Pálháza is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county,

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, east from county capital

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History

The area has been inhabited since ancient times. The village was founded in the 1320s and belonged to the

Füzér Füzér is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, 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 northe ...

estate. It was first mentioned in 1387. The village was destroyed several times during the

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wars and the Ottoman occupation of Hungary. In 1711 a

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killed the inhabitants. The village was mentioned again in 1786. Its lumber mill, the predecessor of today's lumber factory was built in 1875. It was followed by the construction of a

narrow gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller struct ...

route, the first forest railway in Hungary. The national animal fair has been organized in Pálháza regularly since 1914. After the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in Versailles on 4 June 1920. It forma ...

Pálháza became a village near the new state border, but the village began to prosper again. In 1958 a mine was opened nearby. In spite of local protests the narrow gauge railway line was demolished in 1980, but was built again after 1989. Pálháza was granted town status in 2005, becoming the smallest town of Hungary (by population).

Nearby villages

Bózsva (3 km), Filkeháza (2 km),

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(2 km),

Kishuta Kishuta is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, 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 north ...

(7 km).

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* in Hungarian {{DEFAULTSORT:Palhaza Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Populated places established in the 1320s