Tótkomlós
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Name
Komlós means "(place) with hops" 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 Great Hungarian Plain Script error: No such module "convert". southeast from Budapest. Mezőtúr-Orosháza-Mezőhegyes railway line crosses the town.[1]
History
The Medieval village was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, 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.[2]
People
- János Jankó (1833–1896), Hungarian painter
- Pál Závada (1954), Hungarian writer
- Gyurkovics Zsuzsa (1929), Hungarian actress
International relations
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Twin towns — Sister cities
Tótkomlós is twinned with:
- Template:Flagicon Brețcu, Romania
- Template:Flagicon Galanta, Slovakia
- Template:Flagicon Jelšava, Slovakia
- Template:Flagicon Nădlac, Romania
- Template:Flagicon Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Nové Zámky, Slovakia
- Template:Flagicon Zvolen, Slovakia
References
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- ↑ Magyarország autóatlasz, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2004, Template:ISBN
- ↑ 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.; Template:ISBN, CD Atlas
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External links
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