Szeghalom

Szeghalom
Town
Berettyó-bridge
Flag Coat of arms
Szeghalom
Coordinates: 47°1′38″N 21°9′58″E
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District	Szeghalom
Area
• Total	217.13 km2 (83.83 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	9,465
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5520
Area code	(+36) 66
Website	szeghalom.hu

Szeghalom is a town in Békés county, in southeastern Hungary.

History

The jewish community

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community with hundreds of members lived in the village.

On March 19, 1944, after the German army entered Hungary, the village Jews were forbidden to leave. In May, the Jews were concentrated in the ghetto established around the synagogue. On June 26, 1944, the village's Jews were transported by train to the Szolnok ghetto, from where they were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp and murdered in the Holocaust.

Sport

Szeghalom's football club Szeghalmi FC plays the regional 1 league. It has a stadium with a capacity of over 500 people.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Szeghalom is twinned with:

• Sâncraiu, Romania
• Scheibbs, Austria
• Trasaghis, Italy

Notable people

• Ferenc Szisz, the world's 1st Grand Prix motor racing winner

Gallery

• 
  Berettyó river
• 
  Kárász Mansion
• 
  Lajos Kossuth statue
• 
  Reformed church on the Kossuth Square
• 
  Kossuth Square

External links

• Official website in Hungarian
• Aerial photographs of Szeghalom