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Szeged

Szeged (/ˈsɛɡɛd/ SEG-ed, Hungarian: [ˈsɛɡɛd] (listen); see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.

Szeged
Szeged Megyei Jogú Város


Top: A view of riverside in Tisza and nearby Mora Museum and Szeged National Theater, Middle left: A monument house in Klauzai Square, Center: Szeged Water Tower, Middle right:Szeged Csanad Cathedral in Dom Square, Bottom left: Szeged City Office, Bottom right: Szeged National Theater in Vaszy Viktor Square
Nickname: 
City of Sunshine (Napfény városa)
Szeged
Szeged
Coordinates: 46°15′18″N 20°08′42″E / 46.255°N 20.145°E / 46.255; 20.145Coordinates: 46°15′18″N 20°08′42″E / 46.255°N 20.145°E / 46.255; 20.145
Country Hungary
RegionSouthern Great Plain
CountyCsongrád-Csanád
DistrictSzeged
City status1498
Government
 • MayorLászló Botka (Independent)
 • Deputy mayor
List[2]
 • Town NotaryDr Andrea Gál
Area
 • City with county rights280.84 km2 (108.43 sq mi)
 • Rank11th in Hungary
Elevation
76 m (249.34 ft)
Highest elevation
76.7 m (251.6 ft)
Lowest elevation
75.8 m (248.7 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • City with county rights160,766[1]
 • Rank3rd in Hungary
 • Density612.28/km2 (1,585.8/sq mi)
 • Urban
239,025 (7th)[3]
Demonymszegedi
Population by ethnicity
 • Hungarians83.9%
 • Romani0.9%
 • Germans0.9%
 • Serbs0.8%
 • Romanians0.3%
 • Slovaks0.2%
 • Other2.1%
Population by religion
 • Roman Catholic36.4%
 • Greek Catholic0.4%
 • Calvinists4.8%
 • Lutherans1.2%
 • Jews0.1%
 • Other2.4%
 • Non-religious23.4%
 • Unknown31.4%
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
6700 to 6729, 6753, 6757, 6771, 6791
Area code(+36) 62
MotorwaysM5 Motorway
M43 Motorway
NUTS 3 codeHU333
Distance from Budapest162.8 km (101.2 mi) Northwest
AirportSzeged (LHUD)
MPs
Websitewww.szegedvaros.hu

The Szeged Open Air (Theatre) Festival (first held in 1931) is one of the main attractions, held every summer and celebrated as the Day of the City on 21 May.

Etymology

The name Szeged might come from an old Hungarian word for 'corner' (szeg), pointing to the turn of the river Tisza that flows through the city. Others say it derives from the Hungarian word sziget which means 'island'. Others still contend that szeg means 'dark blond' (sötétszőkés) – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers Tisza and Maros merge.[5]

The city has its own name in a number of foreign languages, usually by adding a suffix -in to the Hungarian name: Romanian Seghedin; German Szegedin or Segedin; Serbo-Croatian Segedin/Сегедин; Greek Παρτίσκον (Partiskon); Italian Seghedino; Latin Partiscum; Latvian Segeda; Lithuanian Segedas; Polish Segedyn; Slovak and Czech Segedín; Turkish Segedin.

History

 
Early 20th century postcard

Szeged and its area have been inhabited since ancient times. Ptolemy mentions the oldest known name of the city: Partiscum (Ancient Greek: Πάρτισκον[6]). It is possible that Attila, king of the Huns had his seat somewhere in this area. The name Szeged was first mentioned in 1183, in a document of King Béla III.

In the second century AD there was a Roman trading post established on an island in the Tisza, and the foundations of the Szeged castle suggest that the structure may have been built over an even earlier fort. Today only one corner of the castle still remains standing.[7]

During the Mongol invasion the town was destroyed and its inhabitants fled to the nearby swamps, but they soon returned and rebuilt their town. 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. King Sigismund of Luxembourg had a wall built around the town. Szeged was raised to free royal town status in 1498.

Szeged was first pillaged by the Ottoman Army on 28 September 1526, but was occupied only in 1543, and became an administrative centre of the Ottomans (see Ottoman Hungary). The town was a sanjak centre first in Budin Eyaleti (1543–1596), after in Eğri Eyaleti. The town was freed from Turkish rule on 23 October 1686, and regained the free royal town status in 1715. In 1719, Szeged received its coat of arms (still used today) from Charles III. During the next several years, Szeged grew and prospered. Piarist monks arrived in Szeged in 1719 and opened a new grammar school in 1721. Szeged also held scientific lectures and theatrical plays. These years brought not only prosperity but also enlightenment. Between 1728 and 1744 witch trials were frequent in the town, with the Szeged witch trials of 1728–29 perhaps being the largest. The witch trials were instigated by the authorities, who decided on this measure to remove the problem of the public complaints about the drought and its consequences of famine and epidemics by laying the responsibility on people among them, which had fraternized with the Devil. In 1720, the ethnic Hungarian population of the town numbered about 13000 to 16000, while the number of the Serb inhabitants was 1300.[8]

Szeged is known as the home of paprika, a spice made from dried, powdered capsicum fruits. Paprika arrived in Hungary in the second half of the 16th century as an ornamental plant. About 100 years later the plant was cultivated as an herb, and paprika as we know it.[9] Szeged is also famous for their szekelygulyas, a goulash made with pork, sauerkraut and sour cream.[10] And also famous for their halászlé, fish soup made of carp and catfish.

