Szarvas

Szarvas is a town in Bekes County, Hungary. According to the Hungarian Royal Treasury it turned into an ethnic Hungarian town in 1495. The Medieval town turned into ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the vicinity. It become uninhabited till 1720, whilst Austrian baron Johann Georg Freiherr von Harruckern invited specially Slovak settlers from Upper Hungary to the deserted place. They constructed a modern day city by the assist of Samuel Tessedik, who invited engineers to plann the city. Tessedik additionally established the first agricultural college in Hungary. Lutheran church became constructed from

1786 to 1788, the Roman Catholic from 1808 to 1812. Town corridor was built in 1820. Hungarians overtook Slovaks inside the Nineteen Twenties, grow to be the general public according to the census was held in 1930. Since 1990 Szarvas is home to the Ronald S. Lauder Szarvas International Jewish Youth Camp. Placename Szarvas originated from the old Hungarian word szarvas, because of this deer. Deer additionally may be found inside the coat of hands of the city.