Hungary

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Hungary has some of the most elegant manhole covers in Europe. Perhaps there is a distant remembrance of the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Secessionist movement in Vienna in some of the decorative designs that are to be found in the streets of Hungarian towns. Normally this website concerns itself with the sewerage and water supply covers and ignores the more modern gas, electricity and telecommunications covers, but who can resist the Magyar Posta and Magyar Telekom covers shown below. A pity therefore that even here the ubiquitous PAM covers, the McDonalds of the manhole world, are making inroads.

Magyar Posta, seen in Pecs Magyar Telekom, seen in Szekszard vízmüvei, seen in Szekszard. An intelligent reuse of a cover originally produced for Mayyar Posta. Aquadukt KFT, 1966. Seen in Szekszard Budapest. See separate page
Eger Eger város SZV Onkörmanyzata Esztergom Petz testveren. Esztergom Györ Györ Harkany Harkany város, Ferro öntöde KFT KUP Heviz Hevizszentandras Csatornamüve, Weiser JC, Nagykanizsa Koszeg Koszeg város onkormanyzata Koszeg város onkormanyzata, 2006 Pécs Pécs város

A design with echoes of the Secessionist movement, echoing the early twentieth century products of the Zsolnay ceramic factory, established in the town.

Sopron Sopron Szekesfehervar Szekesfehervar szab. kir. város, csatornazasa Szekesfehervar matav, 2001 Szombathely Szombathely város matav, 2003 Szombathely Megyei jogu város onkormanyzata vasvíz ZRT Veszprem Epitete Duviep, Veszprem. Seen in Tihany Veszpremi vízmüvek

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