The citizens of Szeged played an important part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Lajos Kossuth delivered his famous speech here. Szeged was the last seat of the revolutionary government in July 1849. The Habsburg rulers punished the leaders of the town, but later Szeged began to prosper again; the railway reached it in 1854, and the town got its free royal town status back in 1860. Mark Pick's shop – the predecessor of today's Pick Salami Factory – was opened in 1869.

 
Szeged during the flood of 1879

Today the inner city of Szeged has wide avenues. This is mainly due to the great flood of 1879, which wiped away the whole town (only 265 of the 5723 houses remained and 165 people died). Emperor Franz Joseph visited the town and promised that "Szeged will be more beautiful than it used to be". He kept his promise, and during the next years a new, modern city emerged from the ruins, with palaces and wide streets.

During the 20th century

 
Shoppers in Szeged, 1929
 
Swimmers at Szeged, 1939

After the First World War Hungary lost its southern territories to Serbia, as a result 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. Following the Loss of Transylvania to Romania, University of Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca), moved to Szeged in 1921 (see University of Szeged). In 1923 Szeged took over the role of episcopal seat from Temesvár (now Timișoara, Romania). It was briefly occupied by the Romanian army during Hungarian-Romanian War in 1919. It also became a center for right-wing forces which would install Miklós Horthy as the country's new leader after the overthrow of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.[11] During the 1920s the Jewish population of Szeged grew and reached its zenith.

Szeged suffered heavily during World War II. 6,000 inhabitants of the city were killed, In 1941, there were 4,161 Jews living in Szeged. After, March 19, 1944 German occupation, they were confined to a ghetto together with the Jews from surrounding villages. In June, 1944, the ghetto was liquidated. The Nazis murdered the larger part of the 8,500 and some were forced into forced labor in Strasshof Labor camp, Austria.[12] Szeged was captured by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front on 11 October 1944 in the course of the Battle of Debrecen. During the communist era, Szeged became a centre of light industry and food industry. In 1965, oil was found near the city.[citation needed]

In 1962, Szeged became the county seat of Csongrád. Whole new districts were built, and many nearby villages (e.g. Tápé, Szőreg, Kiskundorozsma, Szentmihálytelek, Gyálarét) were annexed to the city in 1973 (as was a tendency during the Communist era).

Today's Szeged is an important university town and a tourist attraction.

The Szeged Symphony Orchestra (Szegedi Szimfonikus Zenekar) gives regular concerts at the Szegedi Nemzeti Színház.[13]

Geography

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, nearly in the centre of the Carpathian Basin. The Hungarian frontier with Serbia is just outside the town.

Climate

Szeged's climate is transitional between oceanic Köppen "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate) and continental (Köppen Dfb), with cold winters, hot summers, and fairly low precipitation. Due to the high hours of sunlight reported annually, Szeged is often called City of Sunshine (Napfény városa).[14] On 23 July 2022, a maximum temperature of 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) was registered in Szeged.[15]

Climate data for Szeged (1971–2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 2.8
(37.0)
5.7
(42.3)
11.6
(52.9)
16.9
(62.4)
22.4
(72.3)
25.5
(77.9)
27.7
(81.9)
27.6
(81.7)
23.3
(73.9)
17.2
(63.0)
8.9
(48.0)
4.1
(39.4)
16.1
(61.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.8
(30.6)
1.2
(34.2)
5.9
(42.6)
10.8
(51.4)
16.3
(61.3)
19.2
(66.6)
20.8
(69.4)
20.8
(69.4)
16.4
(61.5)
11.0
(51.8)
4.7
(40.5)
0.9
(33.6)
10.6
(51.1)
Average low °C (°F) −3.8
(25.2)
−2.6
(27.3)
0.5
(32.9)
5.2
(41.4)
10.3
(50.5)
13.0
(55.4)
14.3
(57.7)
14.0
(57.2)
10.3
(50.5)
5.6
(42.1)
1.2
(34.2)
−2.0
(28.4)
5.5
(41.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 24
(0.9)
23
(0.9)
25
(1.0)
40
(1.6)
51
(2.0)
68
(2.7)
53
(2.1)
56
(2.2)
37
(1.5)
35
(1.4)
38
(1.5)
39
(1.5)
489
(19.3)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 59 94 143 173 234 252 278 263 199 153 77 53 1,978
Source: Hungarian Meteorological Service[16]

Education

 
Attila József Study and Information Centre, the most recent building at University of Szeged

The city of Szeged has 62 kindergartens, 32 elementary schools and 18 high schools. The two most prominent high schools (Ságvári Endre Gyakorló Gimnázium and Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium) are in the top fifteen in the country.

Szeged is the higher education centre of the Southern Great Plain and has built quite a reputation for itself. Thousands of students study here, many of whom are foreigners. The University of Szeged is according to the number of students the second largest and the 4th oldest university of Hungary being established in 1581. Ranked as the top university of the country on , and in the top 100 in Europe, it offers several programs on different fields of study.

 
The ELI-ALPS research institute under construction in 2017

The Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which was built with the help of UNESCO funds, has also been a considerable source of advanced research. Scientists at this laboratory were first in the world to produce artificial heredity material in the year 2000. The building has served as a home to many well known conferences and continues to make contributions to the world of science.

The Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra is a cultural scientific centre of Szeged which gives home to laboratories of the Biological Research Centre and to exhibitions of the John von Neumann Computer Society especially their IT historical exposition.

