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Gödöllő, officially the City of Gödöllő, is a city in Pest County,
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, about northeast from the outskirts of
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. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can be easily reached from Budapest with the suburban railway ( HÉV), and national railway ( MÁV-START). Gödöllő is home to the Szent István University, the main education institute of agriculture in Hungary. The palace at Gödöllő was originally built for the aristocratic Grassalkovich family; Franz Josef, Emperor of
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and King of
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and his wife Elisabeth ("Sisi") later had their summer residence here. Communism saw much of the town's original one-storey housing levelled to make way for the blocks of flats which continue to dominate the town centre, as well as much of the Royal Forest and Elisabeth's Park levelled for industrial use.


History


Early Ages

The city has been inhabited since the
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, as shown by archaeological discoveries. Around 5,000 BC, the Transdanubian culture, known for its line-ornate pottery, lived in the region.


Ancient times

The earliest evidence of occupation is from the Roman period. The Devil's Dykes (Hungarian: Ördögárok) is situated south from Gödöllő. It is also known as the Csörsz árka ("Csörsz Ditch") or the Limes Sarmatiae (Latin for "Sarmatian border"), are several lines of Roman fortifications built mostly during the reign of
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(312–337).


Turkish rule

After the disastrous defeat at Mohács in 1526, the invading Turkish troops occupied
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and then Gödöllő, too. As a result of this, the population decreased to merely a few families. No data on property rights during the 160-year-long Turkish rule remain. By the mid-17th century, Gödöllő again became a village. Its proprietor, Ferenc Hamvay, was the first owner who resided in the locality, in his country house in the village centre. At that time, the village consisted of a few houses with walls of wattle and daub and thatched roofs in addition to the mansion and the reform church.


Habsburg rule

A decisive turn in the life of Gödöllő was brought about by Antal Grassalkovich I (1694–1771), one of the most notable noblemen of 18th-century
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. Grassalkovich, born of an impoverished family of the minor nobility, began his career as a lawyer in 1715. A year later he was already working with the "Hofkammer" (the ''Royal Chamber'', a body of the
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financial administration in the 16–18th centuries). In 1727, he became president of the Commission of ''New Acquisitions'' (Neoaquistica Commissio), dealing with the revision and arrangement of the chaotic ownership rights after the Turkish rule. It was in this capacity that he first came across the estate of Gödöllő, whose then proprietress, Krisztina Bossányi, could verify her ownership rights. Increasing in political power and wealth, Grassalkovich planned the development of a large estate, having its centre in Gödöllő. This became possible after the death of Krisztina Bossányi in 1737, when Grassalkovich successively purchased the properties from her heirs. He began to build his palatial residence as early as 1741, which, as the greatest
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manor house in
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, is even today the principal landmark of Gödöllő. Grassalkovich, who curried favour with
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and Queen
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, also managed very successfully the properties of the treasury. For his economic and political abilities, he received first the title of baron and later on became a count. He took meticulous care in making his properties profitable and in keeping them in good order. On his estates, he built 33 churches, including the church in the holy place of Máriabesnyő, and the chapel of the mansion house in Gödöllő. In the centre of Gödöllő, he had rows of houses built and settled German artisans and craftsmen there, thereby increasing the number of
