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SzikszSziksz is a small town in Borsod-Abaj-Zempln county, Northern Hungary, 15 kilometers from county capital Miskolc. History Sziksz 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 Sziksz was already a royal town. The Gothic church of the town was built around this time. In the 16th century Sziksz 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 Sziksz. 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 aford the expenses of their town being classified as a town, so they asked the government to re-classify Sziksz as a village (1866.) After the Treaty of Trianon when Hungary lost the city of Kassa to Slovakia, Sziksz became the capital of Abaj-Torna county and held this rank until the unification of the three counties creating Borsod-Abaj-Zempln county (1950.) In 1989 Sziksz was granted town status again. Tourist sights - Bethania manor
- Gothic Protestant Church
- Wine cellars
Twin towns External links
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