Szeghalom is a

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Békés county Békés (, , ) is an administrative division (county or ''vármegye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital ...

, in southeastern

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History

The jewish community

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community with hundreds of members lived in the village. On March 19, 1944, after the German army entered Hungary, the village Jews were forbidden to leave. In May, the Jews were concentrated in the ghetto established around the synagogue. On June 26, 1944, the village's Jews were transported by train to the

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ghetto, from where they were sent to the

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extermination camp and murdered in the Holocaust.

Sport

Szeghalom's football club Szeghalmi FC plays the regional 1 league. It has a stadium with a capacity of over 500 people.

Twin towns – sister cities

Szeghalom is twinned with: *

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, Romania *

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, Austria *

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Notable people

Ferenc Szisz Ferenc Szisz (September 20, 1873 – February 21, 1944), was a Hungarian racing driver and the winner of the first Grand Prix motor racing event on a Renault AK 90CV on 26 June, 1906. Early life Szisz was born in the small town of Szeghalom ...

, the world's 1st

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winner *

Anna Bondár Anna Bondár (born 27 May 1997) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 50 in singles, achieved on 18 July 2022, and No. 43 in doubles, achieved on 30 January 2023. She is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player. Pla ...

, Hungarian tennis player

Gallery

Berettyó_Szeghalomnál.jpg, Berettyó river Kárász_kastély%2C_Szeghalom.jpg, Kárász Mansion Kossuth_szobor,_Szeghalom.jpg,

Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (; ; ; ; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, r ...

statue Református_templom,_Szeghalom.jpg,

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church on the Kossuth Square Kossuth_tér,_házak,_Szeghalom.jpg, Kossuth Square

References

External links

* in Hungarian
Aerial photographs of Szeghalom
Populated places in Békés County {{Bekes-geo-stub