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 Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

, 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 Statistical Region. Geography M ...

. 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 ...

, next to the main road 68 and the '' Somogyszob- 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

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 * Béla Pap de Szill (1845–1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906) * Endre Bán (1934–1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor * Mya Diamond (born 1981), pornographic actress and nude model * Árpád Milinte (born 1976), footballer * Olivér Kovács (born 1990), footballer * Márta Vass (born 1962), ultramarathon runner * Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), handballer * Béla Virág (born 1976), footballer * Lukács Bőle (born 1990), footballer * Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Marcali is twinned with: * Künzelsau, Germany *

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 *

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 Gius ...

, Italy *

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 "Roman ...

, 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 map

Marcali Portal
Populated places in Somogy County History of Somogy Hungarian German communities in Somogy County {{Somogy-geo-stub