Szeghalom is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Békés county
Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The ...
, in southeastern
Hungary
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.
History
The jewish community
In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community with hundreds of members lived in the village.
On March 19, 1944, after the German army entered Hungary, the village Jews were forbidden to leave. In May, the Jews were concentrated in the ghetto established around the synagogue.
On June 26, 1944, the village's Jews were transported by train to the
Szolnok
Szolnok (; also known by other #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A City with county rights, city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, i ...
ghetto, from where they were sent to the
Auschwitz extermination camp and murdered in the Holocaust.
Sport
Szeghalom's football club Szeghalmi FC plays the regional 1 league.
It has a stadium with a capacity of over 500 people.
Twin towns – sister cities
Szeghalom is
twinned with:
*
Sâncraiu
Sâncraiu (''Kalotaszentkirály'' in Hungarian) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania.
Villages
The commune is composed of five villages: Alunișu (''Magyarókereke''), Domoșu (''Kalotadámos''), Brăișoru (''Malomszeg''), Horla ...
, Romania
*
Scheibbs
Scheibbs () is a town in Austria in the Scheibbs district of Lower Austria. In 1886, it became the first town in Austria to have street lighting powered by electricity.
Population
Mayors
*1950-1965: Anton Herok
*1965-1983: Alois Derfler
*1983 ...
, Austria
*
Trasaghis
Trasaghis (local fur, Trasagas) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine.
Trasaghis borders the following municipalit ...
, Italy
Notable people
*
Ferenc Szisz
Ferenc Szisz (September 20, 1873 – February 21, 1944), was a Hungarian race car driver and the winner of the first Grand Prix motor racing event on a Renault Grand Prix 90CV on 26 June, 1906.
Early life
Szisz was born in the small town of S ...
, the world's 1st
Grand Prix motor racing winner
Gallery
Berettyó_Szeghalomnál.jpg, Berettyó river
Kárász_kastély%2C_Szeghalom.jpg, Kárász Mansion
Kossuth_szobor,_Szeghalom.jpg, Lajos Kossuth statue
Református_templom,_Szeghalom.jpg, Reformed church on the Kossuth Square
Kossuth_tér,_házak,_Szeghalom.jpg, Kossuth Square
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Aerial photographs of Szeghalom
Populated places in Békés County
Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust
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