Bonyhád

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Bonyhád
Coat of arms of Bonyhád
Bonyhád (Hungary)
Bonyhád
Bonyhád
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Southern Transdanubia
County : Tolna
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Bonyhád
Coordinates : 46 ° 17 ′  N , 18 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 72.13  km²
Residents : 13,829 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 192 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 74
Postal code : 7150
KSH kódja: 06497
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Community type : city
Mayoress : Ibolya Gyöngyi Filóné Ferencz (Fidesz-KDNP)
Postal address : Széchenyi tér 12
7150 Bonyhád
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Bonyhád [ ˈboɲhaːd ] ( German : Bonnhard ) is a town with almost 14,000 inhabitants in the south of Hungary in Tolna County .

location

Bonyhád is the economic, cultural and administrative center of the small area of the same name . The city is located near the Mecsek Mountains and is about 30 km away from the city of Pécs .

Larger places in the vicinity within a radius of about 30 km are Bátaszék (Tolna county), Decs , Kakasd , Komló , Lengyel (prehistory and early history, Lengyel culture ), Magyaregregy , Mecseknádasd , Murga , Nagypall , Óbánya , Pécs , Pécsvárad , Sióagárd , Szászvár , Szedres , Tolna , Szekszárd , Zengővárkony and Zomba.

Surname

The name goes back either to Bony (boggy, watery place) or to the Duke Bonyha from the time of the Árpáden .

history

Bonyhád received the rank of market town from Emperor Joseph II in 1782 and became the center of the region. In the age of feudalism , the economy developed through the Bonyháder cattle , the enamel factory (since 1909) and the shoe factory (since 1917). Its many schools have also increased Bonyhád's regional importance.

Town twinning

Buildings and facilities

Aerial view: Bonyhád Castle

There is a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church, an old synagogue , the crypt of the Ermel-Vojnits family and some chapels in the village . The Börzsöny district also belongs to the village. There is also a museum of the Völgység region and a fire brigade museum , the “Swabian” room in the House of the Hungarian Germans ( Danube Swabians ), an exhibition on the history of enamel production , the “Imre Solymár” city library and the youth and culture center named after Mihály Vörösmarty .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Bonyhád  - collection of images, videos and audio files