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Kaposvár Kaposvár (; also known by other alternative names) is a city with county rights in the southwestern part of Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kapo ...

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) Csurgó (formerly ''Somogy-Csurgó''; hr, Čurguj or ) is a town in

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, and the seat of Csurgó District. The settlement is part of the

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Geography

It lies on the southwestern part of

, near the Hungarian-

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n border. Here meets the ''Öreghegy'' ( en, Old Mountain) and the ''Újhegy'' ( en, New Mountain) in Northwest, the ''Inner Somogy Hill Range'' in the Northeast and the River Drava in the South. The town can be approached by car or train. It lies on the ''

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Gyékényes Gyékényes ( hr, Đikeniš / Džikeniš) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary next to the Croatian border. Its train station serves as an important crossing point into Croatia. History Gyékényes and its surroundings were already inhabited ...

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History

The territory of Csurgó was already inhabited in prehistoric times according to archaeological finds. During the Roman times this place was on the road which connected Pannonia province to the

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. Csurgó was first mentioned in the establishing charter of the ''Abbey of

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'' in 1019 when Saint Stephen of Hungary donated the village and its goods to the

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monks. During the Árpád era it was one of the lands of the free royal swineherds. Then later the sister of

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, ''Margit'' gave it to the

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. They settled on the so-called ''Felső-Csurgó'' ( en, Upper Csurgo) part of the village on a hill in a marsh. Then later the

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arrived on that place. The Johanniter Order founded their first monastery between 1217 and 1226 which served as a fortress, hospital and church. According to the legends

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fled through Csurgó after the

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where he stayed for a night and drank from the ''Holy Mary Well''. Csurgó was given

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rights on September 28, 1405 by Sigismund Luxemburg. Its castle was built in the 15th century but was demolished in the 18th century. There was also a church built in the 13th century which was repeatedly rebuilt since 1731.

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moved here in 1543 and stayed for two years after his lord was captured by the Turks. During the Turkish occupation the town lost most of its residents. In the beginning of the 18th century Csurgó was almost empty and belonged to the

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family who decided to revive the settlement. They allowed Hungarians, Germans, Croats and Slovaks to settle in the village. Its Calvinist secondary school was founded in 1792. Also the famous Hungarian poet,

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taught there between the May 26, 1799 and February 17, 1800. He finished his well-known work, ''Dorottya'' there. between 1804 and 1809 Csurgó belonged to ''György Festetics''. Csurgó became

again in 1850. Since 1896 he operates the first training school in

. The town became seat of the Csurgó District in 1871. The section of the train line connecting

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(today

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) near Csurgó was finished in 1872. It became third time a town in 1989.

Main sights

* Town Museum * Szentlélek-templom ( en, Holy Spirit church) - built in the 13th century, later rebuilt in

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, the tower is in Romantic style * ''Csokonai Reformed Secondary School'' - built in the 18th century in

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* ''Csokonai Community House'' * ''Town Library'' * ''Sport Hall'' * ''Meller Mansion'' - built in the 19th century in

with

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decoration * ''Basa Well'' - built in the 16th century by

Damat Ibrahim Pasha Damat Ibrahim Pasha ( tr, Damat İbrahim Paşa, sh, Damat Ibrahim-paša; 1517–1601) was an Ottoman military commander and statesman who held the office of grand vizier three times (the first time from 4 April to 27 October 1596; the second ti ...

* ''Lake Zis'' - famous recreational and hiking spot

Culture

The Hungarian folk song A juhásznak jól van dolga was collected in Alsok (part of Csurgó) in 1898 by ''Béla Vikár''.

Twin towns – sister cities

Csurgó is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: *

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, France *

Cristuru Secuiesc Cristuru Secuiesc (; hu, Székelykeresztúr, ) is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town administers two villages: Betești (''Betfalva''), part of Mugeni unt ...

, Romania *

Đurđevac Đurđevac is a town in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are a total of 8,264 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements: * Budrovac, population 373 * Čepelovac, population 3 ...

, Croatia * Haimhausen, Germany * Vráble, Slovakia * Vrsar, Croatia

Notable residents

* Mordecai Benet born 1753, a

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and chief rabbi of

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* László Szászfalvi (born 1961), Hungarian Calvinist pastor, theologian, politician, mayor of Csurgó (1990 - 2003, 2006 - 2010) * Ludwig Lichtschein (? - 1886), Hungarian rabbi * László Faragó (1906 – 1980) military historian, journalist * Antal Stevanecz (1861 – 1921), Slovene teacher and writer * ''Attila Bárkányi'' (born 1947), Hungarian designer * ''Ferenc Beleváry'' (1801 - 1878), Hungarian Reformed pastor *

(c. 1510 – 1556), Hungarian lyricist, epic poet, political historian, minstrel *

(1773 - 1805), Hungarian poet, teacher * ''Ernő Kiss Angyal'' (1899 - 1968), Hungarian composer * ''Elemér Nádasdi Sárközy'' (1900 – 1988), Hungarian painter, restaurateur * ''Máté Lajos Csurgói'' (1931 - 2001), Hungarian painter, graphic designer * ''Lajos Nacsa'', Hungarian Catholic priest * ''Dezső Laky'' (1887–1962), Hungarian statistician, economist, minister * ''József Bokor'' (1843 – 1917), Hungarian philosopher, author * ''Magda Hadik'' (1914 – 2004), Hungarian sculptor

Gallery

File:Csurgó, Szent István-emlékmű.jpg, Statue of Saint Stephen of Hungary File:Csurgó - Gimnázium.jpg, Building of the ''Csokonai Secondary School''

References

* Gerő, L. (1984): ''Magyar műemléki ABC.'' (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest * Genthon I. (1959): ''Magyarország műemlékei.'' (Architectural Heritage of Hungary). Budapest * Szőnyi O. (É.n.): ''Régi magyar templomok.'' Alte Ungarische Kirchen. Anciennes églises Hongroises. Hungarian Churches of Yore. A Műemlékek Országos Bizottsága. Mirályi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest. * Gerevich T. (1938): ''Magyarország románkori emlékei.'' (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest * Henszlmann, I. (1876): ''Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése'', (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest

External links

* in Hungarian, English, German and Croatian {{DEFAULTSORT:Csurgo Populated places in Somogy County Romanesque architecture in Hungary