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alongside the
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population. He added a storey to Hamvay House and made it operate as a retreat. In public places,
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works of art were also made on his initiative (such as the
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, the Column of the
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, and the statue of St. John of Nepomuk). Owing to his village-planning activities, Gödöllő became a country town in 1763, with the right of holding markets. The son of Grassalkovich I, Antal Grassalkovich II (1734–1794), who was raised to the rank of prince, cared little for the estate. He leased out the properties one after the other, liquidated the household in Gödöllő and moved to
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. Following his death, the estate, heavily charged with debts, was inherited by his son, Antal Grassalkovich III. He continued to increase the debts and died without offspring, hence the properties were inherited on the female line. At that time, the mansion house came to be the scene of an important political event. In the course of the spring campaign of the 1848-1849 War of Independence, the Hungarian soldiers gained a victory in Isaszeg on 6 April 1849. After this,
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and his generals set up quarters in the mansion house of Gödöllő. Here a war council was held where the idea to dethrone the
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s and to fight for Hungarian independence emerged. In 1850, a banker, György Sina, purchased the estate of Gödöllő. He, and later his son, rarely stayed in Gödöllő; they considered the transaction merely a capital investment and in 1864 sold the whole of the property to a Belgian bank. The Hungarian state bought it back from this bank in March 1867 and gave it, together with the mansion house, to Francis Joseph I and
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("Sissi") as a coronation gift. From that time on, the royal family stayed in Gödöllő mainly in spring and autumn, and this resulted in a significant upswing in the life of the town. The northern railway line, for instance, contrary to the original plan, passes close to Gödöllő because the royal summer resort was there. The gas factory, destined to produce the gas needed for the railway station and the royal mansion house, was accomplished by 1874. The number of artisans and small shopkeepers increased. Many of them were provided with work by the estate and the court. In 1869, the Gödöllő Savings Bank was established, its first shareholder being Francis Joseph I. The country town (that is, from 1864 on, a large village as an administrative division) grew into an increasingly popular summer resort, owing, in addition to the presence of the royal family, to its natural endowments and fresh air. Annually 300–400 families of Pest spent the summer season in Gödöllő, which was growing richer and richer with bathing places, restaurants, and village inns. The "Hotel Queen Elisabeth", established in the Hamvay mansion, became the scene of a teeming social life. The casino was open there and various social clubs and circles often organised their evening parties linked with theatrical performances. The agrarian character of the village began to take shape at the tum of the century. The legal successors of the agricultural training institutes and model farms established in the territories of the royal demesne are still operating today. Besides, the number of artisans further increased since, partly because the royal summer resort was here; no big industry had settled in Gödöllő: A result of the transport development was the lengthening of the suburban ("HÉV") railway line, originally between
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and Kerepes, up to Gödöllő. This line still works well today. Gödöllő at the turn of the century also wrote its name into the history book of Hungarian art. From 1901 to 1920, the only organised artists colony of the period of the Hungarian Sezession was working here. This was the time when secondary school teaching started in the community. The Grammar School of the Minorites opened its gates in 1911. By 1924, the Grammar School of the
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Order had also been built.


