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Pécsvárad (german: Petschwar; hr, Pečvar) is a town in
Baranya County Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county ('' comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the 1 ...
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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, Croa ...
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Notable landmarks

Among the most significant Hungarian heritage from the Middle Ages is the castle built on a Benedictine monastery commissioned by King St Stephen. The building complex is now used as a museum and a hotel.


Twin towns – sister cities

Pécsvárad is
twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...
with: *
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, Austria * Jur nad Hronom, Slovakia *
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, Germany *
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, Hungary *
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, Romania *
Unterschleißheim Unterschleißheim (Central Bavarian: ''Untaschleißheim'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located about 17 km north of the city limits of Munich, and has a resident population of 29,464 (December 31, 2021). History Unterschleißheim wa ...
, Germany * Velyki Berehy, Ukraine


Notable people

* Endre Nemes (1909–1985), artist


Gallery

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References


External links

* in Hungarian
Aerial photography: Pécsvárad
Populated places in Baranya County Romanesque architecture in Hungary Hungarian German communities {{Baranya-geo-stub