Szeged

Szeged (, ; see also other alternative names ) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád county.

Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.

It is located in Hungary's third-largest city, Szeged, in Csongrád County in the Southern Great Plain.

Szeged (, ; see also other alternative names ) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád county.

Szeged (, ; see also other alternative names ) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád county.

Between 1728 and 1744 witch trials were frequent in the town, with the Szeged witch trials of 1728-29 perhaps being the largest.

The Szeged witch trials, which took place in the city of Szeged in Hungary in 1728–1729, was perhaps the largest witch-hunt in Hungary.

Others still contend that szeg means 'dark blond' (sötétszőkés) – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers Tisza and Maros merge.

It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, rising close to the headwaters of the river Olt, and joins the Tisza at Szeged in southeastern Hungary.

The town was a sanjak centre first in Budin Eyaleti (1543–1596), after in Eğri Eyaleti.

The same year, several other cities fell under Ottoman rule: Szeged, Kalocsa, Szabadka (Serbian: Sabatka, modern Subotica).

Whole new districts were built, and lots of nearby villages (e.g. Tápé, Szőreg, Kiskundorozsma, Szentmihálytelek, Gyálarét) were annexed to the city in 1973 (as was a tendency during the Communist era).

Szőreg (Сириг, Sirig) is a settlement which forms a part of Szeged in Csongrád County, (former Banat (Bánát)), Hungary.

Others still contend that szeg means 'dark blond' (sötétszőkés) – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers Tisza and Maros merge. The name Szeged might come from an old Hungarian word for 'corner' (szeg), pointing to the turn of the river Tisza that flows through the city.

A few kilometers south of the Hungarian city of Szeged, it enters Serbia.

The Szeged Symphony Orchestra (Szegedi Szimfonikus Zenekar) gives regular concerts at the Szegedi Nemzeti Színház.

The Szeged Symphony Orchestra (Szegedi Szimfonikus Zenekar) is an orchestra based in Szeged, Hungary.

The Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which was built with the help of UNESCO funds, has also been a considerable source of advanced research.

The Biological Research Centre (BRC) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA Szegedi Biológiai Központ) is located in Szeged, Hungary.

Szeged is known as the home of paprika, a spice made from dried, powdered capsicum fruits.

Central European paprika was hot until the 1920s, when a Szeged breeder found a plant that produced sweet fruit, which he grafted onto other plants.

The city has one well-known club the 2013-14 EHF Cup-winner SC Pick Szeged playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

MOL-Pick Szeged is a Hungarian handball club from Szeged, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the EHF Champions League.

In 2018 the new scientific institution, the ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) opened in Szeged establishing a unique facility which provides light sources within an extremely broad frequency range in the form of ultrashort pulses with high repetition rate which is needed for different kinds of physical experiments especially in the field of attosecond physics.

The ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) in Szeged, Hungary is establishing a unique facility which provides light sources within an extremely broad frequency range in the form of ultrashort pulses with high repetition rate.

The town was a sanjak centre first in Budin Eyaleti (1543–1596), after in Eğri Eyaleti.

The Church of St. Nicholas (known locally as the Serbian Orthodox Church; Szerb Ortodox Templom), is a Serbian Orthodox church in Szeged, Hungary.

The Votive Church and Cathedral of Our Lady of Hungary (Szegedi dóm or Fogadalmi templom) is a twin-spired church in Szeged.

The Dömötör tower is the oldest building in Szeged, Hungary.

The Szeged Synagogue (Szegedi zsinagóga) is a synagogue in Szeged, Hungary.

The National Theatre of Szeged is the main theatre of Szeged, Hungary.

Béla Balázs (4 August 1884 in Szeged – 17 May 1949 in Budapest), born Herbert Béla Bauer, was a Hungarian film critic, aesthete, writer and poet of Jewish heritage.

Adrián Annus (born 28 June 1973 in Szeged) is a Hungarian hammer thrower, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scandal.

Szilvia Péter Szabó (born 9 September 1982 in Szeged, Hungary) is Hungarian pop singer.

Szeged (, ; see also other alternative names ) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád county.

Zsolt László Becsey (born 12 January 1964 in Szeged)