In 2018 the new scientific institution, the ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) opened in Szeged establishing a unique facility which provides light sources within an extremely broad frequency range in the form of ultrashort pulses with high repetition rate which is needed for different kinds of physical experiments especially in the field of attosecond physics.[17]

It is also one of the main options for medical students who come from all around Europe to study Medicine in their recognized international campus.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1870 56,901—    
1880 59,143+3.9%
1890 68,924+16.5%
1900 82,803+20.1%
1910 96,063+16.0%
1920 100,175+4.3%
1930 108,448+8.3%
1941 110,740+2.1%
1949 104,867−5.3%
1960 117,515+12.1%
1970 145,312+23.7%
1980 164,437+13.2%
1990 169,930+3.3%
2001 168,273−1.0%
2011 168,048−0.1%
2020 160,258−4.6%

Ethnic groups (2001 census):

 
Crucifix in Szeged Felsőváros, Munkácsy Street

Religions (2001 census):

Economy

 
The new office building of the EPAM Systems, completed and opened in 2017 September.

Szeged is one of the centres of food industry in Hungary, especially known for its paprika and companies like Pick Szeged, Sole-Mizo, Bonafarm etc. Other notable companies having their headquarters in Szeged are AMSY International,[18] RRE – Szeged,[19] Optiwella,[20] Generál Printing House,[21] RotaPack,[22] Sanex Pro,[23] Agroplanta,[24] Karotin,[25] Florin,[26] Quadrotex[27] and SZEPLAST.[28]

Others, like ContiTech,[29] Duna-Dráva Cement, Szatmári Malom[30] and Europe Match,[31] are not based in the city, but have production facilities there.

The Hangár Expo and Conference Centre[32] provides space for international exhibitions and conferences.

Largest employers

# Employer # of Employees
1 University of Szeged 5,000 <
2 Pick Szeged 2,000–4,999
3 Sole-Mizo 1,000–1,999
4 Tisza-Volán 1,000–1,999
5 EDF-Démász 500–999
6 Suli-Host 500–999
7 Szegedi Közlekedési Társaság 500–999
8 Szegedi Szefo 500–999
9 Coop 300–499
10 GDF Suez 300–499
Historical unemployment rate between 2000 and 2016[34]
Year Unemployment rate (%)
2000 5.17%
2001 4.83%
2002 4.22%
2003 4.32%
2004 4.67%
2005 5.01%
2006 4.89%
2007 4.25%
2008 4.60%
2009 4.91%
2010 6.26%
2011 6.50%
2012 6.42%
2013 6.89%
2014 4.17%
2015 4.42%
2016 4.14%

Transport

 
The Ferenc Móra Bridge on the M43 Motorway near Szeged
 
Szeged Railway Station
 
The Directorate of MÁV in Szeged (designed by Ferenc Pfaff in 1894)

Szeged is the most important transportation hub in the Southern Great Plain. Two motorways, M5 and M43, lie along the city border. Through the M5 Motorway Szeged is connected to Kecskemét, Kiskunfélegyháza and Budapest to the north and to Subotica, Novi Sad and Belgrade in Serbia to the south. The M43 Motorway – which splits from the M5 Motorway near Szeged – connects the city via Makó to Arad and Timișoara in Romania. In addition, there are other roads running from the city to Makó and Nagylak (main road 43), to Röszke (main road 5), to Kiskunfélegyháza (main road 5), to Ásotthalom and Baja (main road 55) and to Hódmezővásárhely, Orosháza and Békéscsaba (main road 47).

The Budapest-Szeged-rail line is an important rail connection, as well as the railway lines 121 (to Makó), 135 (to Hódmezővásárhely), 136 (to Röszke) and 140 (to Kiskunfélegyháza).[35]

A tram-train system was constructed and inaugurated in November 2021, connecting Szeged with the neighbouring Hódmezővásárhely, thus creating the second most populous urban agglomeration in the country, after the capital. There was a proposal for its extension, even through the Serbian border, to Subotica.

The city is also a common stop for national and international long-distance buses.

Motorways

Railways

  • 121 (to Makó)
  • 135 (to Hódmezővásárhely)
  • 136 (to Röszke)
  • 140 (to Kiskunfélegyháza).

Airport

Szeged Airport is the international airport of Szeged.

Public transport

As of May 2018 Szeged had 39 local bus lines – 15 in the city centre and 24 in the suburbs. There are also 5 tram lines.[36]

Sport

The most popular sport in the city is handball.[citation needed] The city has one well-known club the 2013–14 EHF Cup-winner SC Pick Szeged playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

The second most popular sport is football in the city. Szeged had several clubs playing in the top level Hungarian league, the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. These are Szegedi AK, Szegedi Honvéd SE. The only currently operating club, Szeged 2011 play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

Association football clubs

Main sights

Votive Church (1930)   Dömötör Tower (11th century)   The Water Tower of Szent István Square (1904)  
Church of Grey Friars (Gothic, 15th century)   Ferenc Móra Museum (1896)   Reök palace (1907)
City Hall (1728, 1804, 1883)   Szeged Synagogue   National Theatre of Szeged  
Gróf-palace (1913)   The Main Building of the University   Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church (1781)  

Politics

The current mayor of Szeged is László Botka (Association for Szeged).

