Sátoraljaújhely
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Postal code | 3980 |
Area code | (+36) 47 |
Website | www |
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Sátoraljaújhely (Hungarian: .
History
Sátor-alja (meaning "under the tent", referring to the tent-shaped mountain nearby) was a settlement from the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin until it was destroyed during the First Mongol invasion of Hungary. It was rebuilt in the 13th century, although there was disagreement among the citizens concerning the name: some wanted to keep the original name, and some wanted to rename it új hely ("new place"). Sátoraljaújhely was granted town status in 1261 by King Stephen V, and a castle was also built around that time.
Sátoraljaújhely has often played an important role in the region's history: revolts against
Sátoraljaújhely has always been an important town in culture.
Under the Treaty of Trianon, Hungary lost its northern territories. The border was set at the Ronyva stream, splitting the city into two parts. One-fifth of the population and one-fourth of the territory of the town became part of Czechoslovakia. The newly created village got the name of Slovenské Nové Mesto ("Slovak new town") in Slovak; Szlovákújhely ("Slovak new town") or Kisújhely ("Little new town") in Hungarian. Two railway lines and the industrial zone were lost to Hungary. The town's industry was being rebuilt during the interwar period, but the outbreak of World War II disrupted this development. Nazi repression, continuous bombing after 1943, the killing of most of its Jewish population (most were forcibly sent to Auschwitz) and finally the Soviet occupation left the town in a very poor condition.
During the reorganisation of administration in 1950, the former comitatus of Zemplén became part of the united
Sátoraljaújhely was rebuilt again and is today a national ski centre and tourism destination.
Jewish history
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The oldest tombstone bears date of 1760, although the
A synagogue was built at Sátoraljaújhely in 1790; and when it was demolished in 1887, to be replaced by a new
The Jews of the city in 1905 numbered 4,500 out of a total population of 13,000. [3]
Tourist sights
- Historical downtown (with an atmosphere of 19th-century towns)
- Main Church and Comitatus Fountain at the town square
- Wine Church, the only known church in Hungary not owned by any denomination, as it was used to store wine in past centuries.
- Ferenc Kazinczy Mausoleum
- Ferenc Kazinczy Museum
- Waldbott-villa
- Baroque town hall, a Renaissance building of the former Zemplén comitatus where Ferenc Kazinczy worked.
- Former Financial Palace, a mark of the town's great economic importance in the 19th and the early 20th century.
- Abandoned synagogue cemetery - Sátoraljaújhely was once home to Hungary's second-largest Jewishcommunity.
- Tomb of Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum
- Chairlift
Notable people
- Gyula Andrássy, prime minister
- Lillian Cahn, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and Coach handbag designer
- Ferenc Kazinczy, writer
- Lajos Kossuth, governor
- Angelo Heilprin, naturalist
- Moshe Teitelbaum, famous rebbe
- Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (I), rebbe
- Katalin Vad, pornographic actress
- Benjamin Wolf Löw, rabbi
- Lou Lenart, American-Israeli fighter pilot, film producer, and basketball team manager
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Nationalities
- Hungarian 90.91%
- Romani 6.37%
- Slovak 1.21%
- German 0.96%
- Other 0.55%
Twin towns – sister cities
Sátoraljaújhely is twinned with:[4]
Krosno, Poland (2006)
Opole Lubelskie, Poland (2003)
Sărățeni, Romania
Sindos, Greece (2000)
Waadhoeke, Netherlands (1991)
See also
- Hasidic dynasties
- History of the Jews in Hungary
References
- ^ KSH - Sátoraljaújhely, 2011
- ^ KSH - Sátoraljaújhely, 2011
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography: Albert Székely, Ujhelyi Zsidók Története, in Magyarország Vármegyéi és Városai (in manuscript)
- ^ "Testvértelepüléseink". satoraljaujhely.hu (in Hungarian). Sátoraljaújhely. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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- Official website in Hungarian