Tápióbicske

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Tápióbicske
Tápióbicske coat of arms
Tápióbicske (Hungary)
Tápióbicske
Tápióbicske
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Central Hungary
County : pest
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Nagykáta
Coordinates : 47 ° 22 '  N , 19 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '45 "  N , 19 ° 41' 14"  E
Area : 48  km²
Residents : 3,465 (Jan 1, 2011)
Population density : 72 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 29
Postal code : 2764
KSH kódja: 15015
Structure and administration (as of 2013)
Community type : local community
Mayor : Sándor Kanyó (independent)
Postal address : Rákóczi út 93
2764 Tápióbicske
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Tápióbicske [ ˈtaːpi.oːbitʃkɛ ] is a municipality in Hungary . It is located in the southeast of Pest County , in the Nagykáta small area , in the valley of the Tápió stream, 60 kilometers from the provincial capital Budapest , in the geographical triangle of Jászberény -Cegléd-Monor.

The area of ​​the place is 4848 hectares. The population was 1,437 during the first census in Hungary in 1784, and at the moment (2001 census) it is 3,442. The place had the most inhabitants (4,226) in 1930.

history

Two earth castles were uncovered from the Bronze Age . The present village was most likely built in the 12th century. The namesake of the village is the Bicskei family (or Bikcsei, later Bicskey), whose members were the most important landowners of the village until the middle of the 19th century . The family's name first appears in a document from King Béla IV in 1250 . The village itself is first mentioned in a document from 1275. During the Turkish rule , the village gradually depopulated and became a desert . At the beginning of the 18th century, the return of the former residents and the resettlement of settlers from the north, including Slovaks , contributed to a new development.

The inhabitants were always engaged in agriculture. The soil conditions were particularly suitable for the cultivation of bread grain. Even the wine-growing was significant. In the 18th century, two large landowning families lived here: the Beleznay family and the Hellenbach family. Later small goods and medium goods became characteristic.

The church was consecrated in 1737, but it did not get its present form until 1786. The single-nave baroque church is one of the sights of the village. The new village was built around this church, but in the spring of 1834 the lower part of the village burned down completely.

During the Hungarian War of Independence in 1848/1849 there was a battle on April 4, 1849 in Tápióbicske and on the edge of the village, in which the rebellious Hungarians under the leadership of Artúr Görgei were victorious. To commemorate this, the Honvéd monument by Gyula Jankovics was erected on October 23, 1910 on the former battlefield . Those who fell here were buried in a communal grave here. In this battle there was a duel between Baron Riedesel and Alajos Színi Sebő. In 1999 a memorial was erected in his honor.

In the second half of the 19th century, the old nobles became impoverished and many of them moved away. The only great estate of the former Bitskey family fell into the hands of Kálmán Bitskey, who also provided substantial support for the church and teaching. He donated the building site for the primary school, which was built in 1902 and has been preserved to this day. In the years around the turn of the century, the typical peasantry developed. The barely profitable farming economy was supplemented by commuting to the capital and the growing importance of viticulture. At the beginning of the 20th century the village developed very quickly. The wine-growing area was extended to the area between the two Tápió brooks.

151 inhabitants from Tápióbicske fell victim to the First World War . The memorial next to the church (October 28, 1926 by Ottó Koltay) preserves the memory of this war. In World War II, 147 people died from the village. A memorial was erected in the cemetery to commemorate them.

After the fall of the Wall in 1990, important facilities and facilities were rebuilt, and public life also revived.

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