Nagycenk

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Nagycenk
Nagycenk coat of arms
Nagycenk (Hungary)
Nagycenk
Nagycenk
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Western Transdanubia
County : Győr-Moson-Sopron
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Sopron-Fertőd
District since 1.1.2013 : Sopron
Coordinates : 47 ° 36 '  N , 16 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '10 "  N , 16 ° 41' 55"  E
Area : 21.30  km²
Residents : 1,920 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 90 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 99
Postal code : 9485
KSH kódja: 02495
Structure and administration (as of 2015)
Community type : Large community
Mayor : János Csorba (independent)
Postal address : Gyár et al. 2
9485 Nagycenk
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Nagycenk ( German Großzinkendorf or Zinkendorf ) is a large Hungarian municipality in the Sopron district in Győr-Moson-Sopron County . The municipality represents Hungary in the European Charter - Villages of Europe , a group of rural municipalities from all 28 EU countries.

geography

The large municipality of Nagycenk is located in western Hungary directly on the border with Austria , south of Lake Neusiedl , opposite the Burgenland town of Deutschkreutz . The large community still consists of two parts that are structurally separated by the stream Ikva : Kiscenk (Kleinzinkendorf) and Nagycenk. Kópháza is northwest of the municipality , Fertőboz to the north, Hidegség to the northeast , Pereszteg to the east and Sopronkövesd to the southeast .

history

During excavations, remains from the Hallstatt period and graves from the Roman and Avar periods were found . found. The place was first mentioned in 1291 and was long shaped by the families of rich landowners like the Széchenyi . The Baroque mansion of the family of 1759 was István Széchenyi 1834-40 in neoclassical rebuilt style to the castle.

Kiscenk and Nagycenk were two independent communities for a long time until they were administratively united on October 1, 1893.

In the referendum in Burgenland in 1921 , the majority of the Magyar population, in contrast to the neighboring villages, voted unanimously for the Sopron area to remain with Hungary.

Towards the end of the Second World War , shortly before the Red Army marched in , the SS murdered hundreds of imprisoned Jews in Nagycenk , who were then buried.

The village and the estate belonged to the Széchenyi family until 1945.

Town twinning

Culture and sights

Széchenyi Castle

traffic

Nagycenk is the intersection of the main roads No. 85 (towards Budapest ) and No. 84 (to Lake Balaton ). The place is connected to the Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter railway .

Education and sport

There is a kindergarten and a primary school. In 1991 a gymnasium was opened on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the unification of the two communities. A little outside of the village is a motocross and enduro track , on which regular championships also take place.

media

The larger community has its own monthly information sheet called Cenki Híradó .

sons and daughters of the town

Big and Small Zinkendorf (top center) around 1873 (recording sheet of the state survey )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Website of the Nagycenk community ( Memento from January 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Bernhard evening: Hungary. Baedeker. ISBN 3-82971-092-5 , p. 374.
  3. ^ Arnold Suppan : Yugoslavia and Austria 1918–1938. Bilateral foreign policy in the European environment. Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-486-56166-9 , p. 160; Oskar Helmer: 40 years of Burgenland. A country chooses freedom. Wiener Volksbuchhandlung, Vienna 1961, p. 50.
  4. ↑ Randolph L. Braham : The politics of genocide. The Holocaust in Hungary. Wayne State University Press, Detroit 2000, ISBN 0814326919 , p. 51; Tibor Timothy Vajda: In the Whirlwind of History. Struggle on and Keep the Faith. Publisher iUniverse, New York 2003, ISBN 059529314X , p. 206.

Web links

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