Tatabánya (Hungarian: [ˈtɒtɒbaːɲɒ] ⓘ; German: Totiserkolonie; Slovak: Banská Stará) is a city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region.

Later, its feudal lords, the Esterházys populated the area with Roman Catholic German and Slovak settlers.

The population began to grow, and a new mining colony was formed, later developing into the village of Tatabánya.

[citation needed] The four villages were united on October 1, 1947, under the name Tatabánya and it was elevated to town status.

[citation needed] The industrial character of the city was significant until the fall of the Socialist government and the following political changes of 1989.

[2] After that, the importance of heavy industry and mining decreased and the economic structure of the city has changed remarkably.

In eleven seasons of football with the Hungarian national team, "the Wizard" managed to score 28 goals in 70 appearances.

[citation needed] The Turul monument, above the city on the top of Gerecse Mountain, is the largest bird statue in Central Europe.