Nagykallo is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary, with a population of 10,483 across 68.55 square kilometers according to 2005 data. It became a market town after King Charles Robert granted it market rights in 1315, was destroyed by the Ottomans in 1556 and then refortified, and was attacked by Francis II Rakoczi's forces at its castle in 1703 during the Hungarian independence movement. Nagykallo served as the seat of Szabolcs County from 1747 until 1867, when the seat moved to nearby Nyiregyhaza, and it regained town status in 1989; it remains a historic center of Jewish heritage with synagogues, cemeteries, and the shrine of Grand Rebbe Itzhak Isaac of Kaliv.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Sources
1. Wikidata: Nagykallo
Wikidata Q843006, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Wikipedia (Hungarian): Nagykálló
Wikipedia (Hungarian)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1274
Első ismert írásos említése 1274-ből, Lökös fia Miklós nevében szerepel (Nicolaus filius Leukes de Kallo, Árpádkori új okmánytár, XII, 124).
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1274
Első ismert írásos említése 1274-ből, Lökös fia Miklós nevében szerepel (Nicolaus filius Leukes de Kallo, Árpádkori új okmánytár, XII, 124).
Source text, founding-year: 1274
Első ismert írásos említése 1274-ből, Lökös fia Miklós nevében szerepel (Nicolaus filius Leukes de Kallo, Árpádkori új okmánytár, XII, 124).
View the Source Nagykallo (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.