A report on Carei

Kingdom of Hungary stamp, cancelled NAGY-KÁROLY in 1889
King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania departing Carei in 1919, during the Hungarian–Romanian War
Aerial view of the Károlyi Castle
Monument of the Romanian Soldier, by Gheza Vida
Count Sándor Károlyi de Nagykároly (1688–1743)
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
Saint Joseph Calasanctius Church
The Calvinist church
The synagogue
The Carei town hall
The Károlyi Castle
The Károlyi Castle
The castle's water tower
Coat of arms on the wall of the Károlyi Castle

City in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary.

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Satu Mare County

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County (județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine.

County (județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine.

Satu Mare (Sathmar)
The Karolyi castle, Carei
Map of Satu Mare County as constituted in 1938.

The cities of Satu Mare and Carei;

Satu Mare

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City with a population of 102,400 (2011).

City with a population of 102,400 (2011).

Kossuth Park, 1903
Firemen's Tower, built 1904
Decebal Street and Talmud Torah Synagogue
Administrative Palace (City Hall) in Satu Mare, completed in 1984
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Bilingual town name at Satu Mare Railway station
Head office of the Directorate for Agriculture and Food Industry
Former Reformed College (left)
Dacia Hotel
Stephen the Great street
Roman Catholic cathedral
Chain Church
SS. Michael and Gabriel Cathedral
Satu Mare Synagogue
Hotel Dacia, detail

The Szatmárnémeti–Nagykároly (Carei) line was built in 1871, followed in 1872 by the Szatmárnémeti–Máramarossziget (Sighetu Marmaţiei) line, an 1894 link to Nagybánya (Baia Mare), 1900 to Erdőd (Ardud) and 1906 to Bikszád (Bixad).

Monument of the Romanian Soldier in Carei

Battle of Carei

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The last stage of recovering Romania's former territory of Northern Transylvania, ceded in 1940 to Hungary as a result of the Second Vienna Award.

The last stage of recovering Romania's former territory of Northern Transylvania, ceded in 1940 to Hungary as a result of the Second Vienna Award.

Monument of the Romanian Soldier in Carei
Romanian "Ardealul Nostru" gold jubilee medal from January 1945

On October 25, 1944, the cities of Carei and Satu Mare were freed from Hungarian and German control.

Szatmár county between 1876 and 1920

Szatmár County

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Administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated south of the river Tisza.

Administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, situated south of the river Tisza.

Szatmár county between 1876 and 1920
Map of Szatmár, 1891.
Szatmár county between 1876 and 1920
Szatmár County, 1782–85.
Ethnic map of the county with data of the 1910 census (see the key in the description).
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The capital of the county was Nagykároly (now Carei).

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Gáspár Károlyi

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Károli szobra 1890-38.JPG

Gáspár Károlyi (in Protestant usage, Károli, 1529?, Nagykároly – 31 December 1592, Gönc) was a Hungarian Calvinist pastor.

Vida in 1936, shortly before he left to fight in the Spanish Civil War

Gheza Vida

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Romanian–Hungarian sculptor, engraver, industrial worker and communist militant, one of the most renowned artists of Maramureș region.

Romanian–Hungarian sculptor, engraver, industrial worker and communist militant, one of the most renowned artists of Maramureș region.

Vida in 1936, shortly before he left to fight in the Spanish Civil War
"Peasant Whetting the Scythe", 1928 woodcut by Gyula Derkovits, who inspired Vida's early sculptures
Monument of the Romanian Soldier in Carei
Monument to the victims of the Moisei massacre

He won both controversy and praise for his series of monumental pieces, including his Soldier's Memorial of Carei and his homage to the victims of the Moisei massacre.

Sándor Károlyi

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Hungarian aristocrat, statesman and Imperial Feldmarschall.

Hungarian aristocrat, statesman and Imperial Feldmarschall.

Károlyi castle

He was born in Nagykároly, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Carei, Romania) on 20 March 1668, as a son of László Károlyi and his second wife, Erzsébet Sennyey.

Trilingual Romanian-Hungarian-German sign in Satu Mare (Sathmar)

Satu Mare Swabians

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The Satu Mare Swabians or Sathmar Swabians (German: Sathmarer Schwaben) are a German ethnic group in the Satu Mare (Sathmar) region of Romania.

The Satu Mare Swabians or Sathmar Swabians (German: Sathmarer Schwaben) are a German ethnic group in the Satu Mare (Sathmar) region of Romania.

Trilingual Romanian-Hungarian-German sign in Satu Mare (Sathmar)

Their principal settlements were Satu Mare, Carei, Petrești, and Foieni (Fienen) and they also settled in Urziceni (Schinal), Căpleni (Kaplau), Tiream (Terem), Beltiug (Bildegg), Ciumești (Schamagosch), and Ardud (Erdeed).

Urziceni, Satu Mare

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Commune in Satu Mare County, Romania, right on the Hungarian border.

Commune in Satu Mare County, Romania, right on the Hungarian border.

The commune is located in the western part of the county, at a distance of 8 km from Carei and 44 km from the county seat, Satu Mare.

The main Satmar synagogue in Kiryas Joel, New York

Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)

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Hasidic sect founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Satu Mare, then in Hungary and now in Romania.

Hasidic sect founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Satu Mare, then in Hungary and now in Romania.

The main Satmar synagogue in Kiryas Joel, New York
Joel Teitelbaum bowing before King Carol II of Romania, 1936
Zalman Teitelbaum
The book Vayoel Moshe, where Teitelbaum lays out his opposition to Zionism.
Rejection of Israel is expressed in a ban of voting or affiliating with the state's institutions. 1955 poster against Israel's Knesset elections.
Entrance of the Satmar Yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York
Moshe Teitelbaum
Beis Rochel, Brooklyn

In 1925, Teitelbaum was appointed chief rabbi of Nagykároly.