4th World Scout Jamboree

Gödöllő in the area around the royal palace hosted the
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during 2–13 August 1933 at the Royal Forest of Gödöllő. A total of 25,792
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from 54 nations camped on the site. The Jamboree Camp Chief was the Chief Scout of Hungary, Count Teleki Pál, a member of the International Committee who had previously been and would later once again become
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. The General Camp Manager was
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Kisbarnaki Ferenc Farkas Ferenc Farkas de Kisbarnak ( Hungarian: vitéz kisbarnaki Farkas Ferenc; May 27, 1892 – April 14, 1980) was Chief Scout of the Hungarian Boy Scouts, commanding officer of the Royal Ludovica Military Academy, the country's officer training s ...
, a general staff officer of the Hungarian Royal Army, who was later appointed the Chief Scout of Hungary on Teleki Pál's death in 1941. The scouts lived in ten sub-camps. The overall encampment was serviced by its own post office, ambulance station, hospital, a steam railway and station, an electric local tram line with four stations, radio service, water supply with 9 wells, and an air-service. This event was notable as the first international gathering where
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were represented, including the famous pilots, Hungarian
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and Austrian Robert Kronfeld. In 1939 the royal park also hosted a jamboree of Girl Scouts.


Gödöllő and the Holocaust

Gödöllő has records of a
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population since the first half of the 19th century, suppliers to the court of Francis Joseph I since 1867. A synagogue was built in 1870, and a Jewish school operated from 1857 to 1944. The
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population was 195 in 1880, and 276 in 1930, after reaching a peak of 451 in 1920. After
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, the
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were severely persecuted, particularly after László Endre's 1923 appointment as district commissioner of the town. According to Yad Vashem, there were 188 Jewish people resident in the town in 1941. The area governor, Dr Laszlo Endre, sent many of the Jewish men to Hungarian army for forced labour, where most perished on the Eastern Front in Ukraine. The town ghetto was established at the end of April 1944, before the publication of the decree ordering the establishment of ghettos in the district, which according to Yad Vashem was issued on May 12, 1944 by the deputy commissioner of the district, Dr Laszlo Andre. The
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population of Gödöllő was deported to
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via a sugar beet factory in
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on 12 June 1944 as part of the so-called "emergency" deportations from
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and other parts of southern
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, rather than as part of the operations in Zones III and IV. Randolph L. Braham suggests this order came directly from Hungarian government circles, citing allegations that it was "to enable
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to walk around the town without having to see any
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and to make it possible for him to personally experience the consequences of the anti-Jewish measures." The town was at this time the "summer residence" of Horthy,
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.


Soviet Era

After
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, the development of the community took a new turn. Soviet troops were stationed in part of the mansion house, while in a larger part there was a social welfare home. In contrast to its earlier character as a summer resort, industry started in Gödöllő. The first step in this direction was the building of the
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Factory of Electric Measuring Instruments in 1950, which was followed by other industrial plants. In the same year, the University of Agricultural Sciences moved into the buildings of the closed-down institute of the
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. This meant the completion of the community's character as an agrarian centre and resulted in a further expansion of the network of agricultural institutions linked to the university. The role of the ecclesiastical schools nationalised in 1948 was taken over by the general and secondary schools of the state. In 1951, the School of Apprentices started its activities and in 1955, the "Török Ignác" General State Grammar School began its work. The library of the community opened in 1955 and since then it has been extended with departments for children and for music. On 1 January 1966, Gödöllő was promoted to the rank of a town. The present face of the town began to take shape at that time. The old rows of peasant houses disappeared one after the other, giving place to housing estates and public institutions. In the cultural life of the town, a new era started in 1981 when the "
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" Cultural Centre was inaugurated which, with its varied programmes, soon attained nationwide renown. During this decade, the town centre changed a lot. In the main square, a bank and a travel agency were built. Construction of a town hall was completed in 1986 (demolished 2018 to make way for a children's playground and public seating). Opposite this the new building of the grammar school was inaugurated in 1988. It was in this year that Hamvay House, which had held the collection of local history since 1978, received the rank of a museum. At the same time, the collection of mechanical machinery of the Agricultural University was opened. Political changes which came about at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s brought about significant changes in the life of Gödöllő, too. Some of the industrial projects settled here in the 1950s closed, while others which were viable were privatised. The number of industrial and service units in private ownership increased and quickly transformed the appearance of the town. The influence of the changes also made itself felt in education. The church schools restarted their activities. In 1989, the Capuchins and the
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received back their monasteries; in 1990, the
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returned to Gödöllő and, after having opened their school, built their church in 1993.


After Communism

In 1990, after the departure of the Soviet troops, the process of renovating the almost ruined Grassalkovich mansion house began, and although work continues, the majority of the Royal Palace is open to visitors as a museum and concert venue. During the 2011 Hungarian EU Presidency, informal international ministerial meetings were held in the Royal Palace. The town hosted The 10th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting, an interregional forum of the 27 members of the
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, the
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, the 10 members of the ASEAN Secretariat, China, Japan, and the
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, Australia, Russia,
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and
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. In 2016 (July 28 through August 6), Gödöllő hosted the Men's 2016 European Lacrosse Championships. The championships consisted of 24 European nations. The matches for the tournaments were held on the ground of Szent István University.


Geography

Gödöllő is located at . It lies in the Gödöllő Hill Region. According to the 2010 census, the town has a total area of . of it is land and of it (2.25%) is water. Gödöllő is bordered on the south by the town of Isaszeg, on the east through the forest by the village of Domony, on the west through the other forest by the town of Kerepes, and on the north by Szada. The Arboretum of Gödöllő, called
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Arboretum in the beginning, was established in 1902 on of land; the installation completed in 1914. Before
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, it was considered as the most significant arboretum in
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. The town began to expand it in 1960, and today operates . 90% of the forest is for research purposes and the other 10% is a park. This area is also home to the town's museum of beekeeping (Méhészeti Múzeum).


