Nagymányok
| Nagymányok | |||||
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Southern Transdanubia | ||||
| County : | Tolna | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Bonyhád | ||||
| District since 1.1.2013 : | Bonyhád | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 17 ' N , 18 ° 27' E | ||||
| Area : | 10.68 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 2,276 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 213 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 74 | ||||
| Postal code : | 7355 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 14030 | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2017) | |||||
| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | Béla Karl (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Dózsa György u. 28 7355 Nagymányok |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Nagymányok (German: Großmanok , older also Großmangarth ) is a Hungarian city in the Bonyhád district in Tolna County .
history
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1015 and its spelling changed over time: Manky , Meneke , Manyk , Manyuk , Mányok and Nagymányok . After the Turkish occupation , German Catholics settled here . Even today, half of the population belongs to the German ethnic group.
Coal mining was carried out in the vicinity of the place .
On July 1, 2009, the municipality received city status.
Town twinning
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Jabłonka (Powiat Nowotarski) , Poland
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Reichelsheim (Odenwald) , Germany
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Teunz , Germany
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Zetea , Romania
sons and daughters of the town
- Konrád Pál Wusching (1827–1900), composer and conductor
Attractions
- Evangelical church, built in the early 1990s according to plans by János Krähling
- Local history museum ( Tájház )
- Roman Catholic Church Szent Mihály , built in 1783 (Baroque)
- Statue of Saint John Nepomuk ( Nepomuki Szent János Szobor )
traffic
Nagymányok is on the Dombóvár - Bátaszék railway line . The main road No. 6534 runs through the city and the main road No. 6 is only a few kilometers away.
photos
View of the place, inscription on the plaque: In memory of the coal mining industry 1803-1965
Protestant church
Statue of Saint John Nepomuk
Lake at Nagymányok
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danube Swabian Place Name Book: for the formerly and partly still German-populated places in Hungary, Isabelle Regényi, Anton Scherer, Günter Junkers - 1987