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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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