a modern hospital, a mine manager's club, mine manager's residences, a town hall, a World War I memorial and a recreation ground. Most of these were designed by the engineer Zoltán Gáthy. Some 300 men of Dorog lost their lives in the Second World War. A few years after the war, many Germans were expelled. During the socialist era, Dorog became a typical socialist town with prefabricated blocks of flats. The mines gradually closed, so the government planted several factories (Gedeon Richter company, Hungaroton record plant, a machine factory). Dorog became a town in 1984, the industrial park was established in 1999. Economy There are several factories in Dorog, including: Panasonic Corp. (solar cell manufacturing) (closed down) Gedeon Richter Plc. (medicine) Novoprint Corp. (printing complex) Dorog-Esztergom Hőerőmű Ltd. (power plant) Population Ethnic groups (2001 census): Hungarians — 95.3% Germans — 4.2% Other — 0.5% Religions (2001 census): Roman Catholic — 57.4% Calvinist — 8.9% Lutheran — 0.8% Other Christian — 2% Atheist — 19.1% No answer, unknown — 11.8% Traffic and transport Roads 10, 111 and 117 and the Budapest–Esztergom suburban railway line (with Siemens Desiro trains), all cross the town. The main street was rebuilt in 2006. Commuter bus no. 800 (with Volvo 7700A buses) connects the town with Árpád híd metro station. It runs every 20 or 30 minutes on a typical weekday. Notable residents Jenő Buzánszky, footballer Gyula Grosics (1926-2014), footballer Imre Kozma (1940-), Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta, patron of East German refugees arriving to Hungary in 1988-89 Nándor Hargitai (1919-2006), footballer Péter Bacsa (1970-), wrestler Márta Megyeri (1952-), handball player Lajos Szűcs (1943-), footballer József Szabó (1956-), footballer Twin towns – sister cities Dorog is twinned with: Feliceni, Romania Marienberg, Germany Wendlingen, Germany Žirany, Slovakia References Dorog, free publication, External links in Hungarian Dorog on map Populated places in Komárom-Esztergom County Socialist planned cities Planned cities in Hungary Hungarian German communities