The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 33 members (1 Mayor, 23 Individual constituencies MEPs and 9 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[37]

Party Seats Current Municipal Assembly
  Association for Szeged[a] 19 M                                    
  Fidesz-KDNP 9                                      
  Independent Hungarian City Association (FVSZME) 1                                      

List of mayors

List of City Mayors from 1990:[38]

Member Party Term of office
Pál Lippai Fidesz-SZDSZ 1990–1994
István Szalay MSZP 1994–1998
László Bartha Fidesz-FKgP-MDF 1998–2002
László Botka MSZP(2002-2019) 2002–
Independent(2019-)[a]

Media

The city offers a wide range of media – television and radio stations, and print and online newspapers.

TV stations

  • Szeged TV
  • Tarjáni Kábeltévé Stúdió
  • TiszapART TV
  • Telin Televízió

Radio stations

  • "Rádió 88" FM 95,4 MHz
  • All in Party Radio
  • Rádió Mi, 89,9 MHz
  • Lánchíd Rádió, FM 100,2 MHz
  • MR1 Kossuth Rádió, FM 90,3 MHz
  • MR2 Petőfi Rádió, 104,6 MHz
  • MR3 Bartók Rádió, 105,7 MHz
  • Dankó Rádió, 93,1 MHz
  • Rádió1, 87,9 MHz

Daily newspapers and news portals

  • Délmagyarország (delmagyar.hu)
  • szeged.hu
  • szegeder.hu
  • szegedma.hu
  • szeged365.hu

Notable people

Born in Szeged

 
A memorial of the Golden Team, the legendary football team of Hungary

Lived in Szeged

Twin towns – sister cities

Szeged is twinned with:[39]

Gallery

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Supported by MSZP-Momentum-DK-LMP-Jobbik.

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  2. ^ Pécs – Tisztségviselők
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  7. ^ Szeged by Dr. Trogmayer Ottó
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  10. ^ "TalkTalk Webspace is closing soon!!". www.talktalk.co.uk.
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  12. ^ "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- Szeged, Hungary Deportation List". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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  31. ^ Megosztom, 2006 11 15 14:19. "Megmenekült az egyetlen hazai gyufagyár".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  39. ^ "Testvérvárosok". szegedtourism.hu (in Hungarian). Szeged Tourism. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

External links

  • Official site with webcam (in Hungarian and English)

