46°16N 20°10E, pop (2000e) 171 000. River-port capital of Csongrád county, S Hungary, on R Tisza; railway; university (1872, refounded 1921); biological centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; railway; timber and salt trade, chemicals, hemp, salami, red pepper; cultural centre of the S Alföld; medicinal baths; castle (1242), votive church; open-air arts festival (JulAug).
Coordinates: 46.255° 20.145°
Szeged| Country: | Hungary |
| County: | Csongrád |
| Area: | 280.84 km² |
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Population (2005): - Density: |
162,889 581/km² |
| Postal code: | 6700 |
| Area code: | 62 |
| Coordinates: | 46.255° N 20.145° E |
| Home page: | http://www.szeged.hu/ |
Szeged listen (help·info) (in Serbian Segedin or Сегедин, in German Szegedin/Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín, in Medieval Latin Partiscum) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county.
Geographic location
Szeged is situated near the southern border of Hungary, just to the south of the mouth of the Maros River, on both banks of the Tisza River (Theiss, Tiscia). Due to the high number of sunshine
hours annually, Szeged is often called City of Sunshine (a name she shares with another Hungarian city, Debrecen.)
Demographics
As of 2003, there are 175.301 people residing in the city; There are 70.787 housing units at an average density of 252.05/km².
History
Szeged and its area have been inhabited since ancient times. In the 14th century, during the reign of Louis the Great, Szeged became the most important town of Southern Hungary, and – as the Turkish armies got closer to Hungary –, the strategic importance of Szeged grew.
Szeged was first pillaged by the Turkish army on 28 September 1526, but was occupied only in 1543, and became an administrative center of the Ottomans (see Ottoman Hungary).
After the first World War Hungary lost its southern territories to Romania and Serbia, thus Szeged became a city close to the border, and its importance lessened, but as it took over roles that formerly belonged to the now lost cities, it slowly recovered. The University of Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) moved to Szeged in 1921 (see University of Szeged).
Szeged suffered a lot during the World War II, 6000 inhabitants of the city were killed, the Jewish citizens were confined to ghettos, then taken to death camps, and the Soviet army occupied the city in 1944.
Today's Szeged is an important university town and a popular tourist attraction. they are held in every summer.
Education
The city of Szeged has 62 kindergartens, 32 elementary schools, 18 high schools and a university, which has been established by the unification of the past existing higher education centers.
Economy
Szeged is one of the centres of food industry in Hungary.
Tourist sights
Downtown, Dóm tér ("Cathedral square") with the Votive Church Episcopal palace (centre of the Diocese of Szeged-Csanád) Franciscan Church (Gothic, 15th century) Greek Orthodox Church (18th century) Synagogue http://zsinagoga.szeged.hu/ Minorite Church (Baroque, 18th century) Ferenc Móra Museum National Theatre of Szeged Botanic Garden of the University Szeged Zoo Fekete Haz "Black House", Museum of Currency Eclectic building of Radnóti Miklós High School (Radnóti Miklós Gimnázium)"Famous" people born in Szeged
Adrián Annus (1975), hammer thrower Gábor Agárdy (1922–2006), actor Béla Balázs (1884–1949), writer, poet, film critic Zsolt Becsey (1964), politician Rajmund Fodor (1976), water polo player Jenő Huszka (1875–1960), composer Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), writer Géza Maróczy (1870–1951), chess grand master Tamas Molnar (1975), water polo player László Cardinal Paskai (1927), Archbishop of Esztergom Willy Pogany (1882-1955), illustrator Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), cinematographerTwin towns
Szeged is twinned with:
| Cambridge, United Kingdom Darmstadt, Germany Nice, France Odessa, Ukraine | Subotica, Serbia Toledo, Ohio USA Turku, Finland |
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