Mezőberény

Coordinates: 46°49′N 21°1′E / 46.817°N 21.017°E

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Mezőberény
Mezőberény town hall, WWI, WWII and István Horthy memorial with Turul bird
Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
Area
• Total	118.53 km² (45.76 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	11,241
• Density	97.79/km² (253.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5650
Area code	66

46°49′N 21°1′E / 46.817°N 21.017°E / 46.817; 21.017

Mezőberény ([ˈmɛzøːbɛreːɲ]; German: Berin, Slovak: Poľný Berinčok) is a town in Békés county, Hungary.

Location

Mezőberény is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, 200 km southeast from Budapest. Highway 46, 47 and Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba-Lökösháza high speed (120–160 km/h (75–99 mph)) railway line also cross the town.^[1]

History

The Medieval village of Berény was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt in the 18th century with German, Hungarian and Slovak settlers and was a multiethnic town until the late 19th century, when Germans and Slovaks adopted the Hungarian language.^[2]

Notable people

Soma Orlai Petrich (1822–1880), Hungarian painter

Twin towns — Sister cities

Gronau, Germany (1987) Kolárovo, Slovakia (1946) Münsingen, Germany (1993) Sovata, Romania (1998)

External links

Official website of Mezőberény (Hungarian)
Guide Mezőberény (Hungarian)

References

^ Magyarország autóatlasz, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2004, ISBN 963-03-7576-1
^ Károly Kocsis (DSc, University of Miskolc) – Zsolt Bottlik (PhD, Budapest University) – Patrik Tátrai: Etnikai térfolyamatok a Kárpát-medence határon túli régióiban, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Földrajtudományi Kutatóintézet (Academy of Geographical Studies); Budapest; 2006.; ISBN 963-9545-10-4, CD Atlas

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