Kisbér (German: Beer) is a town in northern Hungary, in Komárom-Esztergom county. It is the administrative centre of Kisbér District. The town was first mentioned in 1277.
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Royal Stud
Kisber was home to the 15,648-acre (63.33 km2) Imperial-Royal Stud where a Thoroughbred racehorse named for the town was bred under the supervision of Stud's manager, Count Zoest. Foaled in 1873, Kisber raced in England where in 1876 he won that country's most prestigious race, The Derby. He was then sent to Paris where he won France's most important race, the Grand Prix de Paris.
Twin towns — sister cities
Kisbér is twinned with:
Câmpia Turzii, Romania
Eslohe, Germany
Kolárovo, Slovakia
Vodňany, Czech Republic
People
Lipót Baumhorn, architect
Other
In 2002, a 40 metres tall wooden cellphone phone tower was erected north of Kisbér at 47.516328 N 17.998730 E. This tower was one of the few wooden radio towers in Hungary. It was replaced by a steel tower in 2015. [1]