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Not to be confused with Seget Szeged ˈ s ɛ ɡ ɛ d SEG ed Hungarian ˈsɛɡɛd listen see also other alternative names is the third largest city of Hungary the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrad Csanad county The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary SzegedCity with county rightsSzeged Megyei Jogu VarosTop A view of riverside in Tisza and nearby Mora Museum and Szeged National Theater Middle left A monument house in Klauzai Square Center Szeged Water Tower Middle right Szeged Csanad Cathedral in Dom Square Bottom left Szeged City Office Bottom right Szeged National Theater in Vaszy Viktor SquareFlagCoat of armsNickname City of Sunshine Napfeny varosa SzegedShow map of Csongrad CountySzegedShow map of HungaryCoordinates 46 15 18 N 20 08 42 E 46 255 N 20 145 E 46 255 20 145 Coordinates 46 15 18 N 20 08 42 E 46 255 N 20 145 E 46 255 20 145Country HungaryRegionSouthern Great PlainCountyCsongrad CsanadDistrictSzegedCity status1498Government MayorLaszlo Botka Independent Deputy mayorList 2 Sandor Nagy Egyutt Dr Laszlo Solymos Hungarian Socialist Party Town NotaryDr Andrea GalArea City with county rights280 84 km2 108 43 sq mi Rank11th in HungaryElevation76 m 249 34 ft Highest elevation76 7 m 251 6 ft Lowest elevation75 8 m 248 7 ft Population 2019 City with county rights160 766 1 Rank3rd in Hungary Density612 28 km2 1 585 8 sq mi Urban239 025 7th 3 DemonymszegediPopulation by ethnicity 4 Hungarians83 9 Romani0 9 Germans0 9 Serbs0 8 Romanians0 3 Slovaks0 2 Other2 1 Population by religion 4 Roman Catholic36 4 Greek Catholic0 4 Calvinists4 8 Lutherans1 2 Jews0 1 Other2 4 Non religious23 4 Unknown31 4 Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST Postal code6700 to 6729 6753 6757 6771 6791Area code 36 62MotorwaysM5 Motorway M43 MotorwayNUTS 3 codeHU333Distance from Budapest162 8 km 101 2 mi NorthwestAirportSzeged LHUD MPsList Sandor Szabo Hungarian Socialist Party Laszlo B Nagy Fidesz KDNP Websitewww wbr szegedvaros wbr huThe Szeged Open Air Theatre Festival first held in 1931 is one of the main attractions held every summer and celebrated as the Day of the City on 21 May Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2 1 During the 20th century 3 Geography 3 1 Climate 4 Education 5 Demographics 6 Economy 6 1 Largest employers 7 Transport 7 1 Motorways 7 2 Railways 7 3 Airport 7 4 Public transport 8 Sport 8 1 Association football clubs 9 Main sights 10 Politics 10 1 List of mayors 11 Media 11 1 TV stations 11 2 Radio stations 11 3 Daily newspapers and news portals 12 Notable people 12 1 Born in Szeged 12 2 Lived in Szeged 13 Twin towns sister cities 14 Gallery 15 See also 16 Notes 17 References 18 External linksEtymology EditThe name Szeged might come from an old Hungarian word for corner szeg pointing to the turn of the river Tisza that flows through the city Others say it derives from the Hungarian word sziget which means island Others still contend that szeg means dark blond sotetszokes a reference to the color of the water where the rivers Tisza and Maros merge 5 The city has its own name in a number of foreign languages usually by adding a suffix in to the Hungarian name Romanian Seghedin German Szegedin or Segedin Serbo Croatian Segedin Segedin Greek Partiskon Partiskon Italian Seghedino Latin Partiscum Latvian Segeda Lithuanian Segedas Polish Segedyn Slovak and Czech Segedin Turkish Segedin History Edit Early 20th century postcard Szeged and its area have been inhabited since ancient times Ptolemy mentions the oldest known name of the city Partiscum Ancient Greek Partiskon 6 It is possible that Attila king of the Huns had his seat somewhere in this area The name Szeged was first mentioned in 1183 in a document of King Bela III In the second century AD there was a Roman trading post established on an island in the Tisza and the foundations of the Szeged castle suggest that the structure may have been built over an even earlier fort Today only one corner of the castle still remains standing 7 During the Mongol invasion the town was destroyed and its inhabitants fled to the nearby swamps but they soon returned and rebuilt their town 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 King Sigismund of Luxembourg had a wall built around the town Szeged was raised to free royal town status in 1498 Szeged was first pillaged by the Ottoman Army on 28 September 1526 but was occupied only in 1543 and became an administrative centre of the Ottomans see Ottoman Hungary The town was a sanjak centre first in Budin Eyaleti 1543 1596 after in Egri Eyaleti The town was freed from Turkish rule on 23 October 1686 and regained the free royal town status in 1715 In 1719 Szeged received its coat of arms still used today from Charles III During the next several years Szeged grew and prospered Piarist monks arrived in Szeged in 1719 and opened a new grammar school in 1721 Szeged also held scientific lectures and theatrical plays These years brought not only prosperity but also enlightenment Between 1728 and 1744 witch trials were frequent in the town with the Szeged witch trials of 1728 29 perhaps being the largest The witch trials were instigated by the authorities who decided on this measure to remove the problem of the public complaints about the drought and its consequences of famine and epidemics by laying the responsibility on people among them which had fraternized with the Devil In 1720 the ethnic Hungarian population of the town numbered about 13000 to 16000 while the number of the Serb inhabitants was 1300 8 Szeged is known as the home of paprika a spice made from dried powdered capsicum fruits Paprika arrived in Hungary in the second half of the 16th century as an ornamental plant About 100 years later the plant was cultivated as an herb and paprika as we know it 9 Szeged is also famous for their szekelygulyas a goulash made with pork sauerkraut and sour cream 10 And also famous for their halaszle fish soup made of carp and catfish The citizens of Szeged played an important part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Lajos