Marcali
| Marcali Martzal (in German) | |||
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| Town | |||
 The Roman Catholic Church of Marcali | |||
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  Marcali Location of Marcali | |||
| Coordinates: 46°35′09″N 17°24′46″E / 46.58582°N 17.41279°ECoordinates: 46°35′09″N 17°24′46″E / 46.58582°N 17.41279°E | |||
| Country |
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| Region | Southern Transdanubia | ||
| County | Somogy | ||
| District | Marcali | ||
| RC Diocese | Kaposvár | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 101.5 km2 (39.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2017) | |||
| • Total | 11,216[1] | ||
| Demonym(s) | marcali | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postal code | 8700 | ||
| Area code | (+36) 85 | ||
| Patron Saint | Holy Mary | ||
| NUTS 3 code | HU232 | ||
| MP | József Attila Móring (KDNP) | ||
| Website | Marcali Online | ||
Marcali (German: Martzal) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary and the seat of Marcali District.
Geography
It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line. It is part of the Balatonboglár Wine Region.
Media
Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at 46°36′53.5″N 17°27′53.63″E / 46.614861°N 17.4648972°E a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.
Notable residents
- Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), painter and art theorist
- Béla Pap de Szill (1845-1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
- Endre Bán (1934-1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
- Zsuzsa Szikra (1951-), painter
- Mya Diamond (1981-), pornographic actress and nude model
Sports
- Árpád Milinte (1976-), footballer
- Olivér Kovács (1990-), footballer
- Sándor Torghelle (1982-), footballer
- Zsolt Nagy (1979-), footballer
- Márta Vass (1962-), ultramarathon runner
- Beatrix Balogh (1974-), handballer
- Béla Virág (1976-), footballer
- Norbert Farkas (1977-), footballer
- Tamás Törtei (1985-), footballer
- Dávid Hegedűs (1985-), footballer
- Róbert Kovácsevics (1979-), footballer
- Imre Deme (1983-), footballer
- Norbert Németh (1981-), footballer
- Lukács Bőle (1990-), footballer
- Zoltán Farkas (1989-), footballer
Gallery
Gizella-templom (English: Gisella Church)
Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
The building of the music school (built in 1898)
Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
Szent Borbála-templom (English: Saint Barbara Church) of Boronka
Twin towns — sister cities
Marcali is twinned with:
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marcali. |
- Official website in Hungarian
- Street map (in Hungarian)
- Marcali Portal(Hungarian)
References
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