# Nagykőrös

Nagykőrös (historical names: Kalanguerusy, Kalánkőröse) is a town in Pest County.

## Get in

From Budapest is about 80 km toward southeast. Between Cegléd and Kecskemet. From Cegléd take #441 main road.

### By bus

* 47.03319.78451 Nagykőrös Bus Station (Nagykőrös autóbusz-állomás), Nagykőrös, Szolnoki u. 1 (Center close to Reformed church), ☏ +36 53 350-993, fax: +36 53 351-335. Cashdesk open weekdays (from 1st up to 6th day each month): 05:00-15:00 (from 7th-31st day each month): even weekdays days 06:00-14:00, odd weekdays 08:00-16:00. Budapest (need a transfer at Kecskemét bus station, usually 1½ hour, choose carefully: a wrong connection can mean 3 hours journey time!), Cegléd (½ hour, from about 05:00 till late night, every ½ hour), Kecskemet same as Cegléd further to Szeged always need to change at Kecskemét (about 2½ hours, 12 per day).Timetable.

### By train

* 47.038419.76022 Nagykörös Train Station (Nagykőrös Vasútállomás), Kossuth Lajos út 78 (One km west of the Center), ☏ +36 53 351 211. By train from Szeged via Kecskemet direct train, or from Cegléd.

## See
### Churches

* 47.033719.78351 Reformed Church (Református Templom), Szabadság tér (Center, close to Szolnoki road), ☏ +36 53 351535, hivatal@refkoros.hu. Opening hours: Sat at 18, Sun at 10 and 18. It was founded in 1545. Built in Gothic and Neo-Gothic elements. Admission: free of charge. (updated Dec 2018)
* 47.034419.78222 St. Ladislaus Church (Szent László Templom), Szabadság tér 3 (Center), ☏ +36 53 350051, +36 70 3843816, fax: +36 53 350051, hernadi.laszlo@vaciegyhazmegye.hu. Holy mass: on Sa at 19:00; on Su 09:00 and 19:00; on M 08:00. A Late Baroque and Classicist Roman Catholic Church

### Others

* Cavalryman's barrack-room of Nagykőrös, is the home of the Arany János Museum. This is a 'landscape' museum, houses significant collection of ethnographical, archelogical and historical relics, and of fine art. A couple of the 'must see' items: the golden mounted sword of an Avar prince, the gold-plated bronze procession cross of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and wrought-iron. (Hu:Huszárkaszárnya, Nagykőrösi Kulturális Központ - Arany János Közérdekű Muzeális Gyűjtemény. Loc:Ceglédi út 19. Phone: +36 53 350810, +36 20 9509560, Email: museum@korosikultura.hu, Web. Opening hours: 1 Apr-31 Oct 10:00-18:00 Th F 9:00-13:00, Sa 12:00-16:00, closed M-W. Winter: 09:00-16:00; closed on M. Admission: adult/reduced: Ft600/300)
* Gaál Manor Court , It was built in 1909 in Art Nouveau style. Now it works as an office. (Hu:Gaál-kúria. Loc: Outskirt. Phone: +36 53 550300, fax: +36 53 351058 Admission: Free of charge)
* Halász Mansion was built in 1810 in Copf (late Classicist) style (Hu: Halász kúria. Loc:Kecskeméti utca 17. Phone: +36 53 550300). Patay-Szeless-Kiss Mansion was built in 1810 and renovated in 1881 in neo-classicist style. It works as flats. (Hu:Patay-Szeless-Kiss Kúria. Loc: Kalotsa Balázs utca 4. Phone: +36 53 550300, closed for the visitors). Kalotsa Balázs Mansion was built in 1790 and was renewed in 1850 in romantic style. Nowadays it is a nursery school. (Hu:Kalotsa (Balázs)-kúria. Loc: Kalotsa Balázs utca 1. Phone: +36 53 351991).
* Kalotsa István Manor Court is a primary school. Built in Classicist style (Hu: Kalotsa István-kúria. Loc: Dalmady Győző utca 10. Phone: +36 53 550290, Admission: free of charge)
* Szalay Mansion, the building includes architectural elements of Romantic and Classicist style. It is now the Mango Disco Club (Hu:Szalay-kúria. Loc: Dalmady Győző utca 3. Phone: +36 20 5557709 info@club-mango.hu, Opening hours: Sa 22:00-05:00).
* Molnár-Benkó Mansion, a residential building, has architectural elements of Romantic and Classicist style (Hu: Molnár-Benkó-kúria. Loc: Koszorú utca 2. Phone: +36 53 550300).
* Rákóczi-Beretvás-Segesváry Mansion, a mixed style Baroque, Classicist building, is a boarding school (Hu:Rákóczi-Beretvás-Segesváry-kúria. Loc: Arany János utca 28, Phone: +36 53 350064, kretfk@fls.reftkn.hu). Jakabházy Eötvös Mansion (Hu: Jakabházy Eötvös-kúria) is an Art Nouveau dwelling house. Loc: Szilágyi utca 2. Phone: +36 53 550300, closed to visitors).

