Pomáz

Town in Pest, Hungary

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47°38′35″N 19°01′10″E / 47.64305°N 19.01957°E / 47.64305; 19.01957Country

HungaryCountyPestArea

• Total49.04 km² (18.93 sq mi)Population

(2004)

• Total15,298 • Density311.94/km² (807.9/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

2013

Area code26

Pomáz (German: Paumasch) is a small town in Pest County, Hungary. It is located on the HÉV commuter train line from Budapest to Szentendre.

Sights

Pomáz is famous for its Serbian Orthodox church. Just as in nearby Szentendre, a Serbian community existed in the town since the time of the Ottoman presence in Eastern Europe. There are also a Roman Catholic and a Calvinist church in the town.^[1]

The town also features the Teleki-Wattay castle, built in 1773 in baroque style, but extensively renovated in the second half of the 19th century. After the Second World War, it was converted to an orphanage, and successively a child-care institute;^[2] in the early 21st century it was renovated once again under the EU Phare programme, and became a venue for choir projects, known as the Choral Castle.^[3]

Notable people

The Teleki family, which owned the castle, counted among its members controversial prime minister Pál Teleki (in office 1920-1921 and 1939–1941).

Max Kopfstein, (1856–1924), Rabbi, expert in the negotiations to the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Andreas Alföldi (1895–1981), historian
Sándor Egervári (b. 1950), football manager
Gyula Glykais (1893–1948), fencer
Ádám György (b. 1982), pianist

Twin towns – sister cities

Pomáz is twinned with:^[4]

Krzywiń, Poland
Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Germany

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Pomáz.

^ National and historical symbols of Hungary: Pomáz
^ History of Teleki-Wattay castle^{[permanent dead link]}, from the website of the Hungarian Choral Castle.
^ Hungarian Choral Castle Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Testvérvárosaink" (in Hungarian). Pomáz. Retrieved 2021-04-09.