Kistarcsa

Kistarcsa
Town
Székely gate in Kistarcsa
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Pest county in Hungary
Kistarcsa Location in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°32′52″N 19°15′48″E
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District	Gödöllő
Area
• Total	11.02 km2 (4.25 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	12,645
• Density	1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2143
Area code	(+36) 28
Website	kistarcsa.asp.lgov.hu

Kistarcsa (Hungarian: [ˈkiʃtɒrt͡ʃɒ]) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.

A site of the Kistarcsa concentration camp during the Holocaust. Later an internment camp of State Protection Authority for political prisoners during the 1950s.

History

Only a few archaeological excavations were held on the territory of Kistarcsa; the earliest findings are from the Neolithic Era (4000–2500 BC). From this time it was always a populated area: Celts, Vandals, Alans, Sarmatas and Avars lived here. After the fall of the Avar Empire the Magyars found an underpopulated area, so they could settle down easily. Their settlement can be dated back to the 10th to 13th centuries according to the excavated area next to the cemetery of Kistarcsa.

Notable people

• Bernadett Baczkó, judoka
• Jane Haining, Scottish Church of Scotland missionary
• László Háry, major general, aviator and a Commander of the First Independent Hungarian Air Force
• Zoltán Meszlényi, martyr bishop
• József Simándy, tenor
• Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás, modern pentathlete
• Krisztina Szádvári, handballer

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Kistarcsa is twinned with:

• Beluša, Slovakia
• Fanchykovo, Ukraine
• Milovice, Czech Republic
• Radomyśl nad Sanem, Poland
• Turia, Romania

External links

• Official website in Hungarian