Parks

Compared to the size of the town, it has many parks, but there are only four large ones. * Erzsébet Park (park of
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) * Kastély Park (park of the palace) * Alsó Park (downtown park) * Egyetemi Park (university park)


Neighborhoods

# Town Centre # Antalhegy # Blaha # Csanak # Haraszt # Kertváros # Királytelep # Máriabesnyő # Alvég # Fenyves # Nagyfenyves # Egyetem (University), Fácános # Incső # Marikatelep


Climate

The town has a temperate, transitional climate – somewhere between the mild, snowy weather of Transdanubia, the variable continental climate and the almost sub-Mediterranean weather of the south.


Demographics

The town's population has grown significantly since the 1990s. Many people move away from the capital city,
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, and settle in Gödöllő.


Ethnicity

The following table shows the ethnic distribution of Gödöllő in the 2001 census. In the town
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, Polish, German and Ruthenian minority formed government.


Religion

The following table shows the religious distribution of Gödöllő in the 2001 census.


Politics

Between 1990 and 2010, representatives were elected from 14 constituencies into the representative body, and another 9 people got in from a compensation list, which consisted of a total 23 people. The amended legislation in 2010 reduced the number of constituencies to 10, the number of obtainable seats from the compensation list to 4, so the new council contains 14 people. The mayor has two deputies, who are elected from the representatives. The town has established several business organizations which are providing public services, such as district heating networks, the town market, and the House of Arts, furthermore the public catering, waste management and general urban management tasks.


Mayors and council presidents

*György Gémesi (1990–) *István Papp (1983–1990) *György Ritecz (1982–1983) *János Benedek (1971–1982) *Tibor Galicz (1967–1971) *József Gyetvai (1966–1967)


Economy

The Hungarian chemical company BorsodChem established in 2008 a technical support and R&D centre in Gödöllő. The British
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has been operating its vaccine plant in the town since 2006. The American technology company,
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has its own R&D centre there since 2017. The Hungarian flavour and essential oils manufacturer FOOD BASE, the Hungarian chemical company Chemico, the Italian blood plasma distributor Kedrion, the American cosmetics company Avon and the American vehicle manufacturer
Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar Inc., also known as Cat, is an American construction, mining and other engineering equipment manufacturer. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 73 on the ' ...
have production facilities in Gödöllő.


Transport

Gödöllő is a transportation hub, because of the 3 main road and the M3 motorway cuts through the town, and the M31 motorway connects them with the eastern section of the M0 ring road. In addition, there are minor roads running from the town to
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, Pécel and
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. The Budapest-Sátoraljaújhely-rail line is also affected, as well as the BKV H8, suburban train terminal is located here. Gödöllő has nine local bus lines and is a common stop for long-distance buses.


Motorways

* M3 * M31


Railways

*Budapest-Hatvan railway line *The suburban railway of Gödöllő ( HÉV)


Airport

Gödöllő has a small sport airport.


Sights


Royal Palace of Gödöllő

The Royal Palace of Gödöllő is one of the most important, largest monuments of Hungarian palace architecture. it is a Baroque building on the area of 1,700 m2 with a park of 28 ha. It is famous for being a favourite place of Queen Elisabeth of Hungary.


Main square

Gödöllő's main square, Szabadság Tér (Liberty Square), is reached with a short walk from the suburban train (HEV) stop of the same name. Its sights are: right from Dózsa György Road: the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Reformed Church (9 Szabadság Square), town hall (7 Szabadság Square), the World Peace Gong (right side of the town hall), Hamvay Mansion (5 Szabadság Square), Gödöllő Town Museum (5 Szabadság Square), town market and the Pelican Well (5 Szabadság Square). As a part of the New Hungary Development Plan, the town's main square has been completely renovated, with work completed in 2011, in an attempt to restore the atmosphere of the town to that of the time prior to the Socialist Party's building programme, which demolished much of the town centre to make way for blocks of flats. As part of the renovation, the square has been pedestrianised, 46 Secession era-style street lights added, and a singing fountain built in front of the Reformed Church.


