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In the 10th and 11th centuries, Nyíregyháza belonged to  thanks to their devotion and hard work, made it prosper-
                     the Szabolcs castle stewardship. In 1209, it was mentioned  ous. In 1786, they obtained the status of market town, built
                     only as Nyír, but by 1236 the village had gained a church,  a church, and paid the eternal redemption twice, in 1803

                     and also acquired the second part of its name. During the  and in 1824. Soon after, in 1837, Nyíregyháza became a
                     15th century, it was a landowner’s market town, and then  free royal town. Freed from feudal constraints, the town
                     it gained the privilege of a Hajdu town in 1613.  took its fate in its own hands, and a hundred and twenty

                     In 1753, Count Ferenc Károlyi decided to repopulate the  years after  repopulation, it became the seat of the county.

                     depopulated land. He issued his charter and promised  The people of Nyíregyháza inherited the diligence and


                     signifi cant benefits to the Slovak settlers who arrived from  perseverance of their ancestors, and the county seat has
                     Békés County and Upper Hungary.          been dynamically developing ever since. In May each year,
                     The population of the repopulated Nyíregyháza was in-  the town’s inhabitants pay tribute to the memory of their

                     dustrious and hard-working. They transformed the sand  predecessors during the Town Days programme series.

                     and wilderness into a fruitful area, rebuilt the town, and,
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