Szendrő is a small

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in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern

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, from county capital

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History

Szendrő was first mentioned in 1317. It was named after its owner Szend. Szendro is a Hungarian last name. The first stone-built

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of the county was built there, and it was an important border fortress during the Turkish occupation of Hungary, until Prince

Francis II Rákóczi Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confedera ...

had it destroyed in 1707. Szendrő was the capital of the

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between 1613 and 1660, and the centre of the Szendrő district between 1615 and 1930. The

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line of the Bódva valley (built in 1896) strengthened its role as a market town. Szendrő obtained town status in 1996.

Twin towns – sister cities

Szendrő is twinned with: *

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, Germany

References

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* in Hungarian {{DEFAULTSORT:Szendro Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County