Sátoraljaújhely is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary along the Slovak border. It is 82 kilometres (51 miles) east from the county capital Miskolc.
It got its name from the nearby Tent Mountains, originally called Saturhalma .
Culture
Sátoraljaújhely is a culturally significant settlement in the country and in the county. It was also called the “capital of Zemplén” as the seat of Zemplén County.
Among other things, Ferenc Kazinczy lived and worked here as a language innovator and archivist , where Lajos Kossuth began his career and gave his first speech here . Prime Minister Gyula Andrássy .
Sátoraljaújhely is still one of the cultural centers of the county and also attractive for tourists. There are several museums, theaters and cinemas here.
Museums, exhibitions
- Ferenc Kazinczy Museum
- Museum of the Hungarian Language
- Prison Museum
- Homonnay Nándor Ski Museum
- Ecotourism Visitor Center
- Bambi animal farm
Theater, cinema
- Árpád Latabár Theater
- Latabár Cinema
- Pedestrian area, Event space (casual stage, projector)
Cultural Center
- Lajos Kossuth Cultural Center
Attractions
- Historic 19th century downtown (Kossuth Square)
- Ferenc Kazinczy Museum (Dózsa Gy. Út 11.)
- Museum of the Hungarian Language and Ferenc Kazinczy Mausoleum (Széphalom district)
- Waldbott Castle (Baroque)
- Baroque- style town hall , the former county hall (Kossuth Lajos tér), 18–19. century archives
- Late Baroque style Roman Catholic Parish Church of King St. Stephen ( Great Church ), in its final form according to the plans of Győző Czigler (and Ede Dvorák ), with colored lead-inlaid glass windows of Gida Waltherr , statue of King St. Stephen (Széchenyi Square)
- Public cemetery with 113 ornamental graves
- Cemetery of Heroes in the Public Cemetery
- Heroes’ Square, the 1944 -inch Satoraljaujhely prison riot victims memorial ( Kerenyi Jeno : A struggling young eagle) c. with his statue
- Teitelbaum The more beautiful tomb of Moses , old Jewish cemetery, place of pilgrimage
- Hungarian Calvary , 100th National Flag and St. Stephen’s Chapel Historical Monument and the Centennial Turul Monument on Szár Hill
- Pauline-Piarist Church and Monastery , Rákóczi Chapel (Deák u. 12.)
- Újhely Castle (at the top of Vár Hill) under excavation
- Forensic Palace and Prison (currently: Sátoraljaújhely Prison ) [built according to the plans of Győző Czigler ]
- The former building of the Sátoraljaújhely Finance Directorate , on the facade of which is the ” Hungarians Conquering “. Kisfaludi with the statue of Sigismund Strobl
- Wine Church is the former Hungarian Royal State Public Cellar, (chief designer: Kálmán Váczy Hübschl ) with the coats of arms of the market towns of Hegyalja
- Uzhhorod cellars ( World Heritage Site )
- High-mountain lift – the longest lift in Hungary
- Musical fountain (next to Heroes’ Square)
- It is the longest toboggan run in Central and Eastern Europe
- Zemplén Adventure Park
- MÁV wagon dismantler (MÁV Szolgáltató Központ Zrt. Sátoraljaújhely railway dismantling site)
- Emerald Valley Recreation Park ( Rudabányácska district)
- High mountain educational trail
- Long Forest Nature Reserve
- Holy Trinity Chapel
- Fire tower (former fire station)