Country Hungary Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 118.5 km² Local time Monday 2:33 PM | County Békés Postal code 5650 Population 11,241 (2009) Area code 66 | |
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Mezőberény ([ˈmɛzøːbɛreːɲ]; German: Maisbrünn; Slovak: Poľný Berinčok) is a town in Békés county, Hungary.
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Location
Mezőberény is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, 200 km southeast from Budapest. Highway 46, 47 and Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba-Lökösháza high speed (120–160 km/h (75–99 mph)) railway line also cross the town.
History
The Medieval village of Berény was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt in the 18th century with German, Hungarian and Slovak settlers and was a multiethnic town until the late 19th century, when Germans and Slovaks adopted the Hungarian language.
Notable people
References
Mezőberény Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA