Baktalórántháza, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Northern Great Plain Region, Hungary

History | The Jewish community | Religion | Education

🇭🇺 Baktalórántháza is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

History Baktalórántháza has been settled since the late Copper Age. The first written documents mentioning the town, called Bakta at the time, date back to 1271.

The building of Castle of Bakta was ordered between 1618 and 1638 by Graf Laszlo Barkoczy. In the 1710s, Francis II Rákóczi was a frequent guest at the castle.

The Jewish community In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1930 211 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust. The community had a Jewish cemetery.

Religion The Roman Catholic Church has been prominent in the city's life ever since the Middle Ages. The local Catholic church has been completed in 1282.

The city also has a Greek Catholic church which was built in 1842, in the late Baroque style.

The Presbyterian church was built in the early 17th century, and a church bell was added between 1842 and 1844.

Education Baktalórántháza is located geographically in the centre of the county. Having a high school of 1,500 students makes the town an important educational city. Even students from Romania attend this institution.

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Baktalórántháza has a population of over 3,987 people. Baktalórántháza also forms part of the wider Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County which has a population of over 562,357 people. Baktalórántháza is situated near Nyíregyháza.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Baktalórántháza has links with:

🇷🇴 Ciumani, Romania 🇵🇱 Łańcut, Poland
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Antipodal to Baktalórántháza is: -157.917,-48

Locations Near: Baktalórántháza 22.0833,48

🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza 21.727,47.953 d: 27  

🇺🇦 Berehove 22.639,48.211 d: 47.5  

🇺🇦 Uzhgorod 22.289,48.618 d: 70.4  

🇺🇦 Uzhhorod 22.289,48.618 d: 70.4  

🇭🇺 Debrecen 21.625,47.533 d: 62.2  

🇸🇰 Michalovce 21.9,48.75 d: 84.5  

🇺🇦 Mukachevo 22.75,48.45 d: 70.3  

🇷🇴 Satu Mare 22.886,47.786 d: 64.4  

🇺🇦 Tyachiv 22.971,48.189 d: 69.2  

🇷🇴 Oradea 21.917,47.067 d: 104.5  

Antipodal to: Baktalórántháza -157.917,-48

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16543.7  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16651.6  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16084.8  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16006.8  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12479.1  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12372.4  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12356.2  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12353.3  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12353.2  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 12309.3  

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