History

Gyönk was mentioned for the first time in 1280, but the neighborhood (and Gyönk) was already a populated area by then. The village was inhabited by Turks for some time, and the time of Rákóczi it was depopulated. In the early 1700s Hungarian and German families arrived in the village. The school was founded in 1806. In 1882, the Budapest-Pécs-Dombóvár-rail line, which passes through the Kapos Valley connected the village.

In 1891, there were 3,371 German and Hungarian inhabitants. In 1947, a Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange saw 9 Highland Hungarian families (55 people) resettled in the upland village of Martos

Martos

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Notable landmarks

The Reformed Church was built between 1775-1777, and consecrated on May 25, 1777. The tower was completed in 1836. The second organ of the church, dated to 1910 is a masterpiece. The neo-Gothic style Lutheran Church designed by Gyula Reppmannin was completed in 1896. The Catholic Church was built in 1926. Magyary Kossa-Castle was built in 1830.

Twin towns

Darmstadt

Darmstadt

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, Germany, since 1990 Griesheim

Griesheim

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, Germany, since 1990 Bar-le-Duc, France, since 1996 Wilkau-Haßlau

Wilkau-Haßlau

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, Germany, since 1997