Kisvárda
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Northern Great Plain | ||||
| County : | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Kisvárda | ||||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 23 ' N , 22 ° 8' E | ||||
| Area : | 35.91 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 16,669 (Jan. 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 464 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 45 | ||||
| Postal code : | 4600 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 09265 | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2012) | |||||
| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | Tibor Leleszi ( Fidesz ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Szent László út 20 4600 Kisvárda |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Kisvárda [ ˈkiʒvaːrdɒ ] (German Kleinwardein ) is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County in northeastern Hungary and has about 18,000 inhabitants. It is located about 50 km northeast of Nyíregyháza near the border with Ukraine and Slovakia .
history
In a letter from King Ferdinand von Habsburg's commissioner to the king of Sáros on December 15, 1544 , the commissioner wrote that Frater Georgius , the bishop of Warad and treasurer of what was then the rest of Hungary, had occupied Kyswarda Castle.
The Bishop of Erlau ( Eger / Agria), Antonius Verantius (Verancsics), wrote in a letter to the designated King Maximilian of Bohemia on April 2, 1559 that Kisvárda was at that time from the Transylvanian troops of Queen Isabella and her son, Johannes Sigismund , was besieged. At that time they were on the side of the Turks, who oppressed the rest of Hungary badly.
Attractions
- Synagogue (now a museum)
- Castle ruins (today open-air theater)
- swimming pool
- Roman Catholic Church
- Jewish Cemetery
Sons and daughters
- Victor Varconi (1891–1976), American / Hungarian actor
- Endre Somogyi (1922–2006), Professor of Forensic Medicine in Budapest
Town twinning
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Hildburghausen , Germany -
Karmiel , Israel -
Târgu Secuiesc , Romania -
Kráľovský Chlmec , Slovakia -
Prien am Chiemsee , Germany
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Strzyżów , Poland
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monumenta Ecclesiastica Tempora Innovatae in Hungaria Religionis Illustrantia - Egyháztörténelmi Emlékek a Magyarországi Hitujitás Korából, Volume IV, Budapest 1909, No. 350, p. 396.
- ↑ Verancsics, Gesammelte Werke, 8th volume, letters 1559-1562, Pest 1868 (Monumenta Hungariae Historica - Magyar Törtelélemi Emlékek, 19th volume, p. 21)