Békésszentandrás

Coordinates: 46°52′N 20°29′E / 46.867°N 20.483°E / 46.867; 20.483
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Békésszentandrás
Large village
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5561
Area code(+36) 66

Békésszentandrás is a

Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary
.

Geography

Békésszentandrás, the western gate of Békés county, lies along the left bank of the Hármas-Körös River. The territory of the village is divided by the M44 road. The village is situated 150 km from Budapest, the capital city, and 50 km away from the town of Békéscsaba. It covers an area of 77.45 km2 and has a population of 3608 people (2015).[1]

The area has many prehistoric tumuli, known locally as kunhalom ('Cumanian Barrow'). The largest is Gödény-halom with a height of over 12 metres.[2]

History

After the Hungarian conquest nearly seventy settlements were founded in the region of the

Erzsébet Szilágyi managed the estate. She was followed by János Corvin and András Dánfy. Under the leadership of the Dánfy family the estate fell into pieces, lost its integrated management and market town rights. The four parts of the village were shared by Miklós Nagyfalusi Toldy, Anna Dánfy, the Paksy and Patócsi family. The number of people living in Szentandrás under the Turkish rule often changed. Many of them left the settlement during the fighting at Gyula
and just slowly drifted back to their village. Due to the high tax burden many people fled to the free counties.

In 1596

György Rákóczi who was the Prince of Transylvania
. In the 1690s it became deserted once again because of liberation wars and a plague outbreak.

In the early 1700s a magistrate, György Száraz received the territory for 32,000

Kishegyes
mere.

The 19th century population of Szentandrás increased steadily. In 1827 3,740, in 1852 4,941, in 1890 6,362 inhabitants lived here. The village took part in the 1848-49 Independence War and several people became a victim. The most important event of that century was the river regulation so life became safer. The village was named Békésszentandrás at the end of the 1800s. Both World Wars had many casualties in the village, a Heroes' Statue reminds them which was inaugurated by József Archduke in 1927. One of the important results of the inter-war period is the introduction of carpet making which made Békésszentandrás world-famous. The others are the modernisation of the local administration and the secession of

Csabacsüd in 1924. Between 1936 and 1942 the country's largest dam of that time was built on the Hármas-Körös River. The dam was put into operation by the Regent Miklós Horthy
.

In the post-war period

collectivisation
played a key role in the village. Beside agriculture, carpenters, shoemakers, metalworkers and tailors formed a cooperative, too. In the early 1960s a municipal water network was built up and pavement construction was started in the village so the living conditions improved. From the late 60's agriculture is the main source of income in the area.

In 1970 Békésszentandrás got the so-called incorporated town title.

Since 1990 the village has been supplied with public utilities like the sewerage-, gas pipeline-, IT network and drainage ditch system. Most of the roads are fitted with solid surface. After the realisation of the future plans there's a realistic chance to establish a small town from the village.

Famous people

References

  1. ^ a b Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 03/09/2015
  2. ^ "Békésszentandrás (The County of Békés)". National and historical symbols of Hungary. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

External links

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