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Békéscsaba
in the Árpád Age
Nine towns flourished in today’s area of Békéscsaba. Th ese of Csaba in 1556 with the help of Habsburg soldiers. Th e
are the modern districts of the town today. Csaba was fi rst town lost its population during the Turkish times. People
mentioned in the 1332 tax census. In the Middle Ages, the settled in the town from 1718 again. During the 300 years
town was the estate of the Ábrahámffy family. In those days, of prosperity since then, the town has been characterized by
Csaba supported the Kuruc rebels and Gyula supported the the quick growth of the population, dynamic industrializa-
Habsburgs, so there was a war between the two towns for tion, intensive trade, development, growth, and a real busi-
decades. The people of Gyula fi nally destroyed the Castle ness boom.
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