Tótkomlós

Tótkomlós (Slovenský Komlóš) is a town in Békés County, Hungary.

Name
Komlós means "(place) with hops" in Hungarian, while prefix Tót is the word for Slovaks in old Hungarian. Hops also can be found in the coat of arms of the town.

Geography
Tótkomlós is located in the Great Hungarian Plain 225 km southeast from Budapest. Mezőtúr-Orosháza-Mezőhegyes railway line crosses the town.

History
The Medieval village was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt after 1715 with Slovak settlers. Hungarians became the majority after the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange.

People

 * János Jankó (1833–1896), Hungarian painter
 * Pál Závada (1954), Hungarian writer
 * Gyurkovics Zsuzsa (1929), Hungarian actress

Twin towns — Sister cities
Tótkomlós is twinned with:
 * Brețcu, Romania
 * 🇸🇰 Galanta, Slovakia
 * 🇸🇰 Jelšava, Slovakia
 * Nădlac, Romania
 * 🇩🇪 Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany
 * 🇸🇰 Nové Zámky, Slovakia
 * 🇸🇰 Zvolen, Slovakia