Marcali (german: Martzal) is a town in
Somogy County
Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Somogy County lies ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
, and the seat of
Marcali District
Marcali ( hu, Marcali járás) is a district in north-western part of Somogy County. ''Marcali'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia Statistical ...
.
The settlement is part of the
Balatonboglár wine region
The Balatonboglár wine region, also known as the South Balaton wine region, is the only one wine region in Somogy County, Hungary. The area consists of 37 settlements, mainly located on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, but also some near Kapo ...
.
Geography
It lies 14 km south of
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton () is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and th ...
, next to the main road 68 and the ''
Somogyszob
Somogyszob is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. It is situated on the southwest side of Somogy county, approximately 8 km north from Nagyatád.
Geography
The village located at near to Kaszó, and it is surrounded by forests with a re ...
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Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line''.
Media
Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.
Notable people
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Aurél Bernáth
Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982) was a Hungarian painter and art theorist. He studied at Nagybánya with István Réti and János Thorma. Bernath fought as a soldier in the First World War and moved to Vienna in 1921. Bernath's painting style was hea ...
(1895–1982), painter and art theorist
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Béla Pap de Szill (1845–1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
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Endre Bán (1934–1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
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Mya Diamond
Mya Diamond (born 11 April 1981) is a Hungarian pornographic actress and erotic model. In 2006 she won the Ninfa Award for best actress.
Biography
Diamond, born in Marcali, Hungary, has two younger siblings, a sister and a brother, with her sis ...
(born 1981), pornographic actress and nude model
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Árpád Milinte (born 1976), footballer
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Olivér Kovács (born 1990), footballer
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Márta Vass (born 1962), ultramarathon runner
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Beatrix Balogh
Beatrix Csatáné Balogh (born 12 December 1974) is a retired Hungarian handball player, European champion and Olympic silver medalist. She retired from professional handball in 2011. Between 2011 and 2016, Balogh was the player-coach of Marc ...
(born 1974), handballer
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Béla Virág (born 1976), footballer
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Lukács Bőle (born 1990), footballer
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Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Marcali is
twinned with:
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Künzelsau
Künzelsau (; East Franconian: ''Kinzelse'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is the capital of the Hohenlohe district. It is located on the river Kocher, 19 km (12 mi) north of Schwäbisch Hall, and 37& ...
, Germany
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Medulin
Medulin ( it, Medolino) is a municipality in the southern part of the Istrian peninsula in Croatia. At the 2011 census the municipality had a population of 6,481, while the settlement proper had 2,777 inhabitants.
Medulin is built around a harbour ...
, Croatia
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Morrovalle
Morrovalle is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about east of Macerata.
Morrovalle borders the following municipalities: Corridonia, Macerata, Monte San Giust ...
, Italy
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Toplița
Toplița (; hu, Maroshévíz, ) is a municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania.
The settlement has had multiple name changes: ''Taplócza'', ''Toplicza'', ''Gyergyó-Toplicza'', from February 3, 1861 ''Oláh-Toplicza'', or "Romani ...
, Romania
Gallery
Gizella templom - panoramio.jpg, Gisella Church
Kicsiny kápolna a boronkai temetőben - panoramio.jpg, Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
Marcali, Városi Zeneiskola - panoramio.jpg, The building of the music school (built in 1898)
Noszlopy Gáspár Általános iskola - panoramio.jpg, Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
A boronkai templom - panoramio.jpg, Saint Barbara Church of Boronka
References
External links
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Street mapMarcali Portal
Populated places in Somogy County
History of Somogy
Hungarian German communities in Somogy County
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