### Further afield

* 47.000819.92163 Kocsér (Middle Age name: Kötsér, German: Kolter) (10 km east-southeast of Nagykőrös, 13 km northwest of Tiszakécske, buses from Cegléd or Kecskemét via Nagykőrös). Kocsér is in the north-eastern to ridge of the Danube-Tisza. Village is about 100 m above sea level in slightly undulating plain with depressions. An arid area situated on the border of warm and moderately warm climate areas. The former desert flora is best-preserved in Kalocsa lawn and around Sárhalom district. Sights: Saline pasture, nature protection area, plant and animal species. Part of the Hungarian steppes area ('puszta'), evolved as a result of grazing in the past centuries. Saline and marsh plants plus sand and loess vegetation represents the flora. Amphibians, small reptiles, hares, deer, foxes are the most common vertebrates. The most interesting bird species: the Rollers, different falcons, Buzzards, Lesser Grey Shrike, white stork (Hu:Szikes legelő. Loc: Outskirt. Phone: +36 53 359080. Admission: free.) St. Stephan Roman Catholic Church found in 15th century, rebuilt on a new site in 1873 to King St. Stephen honor (Hu:Szent István király Templom. Loc: Szabadság utca 16. Phone: +36 53 359491, Masses: M-Sa at 07:15, Su 09:00). Reformed Church (Hu:Református templom. Loc: Kossuth Lajos út, in the city centre. Phone: +36 53 351535, hivatal@refkoros.hu Opening hours: Su 10:00-12:00. Admission: free). Gothic church ruins are in the Catholic cemetery. Scratching Dog Tavern, an architectural monument which has been operating since the 1700s. (Hu:Kutyakaparó Csárda, loc: around five km north-northeast of the village.) Events: pony race (two days long), farewell (Aug 20). Do: fishing lake, Toma lake in nearby, hunting options).

## Do

* 47.03819.78451 $^{[deadlink]}$ Nagykőrösi Outdoor swimming (Alföld Aqua Termálfürdő és Strand), Ceglédi út 14 (A couple blocks north from the Center), ☏ +36 20 422 7177. 09:00-19:00. Adult ticket Ft1400.

## Sleep

* Kinizsi Catering and Leisure Centre (Kinizsi Vendéglátó és Szabadidő Központ Nagykőrös), Deák tér 2.
* Patria Bistro and Pension (Pátria Bisztró és Panzió), Szultán u. 2.
* Reformed Teacher Training College (Református Tanítóképző Leányinternátusa.), Arany J. U. 28.
* Central hotel (Központi Hotel), Nagykőrös, Széchenyi tér 1, ☏ +36 70 6660946, hotelkozponti@gmail.com.
* Pintér Étterem és Hotel, Téglagyári út 2/a, agnes@pinteretterem.hu.

## Connect

The postal code for Nagykőrös is: H-2750 and H-2751. Area Phone code: 53.
* 47.03519.78393 Main Post Office (Nagykőrös 1 posta), Nagykőrös, Hősök tere 3 (Center), ☏ +36 53 350721, ugyfelszolgalat@posta.hu.

## Go next

* Cegléd
* Kecskemét
* Szeged