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'Kiskőrös' is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. It is located at around . Sándor Petőfi was born here.

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Geography

Climate

History

Geography

Kiskõrös is the sixth biggest city in Bács-Kiskun county by population. It is located in the center of the county, 22 km east from the river Danube and 110 km south of Budapest.

Climate

Kiskõrös has a continental climate combined with a high number of yearly sunlight. The hours of annual sunlight is over 2,000 hours.

History

Kiskőrös has been populated since the late Iron Age. In the first century Transdanubia was invaded by the Romans and its population ran away and settled in the area. In the 1930s five Avar villages and seven cemeteries have been discovered. The first written documents mentioning Kiskõrös date back to 1398. By 1433 Kõrös was an independent town. The peaceful life of the town came to an end in the 16th century when the Turkish army occupied the region. A letter was written on April 11, 1529 by Mihály Pósa warning the bishop of Kalocsa about the attacks of the Turks. The town lost much of its population during the occupation. The rebirth of Kiskõrös is the work of the Wattay family. For their contribution to defeat the Turks, Leopold I gave the family the land and the surrounding areas. On May 19, 1718 700 Slovakian farmers moved to Kiskõrös. The population has reached 5,000 by 1785. On January 1, 1823 Sándor Petőfi was born in Kiskõrös. The 20th century brought death and hunger to the town. Hungary lost both world wars and Kiskõrös was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1944.