Sátoraljaújhely

	Sátoraljaújhely
	Sátoraljaújhely
	Sátoraljaújhely
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Northern Hungary
County :	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Small area until December 31, 2012 :	Sátoraljaújhely
District since 1.1.2013 :	Sátoraljaújhely
Coordinates :	48 ° 24 ' N , 21 ° 39' E Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '35 " N , 21 ° 39' 24" E
Height :	190 m
Area :	73.44 km²
Residents :	15,619 (Jan 1, 2011)
Population density :	213 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 47
Postal code :	3980
KSH kódja:	05120
Structure and administration (as of 2015)
Community type :	city
Structure :	Sátoraljaújhely, Károlyfalva , Rudabányácska , Széphalom
Mayor :	Péter István Szamosvölgyi (Fidesz-KDNP)
Postal address :	Kossuth tér 5. ; 3980 Sátoraljaújhely
Website :	www.satoraljaujhely.hu
	(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

View over the city

Sátoraljaújhely Monastery

Sátoraljaújhely [ ˈʃaːtorɒljɒuːjhɛj ] (German Neustadt am Zeltberg , Slovak Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom ) is a Hungarian town in the district of the same name in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County , right on the border with Slovakia . Since 1981 the formerly independent communities Rudabányácska , Széphalom and since 1985 Károlyfalva belong to the town of Sátoraljaújhely.

Location and traffic

Sátoraljaújhely extends over 7,344 hectares and had 15,619 inhabitants in 2011. The city is located on the northern edge of the Hungarian part of the well-known Tokaj wine region , 80 kilometers northeast of the Miskolc county seat . The Slovak municipality of Slovenské Nové Mesto is located directly to the east of the city, across the Ronyva River .

Main road no.37 runs through Sátoraljaújhely . The station, located in the southern part of the city, is connected to the railway line to the Budapest East Station .

history

The foundation of the place goes back to the time of the Hungarian conquest. In the 13th century, the place was destroyed by the Tatars and later rebuilt. In 1261 the place was given city rights by Stephan V , who later became King of Hungary .

In 1748 Sátoraljaújhely became the capital of Zemplén County . At the beginning of the 19th century, Ferenc Kazinczy , a reformer of the Hungarian language and literature, lived in the village of Széphalom, which is now part of Sátoraljaújhely.

In 1808, Mosche Teitelbaum founded a Hasidic Jewish community in Újhely . In 1905, 13,000 people lived in the city, 4,500 of them Jews.

1920 became a part of the city, the suburbs Kisújhely (Unterneustadt) with a strategically important railway station, by the Treaty of Trianon of Czechoslovakia awarded and was named Slovenské Nové Mesto there.

In recent history there have repeatedly been similar cases internationally. See also list of shared places .

tourism

The Eisenach – Budapest mountain hiking trail runs through Sátoraljaújhely and the Alföldi Kéktúra long-distance hiking trail begins .

Personalities

Attila Ambrus (* 1967), ice hockey player and bank robber, was incarcerated in the maximum security prison in Sátoraljaújhely
Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890), magnate and politician
Elemér Bokor (1887–1928), zoologist and speleologist
Brigitta Bui (* 1982), porn actress
Jenö Eisenberger (1922–2016), entrepreneur and art collector
József Engel (1811 or 1815–1901), sculptor
Victor Hausmann (1858–1920), painter
Angelo Heilprin (1853–1907), geologist and photographer
Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831), writer and language reformer
Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894), politician, national hero of Hungary
Árpád Latabár (1903–1961), actor
Géza Nagy (1892–1953), chess player
József Nemes Lampérth (1891–1924), painter
Attila Pethő (* 1950), mathematician
Mosche Teitelbaum (1759–1841), rabbi in the city from 1806
Katalin Vad (* 1980), stage name Michelle Wild , porn actress