Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mezőkeresztes |
Official Name: | Mezőkeresztes |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mezőkövesd |
Area Total Km2: | 74.26 |
Population Total: | 3818 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3441 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | (+36) 49 |
Coordinates: | 47.8254°N 20.6881°W |
Mezőkeresztes is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary near Mezőkövesd and Eger.
350NaN0 south from county seat Miskolc. Can be reached by car on highway M3. The train station Mezőkeresztes–Mezőnyárád is 3.10NaN0 away from the town itself, towards Mezőnyárád.
The area around it has been inhabited since the Great Migration. In the 14th century it belonged to the Diósgyőr estate. King Ladislaus V granted market town status to Mezőkeresztes.
In 1596, there was a great Battle of Mezőkeresztes, where Mehmed III, a sultan of the Ottoman Empire defeated the Habsburg and Transylvanian forces. During the battle the Sultan had to be dissuaded from fleeing the field halfway through the battle.
After the end of the Ottoman era, the town prospered but in the 19th century it lost its importance and became a village.
In 1950, oil resources were found nearby; they were exploited by the 1980s.
Mezőkeresztes was granted town status on July 1, 2009.
Mezőnagymihály (cca. 4 km), Mezőnyárád (4 km), Szentistván (cca. 8 km)
Nearest town: Mezőkövesd (12 km).