Kossuth delivered his famous speech here Szeged was the last seat of the revolutionary government in July 1849 The Habsburg rulers punished the leaders of the town but later Szeged began to prosper again the railway reached it in 1854 and the town got its free royal town status back in 1860 Mark Pick s shop the predecessor of today s Pick Salami Factory was opened in 1869 Szeged during the flood of 1879 Today the inner city of Szeged has wide avenues This is mainly due to the great flood of 1879 which wiped away the whole town only 265 of the 5723 houses remained and 165 people died Emperor Franz Joseph visited the town and promised that Szeged will be more beautiful than it used to be He kept his promise and during the next years a new modern city emerged from the ruins with palaces and wide streets During the 20th century Edit Shoppers in Szeged 1929 Swimmers at Szeged 1939 After the First World War Hungary lost its southern territories to Serbia as a result 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 Following the Loss of Transylvania to Romania University of Kolozsvar now Cluj Napoca moved to Szeged in 1921 see University of Szeged In 1923 Szeged took over the role of episcopal seat from Temesvar now Timișoara Romania It was briefly occupied by the Romanian army during Hungarian Romanian War in 1919 It also became a center for right wing forces which would install Miklos Horthy as the country s new leader after the overthrow of the Hungarian Soviet Republic 11 During the 1920s the Jewish population of Szeged grew and reached its zenith Szeged suffered heavily during World War II 6 000 inhabitants of the city were killed In 1941 there were 4 161 Jews living in Szeged After March 19 1944 German occupation they were confined to a ghetto together with the Jews from surrounding villages In June 1944 the ghetto was liquidated The Nazis murdered the larger part of the 8 500 and some were forced into forced labor in Strasshof Labor camp Austria 12 Szeged was captured by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front on 11 October 1944 in the course of the Battle of Debrecen During the communist era Szeged became a centre of light industry and food industry In 1965 oil was found near the city citation needed In 1962 Szeged became the county seat of Csongrad Whole new districts were built and many nearby villages e g Tape Szoreg Kiskundorozsma Szentmihalytelek Gyalaret were annexed to the city in 1973 as was a tendency during the Communist era Today s Szeged is an important university town and a tourist attraction The Szeged Symphony Orchestra Szegedi Szimfonikus Zenekar gives regular concerts at the Szegedi Nemzeti Szinhaz 13 Geography EditSzeged 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 nearly in the centre of the Carpathian Basin The Hungarian frontier with Serbia is just outside the town Climate Edit Szeged s climate is transitional between oceanic Koppen Cfb Marine West Coast Climate Oceanic climate and continental Koppen Dfb with cold winters hot summers and fairly low precipitation Due to the high hours of sunlight reported annually Szeged is often called City of Sunshine Napfeny varosa 14 On 23 July 2022 a maximum temperature of 40 1 C 104 2 F was registered in Szeged 15 Climate data for Szeged 1971 2000 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearAverage high C F 2 8 37 0 5 7 42 3 11 6 52 9 16 9 62 4 22 4 72 3 25 5 77 9 27 7 81 9 27 6 81 7 23 3 73 9 17 2 63 0 8 9 48 0 4 1 39 4 16 1 61 1 Daily mean C F 0 8 30 6 1 2 34 2 5 9 42 6 10 8 51 4 16 3 61 3 19 2 66 6 20 8 69 4 20 8 69 4 16 4 61 5 11 0 51 8 4 7 40 5 0 9 33 6 10 6 51 1 Average low C F 3 8 25 2 2 6 27 3 0 5 32 9 5 2 41 4 10 3 50 5 13 0 55 4 14 3 57 7 14 0 57 2 10 3 50 5 5 6 42 1 1 2 34 2 2 0 28 4 5 5 41 9 Average precipitation mm inches 24 0 9 23 0 9 25 1 0 40 1 6 51 2 0 68 2 7 53 2 1 56 2 2 37 1 5 35 1 4 38 1 5 39 1 5 489 19 3 Mean monthly sunshine hours 59 94 143 173 234 252 278 263 199 153 77 53 1 978Source Hungarian Meteorological Service 16 Education EditSee also University of Szeged Attila Jozsef Study and Information Centre the most recent building at University of Szeged The city of Szeged has 62 kindergartens 32 elementary schools and 18 high schools The two most prominent high schools Sagvari Endre Gyakorlo Gimnazium and Radnoti Miklos Kiserleti Gimnazium are in the top fifteen in the country Szeged is the higher education centre of the Southern Great Plain and has built quite a reputation for itself Thousands of students study here many of whom are foreigners The University of Szeged is according to the number of students the second largest and the 4th oldest university of Hungary being established in 1581 Ranked as the top university of the country on Academic Ranking of World Universities 2005 and in the top 100 in Europe it offers several programs on different fields of study The ELI ALPS research institute under construction in 2017 The Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences which was built with the help of UNESCO funds has also been a considerable source of advanced research Scientists at this laboratory were first in the world to produce artificial heredity material in the year 2000 The building has served as a home to many well known conferences and continues to make contributions to the world of science The Szent Gyorgyi Albert Agora is a cultural scientific centre of Szeged which gives home to laboratories of the Biological Research Centre and to exhibitions of the John von Neumann Computer Society especially their IT historical exposition In 2018 the new scientific institution the ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source ELI ALPS opened in Szeged establishing a unique facility which provides light sources within an extremely broad frequency range in the form of ultrashort pulses with high repetition rate which is needed for different kinds of physical experiments especially in the field of attosecond physics 17 It is also one of the main options for medical students who come from all around Europe to study Medicine in their recognized international