Solt

Coordinates: 46°48′N 19°01′E / 46.800°N 19.017°E / 46.800; 19.017
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Solt
Aerial view
Aerial view
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6320
Area code(+36) 78
Websitewww.solt.hu

Solt (Croatian: Šolta)

Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. Near Solt there is a high-power medium wave transmitter
.

History

Early Solt

The region has been populated since the Stone Age. The results of diggings brought up Roman coins, weapons, and bodies. The road from the province of Pannonia to Dacia cut through Solt. The first written documents mentioning Solt date back to 1145. Solt was under the jurisdiction of the bishop of Kalocsa from the 11th until the 13th century.

Local legend

There is a local legend about the establishment of Solt. It is called the Legend of the Golden Key. According to the legend,

seal
of the town

Middle Ages

When Hungary was occupied by the

kept his army in the region.

In the second half of the 18th century, the North Hungarian

Vécsey, Graf Benyovszky, Graf Czebrián, Graf Pongrácz, and the Graf Teleki
family were built in the 19th century.

During the

soldiers
.

20th Century

world wars which caused death and destruction in Solt. Afterwards, the country was occupied by the Soviet army and communism spread quickly. Finally, after 1989, Hungary regained her independence and Solt started to rise again. The town is now home to many independent businesses
.

In the 1970s, a 2000 kW medium-wave broadcasting station called Transmitter Solt was built to receive signal from the Hungary.

Notable residents

  • Árpád Weisz (1896-1944), Hungarian Olympic football player and manager

References

  1. ^ (in Croatian) Hrvatski glasnik br.35/2007. Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Prvo mjesto na međunarodnome nogometnom turniru

External links

46°48′N 19°01′E / 46.800°N 19.017°E / 46.800; 19.017

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