Szikszó

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Country	Hungary
Szikszó
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Area
- Total	36.2 km² (14 sq mi)
Population (2001)
- Total	6,062
- Density	167/km² (432.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	3800
Area code(s)	46

Szikszó is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 15 kilometers from county capital Miskolc.

1 History
2 Tourist sights
3 Gallery
4 Twin towns
5 External links

[edit] History

Szikszó was first mentioned in documents in 1280. It belonged to the estate of the Aba clan. When the family became extinct, it became the property of King Sigismund, then of Queen Mary. At this time Szikszó was already a royal town. The Gothic church of the town was built around this time.

In the 16th century Szikszó and its landowners converted to the Protestant faith and its church became a Protestant one.

During the Turkish occupation of Hungary the town was ransacked and burnt down several times. The citizens fortified the strongest building of the town: the church. In 1588 there was a battle near the town, the Hungarian army defeated the Turks. In 1679 the town witnessed another battle, this time against the imperial army of the Habsburgs; this battle too brought Hungarian victory but the imperials burnt down the town as a revenge.

During the freedom fight against Habsburg rule in 1848 a third battle was fought near Szikszó. Again the Hungarians won.

In 1852, a house caught fire and the whole town burnt down. Rebuilding the town was very expensive and the citizens couldn't afford the expenses of their town being classified as a town, so in 1866, they asked the government to re-classify Szikszó as a village.

In 1920, after the Treaty of Trianon, Košice (Kassa in Hungarian) became part of Czechoslovakia, Szikszó became the capital of Abaúj-Torna county and held this rank until the unification of the three counties creating Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county.

In 1989 Szikszó was granted town status again.