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| Szekszárd German: Sechshard; Croatian: Seksar | ||
| County | Tolna | |
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| Residents | 31.795 (2019) | |
| height | 83 m | |
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Szekszárd is the capital of the county Tolna. The city lies on the edge of the extensive Danube floodplains and is also known for viticulture.
background
getting there
By plane
- Budapest Airport
- Osijek Airport
By train
- Individual direct trains from Budapest Keleti (towards Baja), approx. 2 hours. Transfer connections via Sárbogárd run more frequently, but take around 15 minutes longer. There are also train connections Baja and Bátaszék (transfer option from Dombóvár or Kaposvár)
By bus
In the street
- The M6 / E73 motorway (Budapest - Osijek) circumnavigates the city to the east; Exit 147 Szekszárd-Centrum / Gemenc
- The M9 expressway begins on the northern outskirts and leads to the other side of the Danube. It requires a vignette and is signposted as a car road.
- Toll-free Danube bridges are located 15 km south (Bátaszék - Baja) and 60 km north (Dunaföldvár - Solt).
Some highways meet in a star shape in Szekszárd:
- 6 off Budapest or. Pécs (toll-free alternative route to the M6 / M60)
- 56 off Osijek and Mohács
- 63 off Székesfehérvár
- 65 off Siófok
By boat
Although located on the edge of extensive alluvial forests, the city is almost 20 km from the main Danube. There are boat moorings in Paks and Baja.
By bike / on foot
The Danube Cycle Path runs on the other side of the Danube, whereby you can cross the Danube on a cycle path in the course of the express road bridge (M9).
The European long-distance hiking trail E7 runs through Szekszárd and the town is the end point of the long-distance hiking trails Rockenbauer Pál Dél-dunántúli Kéktúra and Alföldi Kéktúra.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Ruins of the abbey of King Béla I
- Pigtail style Catholic church. Erected in 1805, one of the largest single-nave sacred buildings in Central Europe.
- synagogue. Historicism, 1897.
- Hermit Chapel
- County House. Neoclassical.
- Baroque Trinity Column / Plague Column
- Gingerbread Museum
- Mór Wosinsky Museum. Archaeological artifacts.
- Museum in the birth house of the poet Mihály Babits (1883–1941), Babics Mihály utca 13. Exhibits on the life of the poet and on everyday life in the region in the 19th century.
- Franz Liszt exhibition in the county house
activities
- Gemencer Forest. An extensive flood plain of the Danube begins to the east of the city. The alluvial forest can be crossed on foot, by bike, by motorboat or by horse and cart. There is also a narrow-gauge railway that crosses the forest. It begins in the Bárányfok district and runs for almost 40 km to the Pörböly station on the Bátaszék-Baja railway line.
shop
There is a larger shopping area with Tesco etc. on the southern outskirts at the roundabout.
kitchen
The town of Szekszárd gave its name to the surrounding wine-growing region. The dominant vine of the region is the kadarka. The well-known red wine Szekszárdi bikavér (Szekszárder bull's blood) is a cuvée made from three grape varieties, including the Kadarka.
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
- Gemencer Forest
- Baja. Known for the big fish soup festival.
- Mohács
