Siklós
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Southern Transdanubia | ||||
| County : | Baranya | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Siklós | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 51 ' N , 18 ° 18' E | ||||
| Residents : | 9,732 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 72 | ||||
| Postal code : | 7800 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 05519 | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | János Marenics (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Kossuth tér 1 7800 Siklós |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Siklós [ ˈʃikloːʃ ] (German Sieglos , Croatian Šikloš , Serbian Шиклош ) is a town with almost 10,000 inhabitants (as of 2011) in the south of Hungary in the Transdanubian county of Baranya . It is the economic, cultural and administrative center of the small area of the same name .
Geographical location
The city is located 31 km south of the city of Pécs on the southern slope of the Villány Mountains (Villányi-hegység) , which rises with some peaks (Tenkes 408 m, Szársomlyó 442 m) about 300 m above the surrounding Drávamedence basin .
Architectural monuments
The most important monument in the city is the castle , which was first mentioned in 1294. The Siklós Castle (see also Vár ) is one of the best preserved historical buildings in the country; Almost all epochs of building history can be observed here: from the Romanesque and Gothic to the Baroque . The most beautiful parts are the bay window on the south facade and the castle chapel, in which Count Kázmér Batthyány , the foreign minister of the Kossuth government, is buried. The castle museum is also worth mentioning.
In the castle garden stands the statue of the former mistress Dorottya Kanizsay , who had the dead of the costly battle of Mohács against the Turks buried in 1526 . The restored mosque of Bey Malkoç received the Europa Nostra Prize in 1994 . The Serbian Orthodox Church with its iconostasis can also be visited.
The baroque Franciscan church of Siklós- Máriagyűd with its Gothic choir is famous for its pilgrimages . Its history can be traced back to the time of the Romans. Around 1800 Pope Pius VII officially recognized Máriagyűd as a place of pilgrimage .
The parish church of Siklós and the adjoining monastery , built in the Middle Ages, are located on the south-eastern slope of the castle hill . The monastery is now a ceramic workshop with the o. A. permanent exhibition. The parish church was built shortly after 1300 for the Augustinian choirs and, after some renovations and the Turkish Wars, went to the Franciscans. A number of wall paintings have recently been restored which experts believe are the highest quality of the Gothic frescoes known today , both in their entirety and in the delicacy of their individual details . The tomb of the palatine Miklós Gara made of red marble can be seen in the choir of the parish church .
Others
In addition to a museum on local history, Siklós also has a city gallery and a ceramics workshop , as porcelain production has long been an important industry in the Baranya region .
There is also a lido in Siklós . The city forms the center of the Villány-Siklós Wine Route .
The area of Siklós is the setting of the novel Captain Tenkes by Ferenc Örsi (1927–1994). It was filmed here in 1963, and since 2010 it has also been staged as a musical in Budapest with great success against the backdrop of Siklós Castle.
Surroundings
Larger places in the vicinity are:
- within 10 km: Harkány , Nagyharsány , Túrony , Villány , Vokány .
- within a 25 km radius: Bóly , Nagynyárád , Pellerd , Újpetre , Palkonya
- as well as across the Drava - already in Croatia - Donji Miholjac and Valpovo
- Within 50 km: Komló , Lengyel (prehistory and early history: Lengyel culture ), Mohács , Pécs , Mecseknádasd , Pécsvárad , Sellye , Szentlőrinc , and finally the Croatian Osijek
sons and daughters of the town
- George (György) Mikes (1912–1987), writer
Web links
- Siklós , in: A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (Hungarian)
- Siklós. Térképcentrum, accessed January 30, 2013 (Hungarian).
- Aerial views over Siklós
Individual evidence
- ↑ Musical “Captain from Tenkesberg” with huge success. Holidays in Hungary (travel portal), September 16, 2010, accessed on October 5, 2016 : “The story was… filmed by Tamás Fejés and is one of the classic adventure films in Hungarian post-war art. It plays in the Hungarian struggle for freedom of Franz II. Rákóczi at the beginning of the 18th century near the southern Hungarian Siklós. ... After numerous adventures, the Hungarians succeed in driving the Habsburgs out of Siklós. A mountain near Siklós and Hárkány still reminds us of the courageous freedom fighters. "