It has been one of the most important economic and cultural centers of the Great Plain for centuries, one of the most successful former market towns .
Hódmezővásárhely is a city in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the claygrassland surrounding the river Tisza.
Sights
- City Hall ( designed in a romantic style by Miklós Ybl )
- Black Eagle Hostel
- Károlyi House (mansion)
- Agricultural Museum
- Bakay well (the first artesian well in the Great Plain)
- András Nagy Nagy well in Kálvin János square
- Császtvay well
- János Tornyai Museum
- Lajos Kiss memorial room
- Great Plain Gallery
- László Németh Memorial Room
- Top pottery house
- Memorial point
- Artists’ Colony
- Reformed New Church ( Baroque style )
- Csomorkány church ruins (13th – 14th centuries )
- Priest’s windmill
- Synagogue ( Moorish style )
- Holy Trinity Church
- Church of St. Stephen
- Mártélyi Holt-Tisza (resort)
- Coat of Arms Memorial Park
- Mártély Landscape Protection Area
- School museum
- Price protection wall (Stone wall)
- Memorial plaque of Lajos Bibó
- Statue of St. Stephen
Tourism
The Hódmezővásárhely Beach, Thermal Bath and Sports Swimming Pool has ten pools – three indoor and seven open. The János Tornyai Museum, which is part of the new city center and was handed over on September 1, 2012, is an expanded museum modernized to international standards. The Ferenc Bessenyei Cultural Center awaits those who want to cultivate .
