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Szabolcs

Szabolcs was the procession terrain for the Ottoman army. As The time travel can be continued if we visit the estate of the

a result, various memories of the Ottoman rule can be found Kállay family in Kállósemjén, reminiscent of the 1920s and

in the county. The population decreased partly because of the 1930s. The ancient Hungarian noble family played a signifi -

Ottoman invasion, and the plague of 1793 also decimated the cant role in the history of Hungary. The baroque Kállay man-

county’s population, as almost a quarter of the people died. At sion was built by the architect of the former county hall. His-

the same time, a labour force was needed on the fields, so the tory has left its mark on the building, and it was not spared by
landowners invited mainly Germans, and Romanians from barbaric hands either. Today, however, a beautifully renovated
Transylvania, as well as Slovak and Ukrainian serfs from the building and castle park welcome tourists and help them to

north to settle here. They assimilated, and we can say that a remember the Kállay family and the former prime minister,

population remarkably mixed in terms of ethnicity, language Miklós Kállay. Our journey is continued in Máriapócs, a site
and religion lived here, who did not forget their history, which visited by thousands of pilgrims every year. Many believers
can still be found in traces. are pleading for help from the Virgin Mary in the Church of
The largest region of Szabolcs is the Nyírség. On its “historical the Intercession, the former site of the Pope’s visit. Th e world-

main street” from Nyíregyháza to Carei (Nagykároly), many famous National Shrine of Máriapócs is a Greek Catholic
memorial sites help the visitors understand the past. Th e oldest pilgrimage site; it is visited by many pilgrims because its two
monument of Nyíregyháza, the county seat, is the monumental icons cried tears at three diff erent times.
baroque-style and recently renovated Lutheran large church, Th e shrine has three important church days:
which was built from the small donations of the hard-working • St. Elijah’s Day - 20th July
“Tirpák” people, who lived from agriculture, during the late • Day of the Assumption of Virgin Mary - 15th August
1700s and early 1800s. • Day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 8th Sep-
tember
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