History of Nyíregyháza

Nyíregyháza is a city in th North-East of Hungary and the it is the capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg country.With 117,000 people it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and one of the leading cities Northern Hungary and the northern part of the Great Hungarian Plain.This is a dynamic and spectacular development since the 18th century.

History :

The first written notes about Nyíregyháza date back in 1209 altough it was called only Nyír. .

A source from 1326 mentions that by then the city already had a church, church hence become the part of the city's name.

• .In the middle of the 15th century the town had cc. 400 in habitants.

• In the 16th century during the Turkish occupation in Hungary Nyíregyháza became deserted and was resettled only in the 1630s-1640s.

• After the war of independence led by prince Francis Rákóczi 2. the population of the town increased.

• Most of the new settlers were slovals from the area of Békéscsaba.

During these prosperous years the town got a new town hall a hospital several schools and a restaurant by the nearly lake Sóstó. The inhabitants of the town took an active part in the revalution and war of independence in 1848-49 and after the suppression of the revolution several cirizens were imprisoned amoung then the mayor of the city Márton Hatzel.

In 1858 the raibroad live reached Nyíregyháza several new buildings were built.

Later,our city changed in many things

By :

Kovács RékaTóth BettinaGunyecz EvelinMagyar Tícia