campus Demographics EditHistorical populationYearPop 187056 901 188059 143 3 9 189068 924 16 5 190082 803 20 1 191096 063 16 0 1920100 175 4 3 1930108 448 8 3 1941110 740 2 1 1949104 867 5 3 1960117 515 12 1 1970145 312 23 7 1980164 437 13 2 1990169 930 3 3 2001168 273 1 0 2011168 048 0 1 2020160 258 4 6 Ethnic groups 2001 census Hungarians 93 5 Romani 0 7 Germans 0 5 Serbs 0 2 Romanians 0 2 Croats 0 1 Slovaks 0 1 No answer unknown 4 7 Crucifix in Szeged Felsovaros Munkacsy Street Religions 2001 census Roman Catholic 54 5 Calvinist 6 7 Lutheran 1 6 Greek Catholic 0 6 Others Christian 1 3 Others non Christian 0 4 Atheist 21 8 No answer unknown 13 1 Economy Edit The new office building of the EPAM Systems completed and opened in 2017 September Szeged is one of the centres of food industry in Hungary especially known for its paprika and companies like Pick Szeged Sole Mizo Bonafarm etc Other notable companies having their headquarters in Szeged are AMSY International 18 RRE Szeged 19 Optiwella 20 General Printing House 21 RotaPack 22 Sanex Pro 23 Agroplanta 24 Karotin 25 Florin 26 Quadrotex 27 and SZEPLAST 28 Others like ContiTech 29 Duna Drava Cement Szatmari Malom 30 and Europe Match 31 are not based in the city but have production facilities there The Hangar Expo and Conference Centre 32 provides space for international exhibitions and conferences Largest employers Edit Employer of Employees1 University of Szeged 5 000 lt 2 Pick Szeged 2 000 4 9993 Sole Mizo 1 000 1 9994 Tisza Volan 1 000 1 9995 EDF Demasz 500 9996 Suli Host 500 9997 Szegedi Kozlekedesi Tarsasag 500 9998 Szegedi Szefo 500 9999 Coop 300 49910 GDF Suez 300 499Historical unemployment rate between 2000 and 2016 34 Year Unemployment rate 2000 5 17 2001 4 83 2002 4 22 2003 4 32 2004 4 67 2005 5 01 2006 4 89 2007 4 25 2008 4 60 2009 4 91 2010 6 26 2011 6 50 2012 6 42 2013 6 89 2014 4 17 2015 4 42 2016 4 14 Transport Edit The Ferenc Mora Bridge on the M43 Motorway near Szeged Szeged Railway Station The Directorate of MAV in Szeged designed by Ferenc Pfaff in 1894 Szeged is the most important transportation hub in the Southern Great Plain Two motorways M5 and M43 lie along the city border Through the M5 Motorway Szeged is connected to Kecskemet Kiskunfelegyhaza and Budapest to the north and to Subotica Novi Sad and Belgrade in Serbia to the south The M43 Motorway which splits from the M5 Motorway near Szeged connects the city via Mako to Arad and Timișoara in Romania In addition there are other roads running from the city to Mako and Nagylak main road 43 to Roszke main road 5 to Kiskunfelegyhaza main road 5 to Asotthalom and Baja main road 55 and to Hodmezovasarhely Oroshaza and Bekescsaba main road 47 The Budapest Szeged rail line is an important rail connection as well as the railway lines 121 to Mako 135 to Hodmezovasarhely 136 to Roszke and 140 to Kiskunfelegyhaza 35 A tram train system was constructed and inaugurated in November 2021 connecting Szeged with the neighbouring Hodmezovasarhely thus creating the second most populous urban agglomeration in the country after the capital There was a proposal for its extension even through the Serbian border to Subotica The city is also a common stop for national and international long distance buses Motorways Edit M5 M43Railways Edit 121 to Mako 135 to Hodmezovasarhely 136 to Roszke 140 to Kiskunfelegyhaza Airport Edit Szeged Airport is the international airport of Szeged Public transport Edit See also Public transport in Szeged As of May 2018 Szeged had 39 local bus lines 15 in the city centre and 24 in the suburbs There are also 5 tram lines 36 Sport EditThe most popular sport in the city is handball citation needed The city has one well known club the 2013 14 EHF Cup winner SC Pick Szeged playing in the Nemzeti Bajnoksag I The second most popular sport is football in the city Szeged had several clubs playing in the top level Hungarian league the Nemzeti Bajnoksag I These are Szegedi AK Szegedi Honved SE The only currently operating club Szeged 2011 play in the Nemzeti Bajnoksag II Association football clubs Edit Szeged 2011 currently competing in the 2018 19 Nemzeti Bajnoksag III Szegedi Egyseges Oktatasi Labdarugo SC currently competing in the 2018 19 Nemzeti Bajnoksag III Szegedi VSE currently competing in the Csongrad county championship Szegedi EAC defunct Szegedi AK defunct Szegedi Honved SE defunctMain sights EditVotive Church 1930 Domotor Tower 11th century The Water Tower of Szent Istvan Square 1904 Church of Grey Friars Gothic 15th century Ferenc Mora Museum 1896 Reok palace 1907 City Hall 1728 1804 1883 Szeged Synagogue National Theatre of Szeged Grof palace 1913 The Main Building of the University Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church 1781 Politics EditThe current mayor of Szeged is Laszlo Botka Association for Szeged The local Municipal Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections is made up of 33 members 1 Mayor 23 Individual constituencies MEPs and 9 Compensation List MEPs divided into this political parties and alliances 37 Party Seats Current Municipal Assembly Association for Szeged a 19 M Fidesz KDNP 9 Independent Hungarian City Association FVSZME 1 List of mayors Edit List of City Mayors from 1990 38 Member Party Term of officePal Lippai Fidesz SZDSZ 1990 1994Istvan Szalay MSZP 1994 1998Laszlo Bartha Fidesz FKgP MDF 1998 2002Laszlo Botka MSZP 2002 2019 2002 Independent 2019 a Media EditThe city offers a wide range of media television and radio stations and print and online newspapers TV stations Edit Szeged TV Tarjani Kabelteve Studio TiszapART TV Telin TelevizioRadio stations Edit Radio 88 FM 95 4 MHz All in Party Radio Radio Mi 89 9 MHz Lanchid Radio FM 100 2 MHz MR1 Kossuth Radio FM 90 3 MHz MR2 Petofi Radio 104 6 MHz MR3 Bartok Radio 105 7 MHz Danko Radio 93 1 MHz Radio1 87 9 MHzDaily newspapers and news portals Edit Delmagyarorszag delmagyar wbr hu szeged wbr hu szegeder wbr hu szegedma wbr hu szeged365 wbr huNotable people EditBorn in Szeged Edit A memorial of the Golden Team the legendary football team of Hungary See also Category People from