Szekszárd

Szekszárd [ sɛksa ː rd] (German: Hard Six or Sechsard ) is a city in southern Hungary with approximately 36,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the county Tolna, but is on the edge.

King Béla I founded here an abbey on the ruins of the former County strikes the neoclassical style to this day. The Catholic church in the style of Louis XVI (1805 ) is one of the largest religious buildings nave of Central Europe. The Baroque Trinity Column commemorates the plague epidemic from 1738 to 1740.

After Szekszárd a known beyond the borders wine region takes its name, which is surrounded by seven hills. Based on archaeological findings, it is believed that here 2000 years ago at the beginning of the Roman period flourished a wine culture. At that time, could have been founded at this place a castle. The typical grape of the region is the kadarka vine that originates from Dalmatia. It is known especially the red wine of Szekszárdi bikavér ( Szekszárdi Bull's Blood ), derived from three grape varieties typical of the region, including the kadarka - vine grapes.

Between the Bach Séd and the cultivated with vineyards hills stands the hermit 's chapel, which is an ancient pilgrimage site. Beyond the creek is the birthplace of the most famous son of the city, the poet Mihály Babits. Augusz house where Franz Liszt was a frequent guest, a music school was established and named after the composer.

The Gemenc, spreads in the floodplain of the Danube, is one of the most important natural monuments of Hungary. The forest is indeed an important hunting ground of the country, but was in 1996 the National Park Danube -Drava incorporated. He can be reached by the belonging to Szekszárd tourist center Gemenc on foot, but also with a narrow- gauge railway, with horse, with a private horse-drawn carriage and also by motorboat. In the Museum of trophies is currently an exhibition about to see "Life in a flood zone ," which deals with the nature of Gemenc forest.

By Szekszárd the European long-distance hiking trail E7 and start it runs and end the two long-distance trails " Rockenbauer Pál Dél- dunántúli Kéktúra " and " Alfoldi Kéktúra ".

Larger towns in the area

  • Within a radius of 10 miles: Decs, Harc, Kakasd Őcsény, Sióagárd and Szálka
  • Cities to about 50 km away: Baja and Tolna, further Bóly, Bonyhád, Dombóvár Bataszek, Komló, Mecseknádasd, Mohács ( Turkish invasion ), Nagydorog, Nagynyárád, Paks and the city of Pécs ( Baranya county ), the adjacent thereto Pécsvárad ( famous Benedictine Monastery ), Szedres, Tamasi, Uszód, Váralja, Zengővárkony (castle on the slopes of the Mecsek Mountains ), Zomba.

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Sons of the city

  • János Garay (1812-1853), Hungarian poet
  • Mihály Babits, (1883-1941), Hungarian poet and writer
  • Erik Bánki (born 1970 ), Hungarian politician
  • Gyula Pap (* 1991), Hungarian chess master
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