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Things we are

proud of

Hungaricums and values

In addition to the two Hungaricums, countless local and
county values wait to be explored, not just by the local
community, but also by the whole country to become
Hungaricums in the future. Of the 75 towns and villages
of the county, 55 have a local repository of values, and al-
most 1,200 local values have been registered so far, and
there are 67 values in the county’s repository of values.
We are surrounded by many intellectual, material, and
architectural values in our everyday life that we should
preserve so that not just we, but also the grandchildren
of our grandchildren can be proud of all them. Th erefore,
the Local Government of Békés County has established
the repository of values of Békés County, which is being
constantly extended, and it is no surprise that it encourages
the towns and villages to create their own local repository
of values, and to research, collect, and preserve their own
values.
Békés County boasts two Hungaricums. It is worth tasting
the sausage of Gyula, which, along with its “creator” András
Stéberl, butcher, was awarded a Gold Medal at the World
Exhibition in Brussels in 1935. Today, a museum preserves
the traditional tools of sausage production from the 1860’s.
Another Hungaricum, the sausage of Csaba, is also made
in the “neighbourhood”; the well-known Sausage Festival
of Csaba, held since 1997, has made the sausage famous
in Europe. In Békéscsaba, dozens of traditional sausage
makers prepare sausages, so we can say that even the fences
are made from sausages!

Thanks to the excellent natural endowments of Békés
County, the good soil, and the many sunshine hours, ex-
cellent fruit is grown here: the distilleries with their ex-
pertise of hundreds of years brew excellent fruit spirits in

Békés County. The Local Government of Békés County
announces the Békés County Pálinka Competition every
year; the Pálinka Manufaktúra Kft. (Manufactory Ltd.) of

Gyula won this title in 2018.

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