Szeged Adrian Annus 1975 hammer thrower Gabor Agardy 1922 2006 actor Bela Balazs 1884 1949 writer poet film critic Zsolt Becsey 1964 politician Joseph Csaky 1888 1971 sculptor Krisztian Cser 1977 opera singer physicist Attila Czene 1974 Olympic champion medley swimmer Janos Csonka 1852 1939 engineer co inventor of the carburetor Mihaly Erdelyi 1895 1979 operetta composer Sophie Evans 1976 adult movie star Ivan Fellegi 1935 Chief Statistician of Canada Rajmund Fodor 1976 Olympic champion water polo player Jeno Huszka 1875 1960 composer Eva Janikovszky 1926 2003 writer Ferenc Joachim 1882 1964 painter Gyula Juhasz 1883 1937 poet Esther Jungreis Orthodox Jewish outreach speaker Judith Karasz 1912 1977 photographer and Bauhaus graduate Moses Max Low de 1857 architect Geza Maroczy 1870 1951 chess grand master Anita Marton 1989 shot putter Tamas Molnar 1975 Olympic champion water polo player Nickolas Muray born Miklos Mandl 1892 1965 Hungarian born American photographer and Olympic fencer Robert Nagy 1967 speedway rider Laszlo Paskai 1927 2015 Archbishop of Esztergom Szilvia Peter Szabo 1982 singer Willy Pogany 1882 1955 illustrator Gyorgy Sebok 1922 1999 pianist Julius Stahel 1825 1912 American Civil War general and diplomat Hanna Tetteh 1967 Foreign minister of the Republic of Ghana Peter Agnes hu 1983 singer Attila Vajda 1983 Olympic champion canoer Vilmos Zsigmond 1930 cinematographer Lived in Szeged Edit Mihaly Babits poet writer Lipot Fejer mathematician Ferenc Fricsay conductor Alfred Haar mathematician Attila Jozsef poet Laszlo Kalmar mathematician Dezso Kosztolanyi poet novelist Peter Leko chess grandmaster Immanuel Low rabbi Judaic scholar politician Leopold Low rabbi historian and Judaic scholar Kalman Mikszath writer Ferenc Mora writer archaeologist Miklos Radnoti poet Frigyes Riesz mathematician Albert Szent Gyorgyi Nobel prize winner chemist and biologist Bela Szokefalvi Nagy mathematician Philip Wodianer communal worker Adele Zay 1848 1928 teacher and feministTwin towns sister cities EditSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary Szeged is twinned with 39 Cambridge England United Kingdom 1987 Darmstadt Germany 1990 Kotor Montenegro 2001 Larnaca Cyprus 1994 Liege Belgium 2001 Lodz Poland 2004 Nice France 1969 Odesa Ukraine 1957 Parma Italy 1988 Pula Croatia 2003 Rakhiv Ukraine 1939 renewed 1997 Subotica Serbia 1966 renewed 2004 Targu Mureș Romania 1997 Timișoara Romania 1998 Toledo United States 1990 Turku Finland 1971 Weinan China 1999 Gallery Edit Szeged city hall Posta Palace MAV Palace Votive Church at night Matthias Corvinus of Hungary Elisabeth Sisi was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary Unger Mayer House 1911 Statue of Kuno von Klebelsberg Art Nouveau Szeged Railway Station The Great Flood 1879 Statue Rector s Building University of Szeged Institute of Informatics amp IT Department University of Szeged Faculty of Sciences the chemistry building University of Szeged View from the Votive Church Dome Aerial photography Belvarosi bridge on the Tisza river Capsicum fruits in Szeged Mora Ferenc Museum Anna Thermal Bath Szeged bridge on Tisza Fekete houseSee also EditPublic transport in Szeged Szeged Symphony Orchestra National Theatre of SzegedNotes Edit a b Supported by MSZP Momentum DK LMP Jobbik References Edit KSH 2019 Pecs Tisztsegviselok OECD FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES HUNGARY PDF a b Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary www ksh hu On etymology Archived from the original on 18 October 2007 Klaudios Ptolemaios Handbuch der Geographie Griechisch Deutsch Herausgegeben von Alfred Stuckelberger und Gerd Grasshoff Schwabe Verlag Basel 2006 p 310 311 Szeged by Dr Trogmayer Otto Adam Fejer Magyarok es szlavok Konferencia Szeged 1991 majus 30 31 Szerk Fejer Adam H Toth Imre stb Kiad a JATE Szlav Filologiai Tansz Jozsef Attila Tudomanyegyetem 1993 p 262 ISBN 9789634819929 Vickery TV Paprika Hungary 28 July 2009 Archived from the original on 28 July 2009 TalkTalk Webspace is closing soon www talktalk co uk Pons Silvio Smith Stephen A eds 21 September 2017 The Cambridge History of Communism 1 ed Cambridge University Press doi 10 1017 9781316137024 ISBN 978 1 316 13702 4 Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database Szeged Hungary Deportation List www ushmm org Retrieved 21 February 2021 Szeged Symphony Orchestra website accessed 6 August 2012 Kft New Wave Media Group A napfeny varosa www origo hu 12982 Szeged Hungary ogimet com OGIMET 23 July 2022 Retrieved 24 July 2022 Monthly Averages for Szeged 1971 2000 met hu ELI ALPS Research Institute Towards the sharp end of attoscience www eli alps hu Contact Info AMSY www amsy net RRE Szeged Nyomdaipari kft Elerhetosegek Optiwella Docsis Cable Modems amp CMTS www optiwella com Contact Us generalnyomda hu RotaPack Contact SanexPro sanexpro hu AgroPlantaKft Szeged agroplanta hu Kapcsolat karotin hu Kapcsolat Florin Kapcsolat www quadrotex hu Contact SZEPLAST Zrt Continental Industry Innovator and Technological Pioneer for Rubber and Plastic Products www continental industry com Szatmari Malom Megosztom 2006 11 15 14 19 Megmenekult az egyetlen hazai gyufagyar a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Hangar expo www hangar expo hu Ceglista letoltes Cegkereso cegnev cim adoszam fotevekenyseg szerint www cegfurkesz hu 2016 nfsz munka hu Rail transport map of Hungary by the Hungarian Rail Capacity Allocation Office VPE Vonalhalozat Szegedi Kozlekedesi Tarsasag Varosi kozgyules tagjai 2019 2024 Szeged Csongrad megye valasztas hu Szeged varos polgarmesterei es tanacselnokei 1715 tol napjainkig szegedvaros hu Retrieved 3 November 2019 Testvervarosok szegedtourism hu in Hungarian Szeged Tourism Retrieved 12 October 2019 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Szeged Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Szeged Official site with webcam in Hungarian and English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Szeged amp oldid 1132115426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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