Szolnok is the county seat of Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary.
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11 Facts About Szolnok
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Szolnok was named for the first steward of the city, Szaunik or Zounok.
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Szolnok is located in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, at the confluence of the Tisza and Zagyva rivers.
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Szolnok was first mentioned, under the name Zounok, in a letter from Geza I concerning the foundation of the monastery at Garamszentbenedek in 1075.
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Under the rule of the Arpad Dynasty, Szolnok was a market town and the center of Szolnok County.
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The Szolnok Castle was, in these times, only an earthworks fort, although later a wooden wall was added.
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In 1685, Szolnok was liberated from the Ottomans by the Habsburg armies under the control of Generals Heister and Mercy; during the liberation both the city and the castle were significantly damaged.
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Szolnok started to prosper again in the second half of the 18th century.
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Szolnok saw action in the First World War in May 1919 when a long and bitter battle raged along the Tisza between the advancing Romanian army and the Hungarian Red Army.
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Szolnok suffered great damaged under these attacks and many lives were lost.
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The train station of Szolnok was bombed several times, by both British and American fighters.
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