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The founders

of the town

The ‘Nyír’ prefix of the name of Nyíregyháza dates back to Károlyis in 1824. In 1837, the town received a royal privilege,
the 13th century; a source dated 1326 mentions the town as and the first mayor was elected. Soon the train service arrived

a place with church. at the town, cultural associations were formed one aft er the

The real development of Nyíregyháza, which also had Hajduk other, financial institutions were built, and, as a result, Nyír-

privileges at the beginning of the 1600s, can be counted from egyháza was chosen as the seat of Szabolcs County in 1876.

1753, when Count Ferenc Károlyi, owner of half of the town, The town has been developing rapidly ever since. Th e in-

promised tax relief for the sett lers. Thanks to the diligent work habitants of Nyíregyháza commemorate their hard-working

of the Slovak-speaking, Lutheran settlers, the so-called Tir- ancestors every year. In May 2023, the town will celebrate the
paks, who arrived in several waves, Nyíregyháza received the 270th anniversary of its re-settling, where the population of

privilege of market town in 1786. With faith and hard work, the town will pay tribute to the memory of its predecessors
they achieved that relatively soon, they redeemed the land- with a series of programmes.

lord’s services from the Dessewffys in 1803, and from the
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