Balassagyarmat

Balassagyarmat Jahrmarkt (in German) Balašske Ďarmoty (in Slovak)
Town
Balassagyarmat County Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  Civitas Fortissima (The Bravest City)
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Coordinates: 48°04′43″N 19°17′39″E / 48.07861°N 19.29417°E / 48.07861; 19.29417Coordinates: 48°04′43″N 19°17′39″E / 48.07861°N 19.29417°E / 48.07861; 19.29417
Country	Hungary
County	Nógrád
District	Balassagyarmat
First written mention	1244
Government
• Mayor	(Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	23.33 km2 (9.01 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	15,058[1]
Demonym(s)	balassagyarmati
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2660
Area code	(+36) 35
Website	balassagyarmat.hu

Balassagyarmat [ˈbɒlɒʃːɒɟɒrmɒt] (formerly Balassa-Gyarmath, Slovak: Balážske Ďarmoty, German: Jahrmarkt) is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus.

History[]

Since 1998, the town's coat of arms has borne the Latin inscription "Civitas Fortissima" (the bravest city) because it was claimed that in January 1919 Czechoslovak troops crossed the demarcation line delineated in December 1918 in preparation for the Treaty of Trianon, illegally occupying towns south of the line, including Balassagyarmat.^[2] The occupation was the subject of a 2009 song by the nationalist rock-band Kárpátia, "Civitas Fortissima"^[3]

During World War II, May 9, 1944, Germans kept 3,000 Jews from the town and the surrounding villages imprisoned in a ghetto. They were all sent to Auschwitz concentration camp on June 11 and 14, 1944.^[4]

Balassagyarmat was captured on 9 December 1944 by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Budapest Offensive.

Geography[]

The town lies on the left bank of the Ipoly river, which marks the state border with Slovakia.

Demographics[]

In 2001 Balassagyarmat had 18,474 inhabitants. The population were Hungarian 98%, Romani 2%.^[5] 100% of the total population speak Hungarian as their mother tongue.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people[]

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• Balassi (Balassa) family (means "from Balassa")
• Bálint Balassi (aka Balassa) (1554, Zólyom - 1594)
• Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), a Czech philologist and historian
• Márk Rózsavölgyi (1789–1848), musician, componist
• Maier Zipser (1815–1869), neolog rabbi
• Kálmán Mikszáth (1847-1910), Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician, lived here
• Károly Balogh de Mankó Bük (1879-1944), Hungarian statesman and writer.
• (hu) (1824–1898), genealogist, heraldic, historian
• János Zádori (1831-1887), Roman Catholic priest, Ecclesiastical writer, lived here
• (1880-1942), glazer
• Dezső Magos (Munk) (1884-1944), Hungarian architect
• Albert Kenessey surgeon (1889–1973)
• Rose & Jenny Dolly, Hungarian-American dancers and actresses
• Lőrinc Szabó (de Gáborján) (1900-1957), a poet and literary translator, lived here
• Lajos Ligeti (hu) (1902–1987), orientalist
• Michel Gyarmathy, director of Folies Bergère in Paris
• (hu) (1911–2004), illustrator, graphic artist, painter, comic artist
• (hu) (1921–1998), poet and literary translator
• (hu) (born 1947), ballet dancer, choreographer
• György Udvardy (born 1960), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Veszprém
• (hu) (born 1964), Roman Catholic Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza
• Zoltán Szlezák (born 1967), football player
• Péter Kőszeghy (born 1971), composer and music educator
• (hu) (born 1975), pop singer

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Balassagyarmat is twinned with:^[6]

• Dej, Romania
• Heimenkirch, Germany
• Lamezia Terme, Italy
• Ostrołęka, Poland
• Slovenské Ďarmoty, Slovakia

See also[]

• Slovenské Ďarmoty
• Salesians in Hungary
• Balassa
• (hu)
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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Balassagyarmat.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Balassagyarmat.

• Official site in Hungarian

References[]

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