Nagycenk
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Hungary | |||
Region : | Western Transdanubia | |||
County : | Győr-Moson-Sopron | |||
Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Sopron-Fertőd | |||
District since 1.1.2013 : | Sopron | |||
Coordinates : | 47 ° 36 ' N , 16 ° 42' E | |||
Area : | 21.30 km² | |||
Residents : | 1,920 (Jan. 1, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 90 inhabitants per km² | |||
Telephone code : | (+36) 99 | |||
Postal code : | 9485 | |||
KSH kódja: | 02495 | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2015) | ||||
Community type : | Large community | |||
Mayor : | János Csorba (independent) | |||
Postal address : | Gyár et al. 2 9485 Nagycenk |
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(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) |
Nagycenk ( German Großzinkendorf or Zinkendorf ) is a large Hungarian municipality in the Sopron district in Győr-Moson-Sopron County . The municipality represents Hungary in the European Charter - Villages of Europe , a group of rural municipalities from all 28 EU countries.
geography
The large municipality of Nagycenk is located in western Hungary directly on the border with Austria , south of Lake Neusiedl , opposite the Burgenland town of Deutschkreutz . The large community still consists of two parts that are structurally separated by the stream Ikva : Kiscenk (Kleinzinkendorf) and Nagycenk. Kópháza is northwest of the municipality , Fertőboz to the north, Hidegség to the northeast , Pereszteg to the east and Sopronkövesd to the southeast .
history
During excavations, remains from the Hallstatt period and graves from the Roman and Avar periods were found . found. The place was first mentioned in 1291 and was long shaped by the families of rich landowners like the Széchenyi . The Baroque mansion of the family of 1759 was István Széchenyi 1834-40 in neoclassical rebuilt style to the castle.
Kiscenk and Nagycenk were two independent communities for a long time until they were administratively united on October 1, 1893.
In the referendum in Burgenland in 1921 , the majority of the Magyar population, in contrast to the neighboring villages, voted unanimously for the Sopron area to remain with Hungary.
Towards the end of the Second World War , shortly before the Red Army marched in , the SS murdered hundreds of imprisoned Jews in Nagycenk , who were then buried.
The village and the estate belonged to the Széchenyi family until 1945.
Town twinning
- Deutschkreutz , Austria
Culture and sights
- Széchenyi Castle with the István Széchenyi Memorial Museum ( World Heritage Site since 2002 )
- Széchenyi Museum Railway
- Szechenyi mausoleum
- Szechenyi statue
- Neo-Romanesque Roman Catholic St. Stephen's Church , built in 1864 according to plans by Miklós Ybl , named after the King and Saint Stephen I.
- Linden alley, planted in 1754 by Antal Széchenyi and his wife Zsuzsanna Barkóczy
- Christophorus Monument
traffic
Nagycenk is the intersection of the main roads No. 85 (towards Budapest ) and No. 84 (to Lake Balaton ). The place is connected to the Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter railway .
Education and sport
There is a kindergarten and a primary school. In 1991 a gymnasium was opened on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the unification of the two communities. A little outside of the village is a motocross and enduro track , on which regular championships also take place.
media
The larger community has its own monthly information sheet called Cenki Híradó .
sons and daughters of the town
- István Széchenyi (1791–1860), Hungarian politician and entrepreneur
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Website of the Nagycenk community ( Memento from January 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Bernhard evening: Hungary. Baedeker. ISBN 3-82971-092-5 , p. 374.
- ^ Arnold Suppan : Yugoslavia and Austria 1918–1938. Bilateral foreign policy in the European environment. Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-486-56166-9 , p. 160; Oskar Helmer: 40 years of Burgenland. A country chooses freedom. Wiener Volksbuchhandlung, Vienna 1961, p. 50.
- ↑ Randolph L. Braham : The politics of genocide. The Holocaust in Hungary. Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2000, ISBN 0814326919 , p. 51; Tibor Timothy Vajda: In the Whirlwind of History. Struggle on and Keep the Faith. Publisher iUniverse, New York 2003, ISBN 059529314X , p. 206.
Web links
- Page about the large community (Hungarian, German, English)
- Sights of the larger community in: josef.ungarnportal.org
- Sights of the large community in: schoener-reisen.at
- Sights of the larger community (Hungarian)