Reformed Church

The baroque-style Reformed Church, built in 1745, is an onion dome church with a beautifully simple façade. The building process was patronized; the money and the plot for the church were donated by Antal Grassalkovich I who had demolished a Reformed Church built in 1657 at the site of the present Royal Castle. The new church was consecrated in 1745. It was renovated several times: in 1912, the complete painted and carved wooden ceiling and the chancel were changed into concrete. The prang in 1945 affected the church seriously and the renovation processes took very long. The renovation of the tower was finished in 1993.


World Peace Gong

The World Peace Gong on the Szabadság (Liberty) Square is the fifth in the world and the first and only European peace gong which was given by
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as a present and a symbol of worldwide friendship and fraternity to the town of Gödöllő. The gong shows the flags of all the countries, the symbols of all the religions and the maps of the oceans of the
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. It was created by the World Peace Committee as a memento for the bomb attack in
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in 2002. The gong was offered to Gödöllő in 2007 as an acknowledgement of advances in civilization, technology and economy as well as the peaceful social circumstances in Gödöllő. The gong weighs 150 kg; it is a 2m diameter bronze circle relic, the work of Djuyoto Suntani, an Indonesian sculptor. The gong was inaugurated on 2 May 2007. The story of the gong is engraved in the small plaque in front and the park around it is populated with shrub species typically found in the Tropics. The gong remains in excellent condition, apart from the scratching out, prior to 2009, of the Israeli flag.


Hamvay Mansion

The mansion, a one-story characteristic baroque building in the town centre, recalls Gödöllő's baroque era with its typical yellow color, wrought-iron lamps. Ferenc Hamvay, landed lord of Gödöllő, built this mansion (a ground level building at the time) in 1662. In the 18th century, it was rebuilt and became a one-storey building when Antal Grassalkovich I made it a guest house. Then it fulfilled a number of functions, including Gödöllő's first pharmacy in 1814. Some of the ceiling decorations in the interiors of the ground floor are probably left from that time. In the 19th century, it became the hotel bearing the name of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary. From this time on, the hotel was the venue for numerous cultural and artistic events like theatre performances, and it hosted a casino and a number of balls in its ballroom. The Commemorative Room arranged in 1927 in the school operating in the building until 1988 is home to a collection of souvenirs of Gödöllő's history and cultural life. In 1978, another collection on local history was exhibited, the successor of which came to be the Town Museum Gödöllő. The Hamvay Mansion and the market in its garden were renovated in 1998–99; the works were awarded numerous national and international prizes.


Town market

The modern town market is a lively place. Open on weekday mornings through the early afternoon, it includes outdoor and indoor stands selling fresh produce, flowers, and local craft work, with some stall holders wearing traditional dress. The market has several cafes and a bar.


The Pelican Well

At the main entrance to the town market stands the Pelican Well; it includes a design featuring a pelican feeding its young with its own blood.


Education


Nurseries

* 1st Nursery (Palotakert) * 2nd Nursery (Kossuth Lajos Street) * 3rd Nursery (Premontrei Road)


Kindergartens

;Municipal kindergartens * Martinovics utcai Óvoda * Szent János utcai Óvoda * Kazinczy körúti Óvoda * Palotakerti Óvoda * Tisza utcai Óvoda * Táncsics Mihály úti Óvoda * Egyetem téri Óvoda * Zöld Óvoda ;Privately run kindergartens * Játékkuckó Magánóvoda * Gödöllő Szabad Waldorf Óvoda * Stefi Néni Óvodája * Tudásfa Tanoda Alapítványi Óvoda * Mókus Odú Gyermekóvoda


Elementary schools

;Municipal schools * Erkel Ferenc Elementary School * Hajós Alfréd Elementary School * Damjanich János Elementary School * Petőfi Sándor Elementary School * Montágh Imre Elementary School, Special Vocational School and Vocational School of Advanced Skills ;Church and public elementary schools * Szent Imre Catholic Elementary School * Gödöllői Waldorf Elementary School and Secondary Grammar School and Primary Art School


