Editing Eger (section)

==Names and etymology==
{{see also|Names of Eger in different languages}}
[[File:Eger G Hoefnagel.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Eger in [[Georg Braun]] and [[Frans Hogenberg]]'s [[Civitates orbis terrarum]] (1617)]]
The origin of its name is unknown. One suggestion is that the place was named after the [[alder]] ({{lang|hu|égerfa}} in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]) which grew so abundantly along the banks of the [[Eger Stream]]. This explanation seems to be correct because the name of the town reflects its ancient natural environment, and also one of its most typical plants, the alder, large areas of which could be found everywhere on the marshy banks of the Stream although they have since disappeared. The [[German language|German]] name of the town: ''Erlau'', from ''Erlen-au'' ('elder grove'), also speaks in favour of this supposition. And there is another theory which says that Eger's name comes from the [[Latin]] word: ''ager'' ('field'). This theory comes from more recent researchers{{who|date=July 2015}} who think that during the 11th and 12th centuries settlers with a [[Wallonia|Walloon]] origin moved to this territory. 
The basin of Eger and the hilly region around it have always been very suitable for human settlements, and there are many archaeological findings from the early ages of history, which support this fact.

The other names of the town are in [[Latin language|Latin]] ''Agria'', in [[Serbian language|Serbian]] and [[Croatian language|Croatian]] ''Jegar'' / {{lang|sh-Cyrl|Јегар}} or ''Jegra'' / {{lang|sh-Cyrl|Јегра}}, in [[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovene language|Slovene]] ''Jager'', in [[Slovak language|Slovak]] ''Jáger'', in [[Polish language|Polish]] ''Eger'', and in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''Eğri''. Nickname: the Hungarian Athens