Mezőkeresztes is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary in the continent of Europe near

Mezőkövesd Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies from Miskolc and from Eger. Mezőkövesd is a town in northeastern Hungary, located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, near the Bükk Mountains. It is known as the ...

and

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights, Eger is best known for Castle of Eger, its ...

Location

south from county seat

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. Can be reached by car on highway M3. The train station ''Mezőkeresztes–Mezőnyárád'' is away from the town itself, towards

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History

The area around it has been inhabited since the Great Migration. In the 14th century it belonged to the

Diósgyőr Diósgyőr (Hungarian: Help:IPA/Hungarian, �dioːʒɟøːr is a historical town in Hungary, today it is a part of Miskolc. The medieval castle in Diósgyőr was a favourite holiday residence of Hungarian kings and queens; today it is a popular t ...

estate. King

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granted market town status to Mezőkeresztes. In 1596, there was a great Battle of Mezőkeresztes, where

Mehmed III Mehmed III (, ''Meḥmed-i sālis''; ; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the Long Turkish ...

, a

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of the

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defeated the

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and

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n forces. During the battle the Sultan had to be dissuaded from fleeing the field halfway through the battle. After the end of the Ottoman era, the town prospered but in the 19th century it lost its importance and became a village. In 1950, oil resources were found nearby; they were exploited by the 1980s. Mezőkeresztes was granted town status on 1 July 2009.

Nearby villages

Mezőnagymihály Mezőnagymihály is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.Mezőnyárád Mezőnyárád is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukrai ...

(4 km), Szentistván (cca. 8 km) Nearest town:

(12 km).

References

External links

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