Secondary schools

;Municipal secondary schools * Török Ignác Secondary Grammar School * Madách Imre Secondary School, Vocational School and College ;Church and public secondary schools * Gödöllői Premontrei Szent Norbert Secondary Grammar School and Church Music Secondary School and College * Gödöllői Református Líceum Secondary Grammar School and College * Gödöllői Waldorf Elementary School and Secondary Grammar School and Primary Art School


Other educational institutions

* Frédéric Chopin Music School * Summer Day * Educational Advisory * Institute for School and Speech Therapy * Single Teaching Field Service


Szent István University

The university headquarters are located in the picturesque Gödöllő, but altogether nine faculties and an institution accept students in
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, and Gyula. Most of the schools in Szent István University have one or even two-century long histories. SZIU is Hungary's largest agricultural higher educational institution. More than 18,000 students study in the seven campuses of the university. In addition to conventional agricultural and environmental sciences, Szent István University offers courses in veterinary medicine, environmental sciences, mechanical engineering, economy and social sciences, architecture, water supply management, medical sciences, and applied arts.


Amerigo Tot's "The Apotheosis of the Nucleus"

Amerigo Tot is a sculptor of Hungarian origin. His copper relief created on an imposing 120 square metres entitled "The Apotheosis of the Nucleus" can be seen in the University Hall of the Faculty of Technical Studies. "I wanted to show the apotheosis of the nucleus in copper...The nucleus, he said, is a general thought. It is the grain for the plant and the beginning for biology as well.' Theoretically grain and soil and woman go together..." said Tot about the theoretical background of the relief. His work was originally designed for the gate of
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in Rome. The first design was ready in 1970 but, due to a series of historical events it was only inaugurated in 1983 in the presence of the artist, who was by then seriously ill.


Museum of Agricultural Machinery

The museum hosts the second largest collection of agricultural machinery in the world. On its 6,000 square meters, it is home to a collection of more than 2,000 agricultural machines that are still working. Six exhibitions introduce agricultural machinery and curiosities in the history of agricultural techniques. The visitor will be introduced to the 2.5 million year-old history of food acquisition and production, through models reconstructed with the help of original designs and machines. It is a true adventure of understanding mankind's tough fight for the daily bread. The exhibitions show the development of the machines from very early times like wind, water and steam powered agricultural machines, to modern ones used today. Some 200 agricultural models show the development of food producing machinery together with documentation on the technical history of the respective time. Hungaricums (traditional Hungarian food types) are on display here: more than 300 types of food introduce the traditional food of Hungarians arranged in a thematic order according to region. The complete history of Hungarian agricultural production is explained in an exhibition in which the visitor can see soil cultivating machines, plant cultivating machines and those for animal husbandry used by ploughmen in earlier times, as well as modern machines used today.


Twin towns – sister cities

Gödöllő is twinned with: *
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, Germany (1988) *
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, Finland (1990) * Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (1990) *
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, Netherlands (1992) * Dunajská Streda, Slovakia (1994) *
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, Serbia (1994) *
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, Austria (1997) *
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, Belgium (1999) *
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, Poland (2002) * Aichach, Germany (2006) *
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, Czech Republic (2009) *
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, Indonesia (2009) * Bad Ischl, Austria (2012) *
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, China (2013) * Beit Aryeh-Ofarim, Israel (2015) *
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, Turkey (2016) * Fauske, Norway (2022) *
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, South Korea (2023) *
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, Croatia (2024) *
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Notable people

