, the scientific results of the expeditions are mostly attributed to him. Almásy, later, led a retired life. He died in his second home, in Graz. The article - countervailing the omission of the posterity - memorialises the zoological researches of György Almásy, disgracefully forgotten. His linguistic, orientalistic work needs further research.
 
 
 

          The author overviews the scenes of the cultural and scientific life at Szombathely. Publishes national comparative data about the area distribution of the scientific elite as well as about the proportions between the GDP and the scientific capacity. In the end, makes proposals for the improvement of the scientific and higher education situation at Szombathely - in order to prevent Szombathely from loosing the still existing values and its continuously decreasing significance.
 
 
 

          The author provides a picture about the main forums and some stations of the spiritual development of Szombathely within the frames of the almost two thousand year history. He emphasises the period of bishop János Szily at the end of the 18th century as well as the flowering period of the last turn of the century. Then, he outlines the aims and activities of the Szombathely Scientific Society as well as the debates that are seeking the ways out of the present situation of the city that lacks the university and theatre.
 
 
 

          Szombathely, at the beginning of 1900s reached the development level at which the supervision of the county became a burden. In 1907 they claimed the municipal city rank that assured autonomy. However, the county tripped up the issue. After the First World War the more developed cities having arranged councils have united in order to organise their autonomy. This hasn't been successful either. After 1935, Szombathely claimed year after year the rise to a higher local government rank and the county has not showed opposition and the government admitted the justness of the claim. In 1942, the city has received the municipal right. Its municipal committee was established in 1946.
 
 
 

          After a short characterisation of the situation following the Second World War, the author overviews the strict forty-year history of the border-guarding form at the western and southern borders, the so-called "iron curtain". He provides interesting, first-hand information about the technical solutions of the border guarding about the activity of the border-wardens and about the notable - often tragically ended - "frontier trespasses". He reports about the decrease of the border-guarding rigour as well as the events of 1989 that led to the liquidation of the "iron curtain".