Szekszard
The county seat of Tolna County is famous for both its architectural heritage and its wine culture. Belonging to the city, the Gemenc Forest is a nature reserve of national significance.
On Bogyiszló Street close to the centre of the old town an Avar cemetery with 800 graves was excavated, the final resting place of potters. In the vicinity plentiful heritage from the Celts, as well as of soldiers and citizens from the Roman period, has been discovered.
A Roman guard tower stood on Bartina Hill, today known as Calvary Hill. Towards the end of the 19th century Roman and Turkish graves were discovered here. At the beginning of the 20th century even an altar tablet pertaining to the Sun God came to light.
Szekszárd has been the county seat of Tolna County since 1779.
Belonging to Szekszárd, the Gemenc Forest is a recreational belt famous for its game population. The landscape we see today is the result of the drainage of swamps and the regulation of the rivers Danube, Sió and Sárvíz. The Gemenc Forest, a remaining floodplain of the Danube has been a nature reserve of national significance since 1977.
How to get there:
By railway, the city is served from Budapest and Sárbogárd. By bus, Volán coaches run to Szekszárd from Budapest and Pécs. By car, take Route 6 (E73) and then Route 56.
Data card
| Settlement: | Szekszárd |
| County: | Tolna county |
| Zipcode: | 7100 |
| Phone district number: | 74 |
| Population: | 35 110 |
| Rank of the settlement: | city |
| Address of Mayor`s office: | Szekszárd, Béla tér 8. |
| Phone number of Mayor`s office: | 74/504-100 |
| Email address of Mayor`s office: | szekszard@polghiv.tolnamegye.hu |
| Szekszard magyarul | |
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