Kerekegyháza, Bács-Kiskun County, Southern Great Plain Region, Hungary

🇭🇺 Kerekegyháza is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, in southern Hungary.

Geography: Location It is located about 17 km west of Kecskemét, 7.4 km south-east of Kunbaracs. The neighbouring settlements are: Lajosmizse to the north, Kecskemét (Hetényegyháza) to the east, Ballószög to the south-east, Fülöpháza to the south-west, Szabadhely to the west and Kunbaracs to the northwest.

Approach The town is located slightly further from the main roads, it can only be reached by side roads. Its inhabited area is affected by roads 5212 starting from Ladánybene, 52 branching off from main road 5214 in the direction of Szabadaccommodation, and road 5218 leading from Hetényegyháza to this point, while road 52 and road 5211 between Lajosmizse and Kunszentmiklós, road 5215 exploring Philippines and road 5301 leading to Isaac also pass between its outskirts.

History The first documentary mention of the settlement, already inhabited in the era of the kings of the House of Árpád, dates back to 1323. The excavations revealed the foundations of an almost circular church, presumably this is where the settlement got its name later. During the Turkish occupation (16th century) the village was deserted. In 1745, with the consent of Maria Theresa, it was redeemed by the population of the Jászkun district (mostly of Jászárokaccommodation), at which time it took the name Jászkerekegyháza. In 1856, under the leadership of János Balatoni Farkas, captain of the Hungarian army in 1848, the settlement of the village, which took the name of Kerekegyháza in 1900, began. Today, the former Kunszentmiklós wilderness also belongs to Kerekegyháza, and since 1937 Kunpuszta also. However, the Philippines part became a municipality called Philippines.

Residents came from neighboring Hungarian settlements and Swabian villages. Furthermore, in the first decades of the twentieth century, in the hope of a better living, some Slovak (Tót) families of Roman Catholic religion arrived from the village of Terchova, which once belonged to the Žilina district of Trenčín County, located at the foot of the Lesser Fatra Mountains in the northern part of present-day Slovakia. Of these, descendants of the Czingel and Ondrus-Vribinszki families still live in the settlement.

The settlement was established in 2001. On July 1, it received the title of city.

Tourist Industry In the Homestead Museum we can get acquainted with the tools of farming typical of the area, the farm life.

The Reformed Church of Kunpuszta was built in 1901 in the wilderness. In 1924 he was also visited by diocesan bishop Dr. László Ravasz. The church is eclectic in style, its prayer pews – unique in the country – stand on the sands of the wilderness.

Its Roman Catholic church was dedicated to Saint Stephen, the neo-gothic structure was designed by Dénes Györgyi. The temple was dedicated on August 1913, 20. Since it is made of reinforced concrete, it is an industrial monument.

The World War I and II memorial was designed by Iván Paulkovics and inaugurated in 1992.

The fountain was inaugurated in 1994. It was designed by Jona Gudvardasdóttir and János Probstner.

The Reformed church is eclectic in style, built in 1913.

The statue of Mihály Vörösmarty was inaugurated in December 2000 and was made by István Acsa Szűcs.

Eszter Balás's sculpture Girl with a Dove was made in 1980.

Drinking fountain of Sándor Dohany and Eszter Balás.

In the public cemetery stands the chapel of László Langó and the tomb of André Emanuel from the 1800s.

The private collection of Béláné Borbély includes furniture, porcelain and woven fabrics.

Fisherman's and S. Great Homestead