Nagykáta
Nagykáta [ nɒcka tɒ ː ] is a Hungarian town in Pest county and capital of the small area of the same name. The village is 60 kilometers from the provincial capital of Budapest, covers an area of 81.61 km ² and has about 12,600 inhabitants ( 2011).
Nagykáta is located 60 kilometers from Budapest. From the capital, it is accessible by the highway 31 or the train. End of 1998, the Japanese began to produce works Clarion next to the city, where since 1999 with the manufacture of car radios were created hundreds of jobs.
As a result of the construction of the railway line Budapest -Szolnok - Újszász the place became the center of the region. Numerous administrative, educational and commercial institutions were established. 1989 Nagykáta got back to the rank of a city. Today, the town has 13,000 inhabitants and serves as a regional center for about 60,000 people.
Significant monuments are the Keglevich chapel from the 18th century and the St. George's Church from the 16th century, was rebuilt in 1745. The "bazaar ", a characteristic and atmospheric building complex dates back to the turn of the century of the 20th century and has been recently renovated.
A significant part of the city is under protection. Here you will find many animal, bird and plant species that are almost disappeared elsewhere. In 1992, the region from the International Council for Bird Preservation ( ICBP ), the precursor organization of BirdLife International, was added to the list of bird habitats of European importance.
April 4th is an official holiday of the city Nagykáta. For this holiday, the city is visited by local and foreign military tradition groups.
History
The story of Nagykáta dates back to the 12th century, when the Pest branch of the tribe Káta or Cathay is settled in this area. The village, which was exposed at the city limits on hemp hill was probably the precursor of Nagykáta from the age of Árpád.
In Regestrum of Várad the name of the village Káta 1221 is recorded. In the 15th and 16th centuries the name appears in numerous documents on as Csekekáta. The name Nagykáta appeared in 1607 on the first time and is commonly used since the beginning of the 18th century. During the Turkish occupation the village was often destroyed, but lived again and again. But the Cathay strain rubbed in the fighting on, and remained without successors Ferenc Cathay sold in 1663 to his last Good Miklós Keglevich. After the recapture of Buda Nagykáta was a deserted place. Until 1695 the name is not found in the census, but by 1698 decreed the community again for a priest, and the matriculation were performed again.
At the time of the freedom struggle of Prince Francis II Rákóczi this also searched Nagykáta on. After the peace of Satu Mare (1711 ), the village was repopulated and economically developed: the wine and the United livestock began. Since 1716 the community had a private school teacher, and in 1743 the village of Maria Theresa was raised to the rank of a borough. The 1770 scheme introduced in the Urbars facilitated the location of the serfs only temporary. At the beginning of the 19th century, their living conditions deteriorated further. Only at this time a guild industry began to develop.
Here was located on 4 April 1849 by Arthur Görgey Headquarters, and the Battle of Tápióbicske raged partly just before Nagykáta whose wounded Lajos Kossuth visited in Keglevich castle, where today officiated the mayor.