Szerencs

Szerencs [ sɛrɛnʧ ] ( German: Serentsch ) is a Hungarian town in Borsod -Abaúj -Zemplén, about 35 km east of Miskolc. It is known as the gateway to the Tokaj wine region.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1216. According to an anonymous source is Árpád, the Grand Duke of eight strains ( seven Magyar tribes and Turkic and Khazar tribe: also called fekete magyarok, " black Magyars ") with his army during the conquest of Pannonia by on the Isten -hegy in the North Szerencs bearings have held. Árpád to have stated the following: Ma AD Isten szerencsét e tájnak ( " God grant today this area Happiness" ). Therefore, the place names of the municipalities Mád, Szerencs and Tállya.

Since 1247 there has been a Benedictine abbey, whose buildings were rebuilt in 1556 to the castle. The castle (also Rákóczi Castle ( Rákóczi vár ) or Hussar Castle ( Huszár - vár ) called ) was from 1586 to 1616 in the possession of the Rákóczi family and had several sieges during the Ottoman rule through.

Here Stephan Bocskai and Sigismund I. Rákóczi were elected by the Hungarian stands to Prince of Transylvania.

A small bridge west of town on the railway line towards Sátoraljaújhely, near the village of Fecskés, is indicative of the futility and cruelty of the Second World War. This named bridge over the creek Mader ( Mádi - patak ) measures 1.5 m or less and should be blown up by the Wehrmacht in order to prevent the advance of the Soviet troops. With heavy gunfire but not the bridge only the surrounding farmland was destroyed, but taken. The bridge has since been unchanged in the Puszta and represents a curious monument of history

Until the 1950s, stood in the church, a synagogue, which tore down the socialist power structure and was a public building for the local LPG built in its place; solely to the Jewish cemetery has been preserved. Szerencs and Mád were before the Holocaust important centers of Jewish Communities, 1996, a restoration of the synagogue and the cemetery was made, financed by a Jewish Fund of the United States, at least in Mád.

In the region, the ethnic group of the Sinti and Roma, a significant proportion of the population. In everyday life, they are vulnerable to racism, which is not improved by the EU accession of Hungary. Illiteracy remains high, out of the usually low level of education leads to high unemployment rates in this ethnic group.

Attractions

• Rákóczi castle with Zemplén Museum. Here you can also visit the world's third largest postcard collection with a circumference of approximately 900,000 cards.
• Collection of Dr. László Petrokovics
• Museum of the sugar factory of Szerencs
• Reformed Church. It was built in the 14th century, their bell dates from the year 1646. Here is the grave monument of Prince Sigismund I. Rákóczi and his wife.
• Roman Catholic Church
• Greek Catholic Church. It was built by the settled here in the 18th century Russian women. Worth seeing is spread over 6 levels extending iconostasis.

Twinning

• Germany Geisenheim in Hesse (Rheingau )
• Luxembourg Hesperingen in Luxembourg
• Malchin Germany in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Romania Miercurea Nirajului in Romania
• Croatia Podgora in Croatia
• El Salvador Rožňava in Slovakia