Medgyesegyháza () is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 3,558 people (2015).
History The Jews in the city The Jewish community in the city was established in the second half of the 19th century and most of them were engaged in the grain trade.Hungarian Jewish census
The synagogue was built in 1870 and the community had a Jewish school.
In 1942, young Jews from the city were sent to forced labor and sent to the front of Ukraine, where the Hungarians fought alongside the Germans. Four townspeople were killed.
In 1944, after the Germans entered Hungary, all the local Jews were rounded up and finally transferred to Békéscsaba. Most of them were taken to the Auschwitz extermination camp.Documentation of the Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust
After the war, 20 survivors returned to the town. The community was reorganized, but many dispersed within a short time.The Jewish Community of Medgyesegyhaza in The Museum of the Jewish People
Politics The current mayor of Medgyesegyháza is Dr. Béla Nagy (Independent).
The local Municipal Assembly has 6+1 members divided into this political parties and alliances: Party Seats 2014 Council Fidesz-KDNP 3 Independent 2 Unity (MSZP-DK-Együtt-Liberálisok) 1
City Mayors from 1990Dr. Béla Nagy (SZDSZ)1990–2010Márton Ruck (Fidesz)2010–2014Dr. Béla Nagy (Independent); – II.2014–
Twin towns – sister cities Medgyesegyháza is twinned with:
Kolárovo, Slovakia
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in Hungarian