Kiskunfélegyháza

Kiskunfélegyháza [ kiʃkunfelɛɟhazɒ ] ( German: Feulegaß ) is a city in Bács -Kiskun south-east Hungary.

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Geography

The city is located about 120 km southeast of the capital Budapest, 25 km southeast of the county seat and the eighth-largest city in the country, Kecskemét, and 60 km north-west of the fourth largest city of Hungary, Szeged, located.

With 30,000 inhabitants Kiskunfélegyháza is the third largest city of the county.

Traffic

The city is also an important railway junction. It is situated on one of the main routes of the country, the railway line from Budapest to Szeged on Cegléd. Here branch off branch lines after Lakitelek and Szolnok, after Csongrád and Szentes and to Kiskunhalas and Bácsalmás.

The city has deviated via a connection to the M5 motorway and a non-public unpaved airfield.

History

During the Turkish wars of the 17th century, the city was completely destroyed. It was rebuilt from 1743.

Twinning

• Germany Braunfels (Hessen) in Germany.
• Romania Sighisoara in Romania
• Denmark Kjellerup in Denmark
• France in France
• Belgium Eeklo in Belgium
• Italy Feltre in Italy
• Corundum Romania (Harghita ) in Romania

Town hall

The city hall was designed by Jozef Vass and built in 1911. It is an important example of Hungarian Art Nouveau. The rich floral ornamentation goes back to the Hungarian folk art, which very often found in pastoral use. Also striking is the green roof, which comes from majolica from the Zsolnay porcelain factory.

Personalities

Famous sons and daughters of the city are:

• Sándor Petőfi (1823-1849), poet
• Alexander Kohut (1842-1894), rabbi
• Michael Guttmann (1872-1942), scholar and rabbi
• Ferenc Mora (1879-1934), writer, journalist and museum watchers
• Ferenc Berkes (1893-1919), journalist and politician
• Tibor Simányi (1924-2008), historian and author
• László Réczi (* 1947), Ringer
• Vadász László (1948-2005), chess grandmaster
• Csaba Tabajdi (* 1952), politician and diplomat
• István Messzi (1961-1991), weight