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- Szendrő is also the Hungarian name for Smederevo in Serbia.
Szendrő | ||
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Town | ||
 Aerial view - Szendrő Castle ruins | ||
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 Location of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in Hungary | ||
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 Hungary | |
| Region | Northern Hungary | |
| County | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | |
| First mentioned | 1317 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | János Szaniszló | |
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53.56 km2 (20.68 sq mi) | |
Szendrő is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Northern Hungary Region, 40 kilometers (25 mi) from county capital Miskolc.
History[]
Szendrő was first mentioned in 1317. It was named after its owner Szend. Szendro is a Hungarian last name. The first stone-built castle of the county was built there, and it was an important border fortress during the Turkish occupation of Hungary, until Prince Francis II Rákóczi had it destroyed in 1707.
Szendrő was the capital of the comitatus between 1613 and 1660, and the centre of the Szendrő district between 1615 and 1930. The railway line of the Bódva valley (built in 1896) strengthened its role as a market town.
Szendrő obtained town status in 1996.
International relations[]
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary
Twin towns — Sister cities[]
Szendrő is twinned with:
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