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4 unusual facts about Zemplén


András Fáy

He was born at Kohány (today Kochanovce, suburb of Sečovce) in the county of Zemplén, and was educated for the law at the Protestant college of Sárospatak.

Fáy András Economic High School

Poet and author, András Fáy, founder of the first bank in Hungary, was born in Kohány, Zemplén County.

Tállya

Tállya is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 45 kilometres from county seat Miskolc, in the famous Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district.

In a census from the mid-1780s Tállya was the largest town of Zemplén county with a population of 4388.


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Bodrog

It crosses the Slovak–Hungarian border at the village of Felsőberecki (near Sátoraljaújhely) in Hungary, and Streda nad Bodrogom in Slovakia, where it is also the lowest point in Slovakia (94.3 m AMSL), and continues its flow through the Hungarian county Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, until it meets the river Tisza in Tokaj.

Borsod Brewery

Borsod Brewery or Brewery of Borsod (Borsodi Sörgyár Rt.) is a brewery located in the village of Bőcs, near Miskolc, the capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northeastern Hungary.

Ferenc Koncz

He was born in Tornaszentjakab, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, on October 2, 1959.

Gemer

In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia, except 7,5% of its area (around Putnok), which became temporarily part of the Hungarian county Borsod-Gömör-Kishont (presently part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén).

Magas-hegy

Magas-hegy is a 1,268 ft / 386 m mountain peak near Sátoraljaújhely, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary.


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