Nyírbátor
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Northern Great Plain | ||||
| County : | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Nyírbátor | ||||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 50 ' N , 22 ° 8' E | ||||
| Area : | 66.73 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 12,150 (Jan. 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 182 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 42 | ||||
| Postal code : | 4300 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 14845 | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | Antal Máté (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Szabadság tér 7 4300 Nyírbátor |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Nyírbátor [ ɲiːrbaːtor ] ( German Bathor ) is a town in County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg in northeastern Hungary and has about 13,400 inhabitants. It is located about 35 km southeast of Nyíregyháza near the border with Romania .
history
Nyírbátor was first mentioned in writing in 1279. A year later, King Ladislaus IV granted Nyírbátor market rights. At that time the Gutkeled dynasty , who are counted among the ancestors of the Báthory family, ruled the place. Many members of the Gutkeled family are also buried there.
In the period that followed, between the 15th and 17th centuries, the politically influential Báthori family also shaped the town in the Puszta economically. István Báthori had two churches built in Gothic style towards the end of the 15th century . During this time Nyírbátor exercised a bridge function towards Transylvania , the Carpathians and Poland and was the regional focus of the economy and trade .
After an administrative reform in 1872, the city temporarily lost its town charter, but as a district town retained a regional attraction for economy, education and culture. It was not until a century later, in 1973, that Nyírbátor regained its city status.
Town twinning
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Carei , Romania
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Hrodna , Belarus
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Rawa Mazowiecka , Poland
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Șimleu Silvaniei , Romania
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Vynohradiv , Ukraine
Culture
Music and theater have been at the heart of Nyírbátor's cultural life in recent decades. Since 1967 the “Days of Music” have taken place in August. In 1992 an international street theater festival was held for the first time. Painters and graphic artists also work in the idyllic surroundings of the place, whose medieval townscape has been preserved.
Attractions
- The marble tomb of István Báthori is located in the Calvinist St. George's Church from the 15th century . The approximately 20 m high wooden bell tower of the church was built in the 17th century.
- The Minorite Church , built in Gothic style, was destroyed by the Turks in 1587 and rebuilt 130 years later in Baroque style. The church's five altars come from Prešov .
- The István Báthory Museum is housed in a monastery from the 18th century, which houses an ethnographic collection from the Middle Ages, items from the churches and from the property of the Báthory family .
traffic
The city is connected to the railway lines to Nyíregyháza , Mátészalka and Debrecen .
gallery
Web links
- Official website
- Nyir-Bátor in A Pallas nagy lexikona ( Hungarian )
- Aerial views over Nyírbátor
- Historical illustration by Lukas Schnitzer from 1665: Zatmar ( digitized version )