Szeged

Szeged is the third biggest town of Hungary, the largest city and nearby centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrad county. The University of Szeged is one of the most outstanding universities in Hungary. The famous Szeged Open Air Theatre Festival is one of the most important points of interest, held every summer season and celebrated as the Day of the City on May 21. The name Szeged would possibly come from an vintage Hungarian phrase for nook, pointing to the turn of the river Tisza that flows via the metropolis.

Others say it derives from the Hungarian phrase sziget which means that 'island'. Others nonetheless contend that szeg means 'darkish blond' a connection with the coloration of the water wherein the rivers Tisza and Maros merge. Szeged and its vicinity had been inhabited considering the fact that historic times. Ptolemy mentions the oldest acknowledged call of the town: Partiscum. It is possible that Attila, king of the Huns had his seat somewhere in this location. The call Szeged turned into first noted in 1183, in a file of King Bela III.