Tótkomlós () is a

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Name

''Komlós'' means "(place) with

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" in Hungarian, while prefix ''Tót'' is the word for Slovaks in old Hungarian. Hops also can be found in the coat of arms of the town.

Geography

Tótkomlós is located in the

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southeast from

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railway line crosses the town.

History

The

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village was ruined due to the

Ottoman wars A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts began during the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, waged in Anatolia in ...

, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt after 1715 with Slovak settlers. Hungarians became the majority after the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange.Károly Kocsis (DSc, University of Miskolc) – Zsolt Bottlik (PhD, Budapest University) – Patrik Tátrai: Etnikai térfolyamatok a Kárpát-medence határon túli régióiban, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Földrajtudományi Kutatóintézet (Academy of Geographical Studies); Budapest; 2006.; , CD Atlas

People

* János Jankó (1833–1896), Hungarian painter * Pál Závada (1954), Hungarian writer * Gyurkovics Zsuzsa (1929), Hungarian actress

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Tótkomlós is twinned with: *

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References

External links

* in Hungarian and Slovak Populated places in Békés County Slovak communities in Hungary {{Bekes-geo-stub