Szentlőrinc

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Szentlőrinc
Szentlőrinc coat of arms
Szentlőrinc (Hungary)
Szentlőrinc
Szentlőrinc
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Southern Transdanubia
County : Baranya
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Szentlőrinc
Coordinates : 46 ° 3 '  N , 17 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 '32 "  N , 17 ° 59' 8"  E
Area : 27.82  km²
Residents : 6,922 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 249 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 73
Postal code : 7940
KSH kódja: 15866
Structure and administration (as of 2013)
Community type : city
Mayor : Márk Győrvári (independent)
Postal address : Templom tér 8
7940 Szentlőrinc
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Szentlőrinc [ ˈsɛntløːrints ] (German St. Laurenz , Croatian: Selurinac ) is a small town with 7,400 inhabitants 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 of around 2,000 km².

location

The city is located about 20 km southwest of the county capital Pécs on the trunk road 6 to Szigetvár (18 km) in a flat, agrarian environment. Only a few kilometers to the north-east does the landscape rise to the Mecsek Mountains , which overlook the vast Pannonian Plain by around 400 m.

The geographic coordinates of the place are approximated 46.1 ° North and 18.0 ° East, the altitude is about 150 meters.

history

In the middle of the 18th century, the administrative center for the estates of Duke Miklós Esterházy was established in Szentlőrinc . Its baroque castle , which was built between 1696 and 1717 and later expanded several times, is located on the spacious church square (Templom tér) . The Catholic rectory and the baroque church were completed around 1718 - shortly after the castle. The church is now a listed building because of its special construction, but its furnishings only date from the 19th century.

The Koncz-Brantner house in Munkácsy Mihály utca was built in the 18th century and was the residence of the estate manager of the Esterházy family. Today it houses a large, publicly accessible private collection. In addition, the city has a new, extensive museum of local history (in the inner city passage), where archeological finds and topics of regional studies and ethnology are exhibited.

Events

Aerial view of Szentlőrinc

The parish fair (fair) begins every year on August 10th. The “ Laurentius Days” include numerous cultural events and a street ball. There is also a regular agricultural fair, "Farmers' Day" (Gazdanapok) . The fair is the main agricultural event in Baranya County .

The bathing situation is with 36 ° C hot thermal water charged.

Bigger places

Town twinning

Szentlörinc maintains a community partnership with Urbach in Baden-Württemberg .

swell

  • Magyarország (road map 1: 200,000), Marco Polo Verlag
  1. Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj, (pdf)

Web links

Commons : Szentlőrinc  - collection of images, videos and audio files