Pécsvárad
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Southern Transdanubia | ||||
| County : | Baranya | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Pécsvárad | ||||
| District since 1.1.2013 : | Pécsvárad | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 10 ' N , 18 ° 25' E | ||||
| Area : | 36.03 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 4,042 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 112 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 72 | ||||
| Postal code : | 7720 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 10825 | ||||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | |||||
| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | János Zádori (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Szentháromság tér 3 7720 Pécsvárad |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Pécsvárad [ ˈpeːtʃvaːrɒd ] (German Pechwar , Croatian: Pečvar ) is a town founded in the Middle Ages with over 4,000 inhabitants in southern Hungary in Baranya County . The city is located in the east of the Mecsek Mountains on the slope of Mount Zengő , near the Eastern Mecsek Mountains Protected Landscape Area . Along the main road 6 it is 17 km to the southwest to the city of Pécs .
Benedictine monastery and castle
The place became a center of the Hungarian state and church development through the Benedictine abbey that King Stephen the Saint founded in the year 1000. The first abbot of the Benedictines was Bishop Astrik , who was given the task of delivering the Pope's crown to King Stephen I. The monastery was consecrated in 1015, the same year as the first castle (see Vár ).
The castle of Pécsvárad, built as a monastery in the 13th century, is one of Hungary's most important monuments from the Middle Ages. The old keep (now a hotel), the 15-meter-long nave of the collegiate church and the frescoed choir have been preserved best . The castle museum, however, is located in the castle from the 18th century; it shows u. a. archaeological finds from the castle and abbey area. The neo-Gothic town hall, with a statue of the Trinity in front of it, was built in 1857 under the Italian architect Gianone.
Surroundings of the city
The area around the city has numerous historical and natural monuments . Every year in spring (April), the St. George - Festival held in August (usually 10 to 20 August) a summer theater and in October a folk art market and boasting a parade on the occasion of the harvest.
Larger places in the vicinity are:
- Up to 10 km away: Erdősmecske , Hosszúhetény , Püspökszentlászló , Mecseknádasd , Nagypall , Óbánya and Zengővárkony
- Up to 25 km away: Bátaszék (Tolna county), Bóly , Kakasd , Kaposvár , Komló , Lengyel (prehistory and early history, Lengyel culture ), Magyarszék , Mohács , Pécs , Pellérd , Szászvár .
sons and daughters of the town
- Endre Nemes (1909–1985), Hungarian-Swedish painter
- János Kodolányi , Hungarian writer
Honorary citizen
- János Mott (1920–1996), 1945/1946 chaplain in Pécsvárad, from 1966 pastor, dean , titular abbot and honorary citizen. In 2010 a beautiful square (Mott János apát tér) was created and named in his honor.
Twin cities
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Hausmannstätten (Austria) -
Külsheim (Germany)
gallery
credentials
- ↑ Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj, (pdf)
literature
- Michael Mott : "Bergfürst" in the Stifoller Land / Pastor Hans Mott - a descendant of Fulda emigrants in southern Hungary, in: Fuldaer Zeitung January 6, 1988, p. 10.
Web links
- Pécsvárad , in: A Pallas nagy lexikona (Hungarian)
- Pécsvárad. Térképcentrum, accessed March 18, 2013 (Hungarian).
- Aerial photos over Pécsvárad