Marcali

Marcali Martzal (in German)
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Marcali Location of Marcali
Coordinates: 46.58582°N 17.41279°E / 46.58582; 17.41279
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Transdanubia
County	Somogy
District	Marcali
RC Diocese	Kaposvár
Area
• Total	101.5 km2 (39.2 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	11,216
Demonym	marcali
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8700
Area code	(+36) 85
Patron Saint	Holy Mary
NUTS 3 code	HU232
MP	József Attila Móring (KDNP)
Website	Marcali Online

Marcali (German: Martzal) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary and the seat of Marcali District.

The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.

Geography

It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line.

Media

Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at 46°36′53.5″N 17°27′53.63″E a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.

Notable residents

• Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), painter and art theorist
• Béla Pap de Szill (1845-1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
• Endre Bán (1934-1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
• Zsuzsa Szikra (1951-), painter
• Mya Diamond (1981-), pornographic actress and nude model

Sports

• Árpád Milinte (1976-), footballer
• Olivér Kovács (1990-), footballer
• Sándor Torghelle (1982-), footballer
• Zsolt Nagy (1979-), footballer
• Márta Vass (1962-), ultramarathon runner
• Beatrix Balogh (1974-), handballer
• Béla Virág (1976-), footballer
• Norbert Farkas (1977-), footballer
• Tamás Törtei (1985-), footballer
• Dávid Hegedűs (1985-), footballer
• Róbert Kovácsevics (1979-), footballer
• Imre Deme (1983-), footballer
• Norbert Németh (1981-), footballer
• Lukács Bőle (1990-), footballer
• Zoltán Farkas (1989-), footballer

Gallery

• 
  Gizella-templom (English: Gisella Church)
• 
  Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
• 
  The building of the music school (built in 1898)
• 
  Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
• 
  Szent Borbála-templom (English: Saint Barbara Church) of Boronka

Twin towns — sister cities

Marcali is twinned with:

• Künzelsau, Germany
• Toplița, Romania
• Medulin, Croatia

External links

• Official website in Hungarian
• Street map (in Hungarian)
• Marcali Portal(Hungarian)