* József Ángyán, professor, agricultural engineer and politician * Miklós Baranyai, physician and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) * Behnam Lotfi, musician, member of Compact Disco * József Dzurják, football player and manager * Elisabeth of Austria, empress *
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, emperor and monarch *
Károly Grósz Károly Grósz (1 August 1930 – 7 January 1996) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1988 to 1989. Early career Grósz was born in Miskolc, Hungary. He jo ...
, communist politician,
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(1987–1988) * Noémi Kiss, writer * István Medgyaszay, architect and writer * Dénes Mihály, inventor and engineer *
Kornél Mundruczó Kornél Mundruczó (; born 3 April 1975) is a Hungarian film and theatre director. His 2014 film '' White God'' won the Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. While '' Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project'' (2010) and '' Jupiter's Moon'' (2 ...
, actor and film director * Dániel Nagy, footballer * Gyula J. Obádovics, mathematician * Géza Ottlik, writer, translator, mathematician and
theorist A theory is a systematic and rational form of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the conclusions derived from such thinking. It involves contemplative and logical reasoning, often supported by processes such as observation, experimentation, ...
*
Sándor Petőfi Sándor Petőfi ( []; né Petrovics; ; ; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet and Classical Liberalism, liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungari ...
, poet and liberal revolutionary (lived in Gödöllő for the summer of 1843) * Tibor Rab, footballer * Vilmos Szabadi, violinist * Ignác Török, honvéd general in the Hungarian army, one of the
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* Krisztina Tóth, table tennis player * Péter Tusor, university associate history professor * Victor Vashi, political cartoonist * Theodore Wolfner, deputy in the Austro-Hungarian Monarch * Zita of Bourbon-Parma, princess * János Zováth, footballer


In cinema

* Parts of the 1999 British-American film ''
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'' take place in Gödöllő. * In 1900, Aleksandar Lifka shot the visit of the Emperor
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and Queen Elisabeth to the town of Gödöllő. * Several scenes were shot at the Gödöllő Railway Station in the '' Citizen X'' (1995). * ''
Mata Hari Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (, ; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari ( , ; , ), was a Dutch Stripper, exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for German Empire, Germany during World War ...
'', American- Hungarian film (1985)


Media

* Rádióaktiv 93.6 *'' Gödöllői Szolgálat'' (weekly) *'' Gödöllői Hírek'' (appears every two weeks)


Gallery

Vasútállomás-gödöllő.jpg, Railway Station Water tower - Gödöllő.jpg, The water tower of Gödöllő Godollocivertanlegifoto4.jpg, Aerial view of the palace Treppenahaus Gödöllö.JPG, A stairway in the palace Gödöllő kálvária2.jpg,
Calvary Calvary ( or ) or Golgotha () was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. ...
in the Erzsébet Park (Elizabeth's Park) Grassalkovich-kastély (7051. számú műemlék) 10.jpg Gödöllői egyetem kertje.jpg, Garden of the university with the statue of Prince Kálmán Gödöllői Grassalkovich-kastély udvara.jpg Schloss Gödöllö, 1869.JPG, A painting from 1869 representing the palace Grassalkovich-kastély kerti pavilonja (14879. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, King's Hill
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in the Kastély Park (park of the palace) Szent Flórián-szobor (7054. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, Statue of
Saint Florian Florian (; AD 250 – 304) was a Christian holy man and the patron saint of chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Poland, the city of Linz, Austria, and Upper Austria, jointl ...
Grassalkovich-kastély kápolnája (római katolikus templom) (14878. számú műemlék).jpg, Chapel of the palace Szent István Egyetem főépülete (egykori premontrei gimnázium, rendház és kollégium) (15414. számú műemlék) 4.jpg, Main entrance of the university Erzsébet park2.jpg, The
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's Hill in the Erzsébet Park Szent István Egyetem főépülete (egykori premontrei gimnázium, rendház és kollégium) (15414. számú műemlék) 5.jpg 4th-world-jamboree-map.jpg, Map of Gödöllő during the
4th World Scout Jamboree The 4th World Scout Jamboree (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''4. Cserkész Világdzsembori''), a gathering of Boy Scouts from all over the world, was hosted by Hungary and held from 2 to 13 August 1933. It was attended by 25,792 Boy Scout, Scou ...
Világfa.jpg, World Tree


Notes


References


External links

* * in Hungarian and English {{DEFAULTSORT:Goedoelloe Budapest metropolitan area Tourism in Hungary Baroque architecture in Hungary