Marcali (german: Martzal) is a town in
Somogy County
Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Somogy County lies ...
,
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 northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
, and the seat of
Marcali District
Marcali ( hu, Marcali járás) is a district in north-western part of Somogy County. ''Marcali'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
M ...
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The settlement is part of the
Balatonboglár wine region
The Balatonboglár wine region, also known as the South Balaton wine region, is the only one wine region in Somogy County, Hungary. The area consists of 37 settlements, mainly located on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, but also some near Kapo ...
.
Geography
It lies 14 km south of
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton () is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and ...
, next to the main road 68 and the ''
Somogyszob-
Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line''.
Media
Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.
Notable people
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Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), painter and art theorist
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Béla Pap de Szill (1845–1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
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Endre Bán (1934–1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
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Mya Diamond (born 1981), pornographic actress and nude model
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Árpád Milinte
Árpád Milinte (born 4 May 1976 in Marcali) is a Hungarian football (goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player char ...
(born 1976), footballer
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Olivér Kovács (born 1990), footballer
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Márta Vass
Márta Vass (Hungarian pronunciation: �ma:rtə ˈvɑːʃ born July 6, 1962, in Marcali and raised in Nemesdéd, Hungary) is a Hungary, Hungarian ultramarathon runner, former IAU100km European champion and multiple IAU 100 km World Champ ...
(born 1962), ultramarathon runner
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Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), handballer
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Béla Virág (born 1976), footballer
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Lukács Bőle
Lukács Bőle (born 27 March 1990) is a Hungarian professional footballer as a left winger for Paksi FC.
Club career
Politehnica Iași
After playing all his career for Kaposvár, Bőle moved to Romanian club Politehnica Iași. On 26 June 20 ...
(born 1990), footballer
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Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Marcali 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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Künzelsau
Künzelsau (; East Franconian: ''Kinzelse'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is the capital of the Hohenlohe district. It is located on the river Kocher, 19 km (12 mi) north of Schwäbisch Hall, and ...
, Germany
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Medulin, Croatia
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Morrovalle, Italy
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Toplița
Toplița (; hu, Maroshévíz, ) is a municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania.
The settlement has had multiple name changes: ''Taplócza'', ''Toplicza'', ''Gyergyó-Toplicza'', from February 3, 1861 ''Oláh-Toplicza'', or "Romani ...
, Romania
Gallery
Gizella templom - panoramio.jpg, Gisella Church
Kicsiny kápolna a boronkai temetőben - panoramio.jpg, Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
Marcali, Városi Zeneiskola - panoramio.jpg, The building of the music school (built in 1898)
Noszlopy Gáspár Általános iskola - panoramio.jpg, Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
A boronkai templom - panoramio.jpg, Saint Barbara Church of Boronka
References
External links
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Street mapMarcali Portal
Populated places in Somogy County
History of Somogy
Hungarian German communities in Somogy County
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