Kistarcsa

Kistarcsa

Kistarcsa

Town in Pest, Hungary

Kistarcsa (Hungarian: [ˈkiʃtɒrt͡ʃɒ]) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.

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A site of the Kistarcsa concentration camp during the Holocaust.[2] Later an internment camp of State Protection Authority for political prisoners[3] during the 1950s.

History

Only a few archaeological excavations were held on the territory of Kistarcsa; the earliest findings are from the Neolithic Era (4000–2500 BC). From this time it was always a populated area: Celts, Vandals, Alans, Sarmatas and Avars lived here. After the fall of the Avar Empire the Magyars found an underpopulated area, so they could settle down easily. Their settlement can be dated back to the 10th to 13th centuries according to the excavated area next to the cemetery of Kistarcsa.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Kistarcsa is twinned with:[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kistarcsa, KSH
  2. [2]
    "Kistarcsa". jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    Uni Linz
  4. [4]
    "Testvértelepüléseink". kistarcsa.asp.lgov.hu (in Hungarian). Kistarcsa. Retrieved 2021-04-09.


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