The name of the settlement founded by the Székelys refers to the fact that the Székely ispán had his court here. It is the traditional centre of Székelyland, where judgements of the Székely seats could be appealed against. The Székelys had equal rights with the nobles, owned their own land, paid mostly no taxes, and in return were obliged to go to war one by one to defend Hungary from foreign invasions. Udvarhely was raised to the status of a town by King Sigismund of Hungary. Báthory István, vajda of Transylvania, first tried to build a castle here to subdue the free Székely people, but the resistance of the Székelys caused him to be deposed by King Ulászló II of Hungary. After King John II put down the uprising in 1562, which had broken out because of the curtailment of the Székely liberties, he had a castle built here to keep the Székelys at bay. The only Székely prince of Transylvania, Székely Mózes, was born here. The castle was destroyed by the kuruc insurgents in 1706 during the Hungarian War of Independence to prevent it from falling into Habsburg hands again. The town was traditionally the centre of Udvarhelyszék. In 1876, when the public administration was modernised, the Székely seats were abolished and it became the seat of Udvarhely County. It lost this status after the Romanian occupation in 1918. Since the 16th century, Székelyudvarhely has also been an important school town, a centre of Calvinist education, which was counterbalanced by the Jesuits who also established a grammar school, which is still in operation today. From 1952 to 1968, it was part of the Hungarian autonomous region created under Soviet pressure, which was then abolished by the Romanians. It is still an almost entirely Hungarian town.

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It is the traditional centre of Sz\u00e9kelyland, where judgements of the Sz\u00e9kely seats could be appealed against. The Sz\u00e9kelys had equal rights with the nobles, owned their own land, paid mostly no taxes, and in return were obliged to go to war one by one to defend Hungary from foreign invasions. Udvarhely was raised to the status of a town by King Sigismund of Hungary. B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, vajda of Transylvania, first tried to build a castle here to subdue the free Sz\u00e9kely people, but the resistance of the Sz\u00e9kelys caused him to be deposed by King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 II of Hungary. After King John II put down the uprising in 1562, which had broken out because of the curtailment of the Sz\u00e9kely liberties, he had a castle built here to keep the Sz\u00e9kelys at bay. The only Sz\u00e9kely prince of Transylvania, Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes, was born here. The castle was destroyed by the kuruc insurgents in 1706 during the Hungarian War of Independence to prevent it from falling into Habsburg hands again. The town was traditionally the centre of Udvarhelysz\u00e9k. In 1876, when the public administration was modernised, the Sz\u00e9kely seats were abolished and it became the seat of Udvarhely County. It lost this status after the Romanian occupation in 1918. Since the 16th century, Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely has also been an important school town, a centre of Calvinist education, which was counterbalanced by the Jesuits who also established a grammar school, which is still in operation today. From 1952 to 1968, it was part of the Hungarian autonomous region created under Soviet pressure, which was then abolished by the Romanians. It is still an almost entirely Hungarian town.","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@at the turn of the 12th century|As part of the defence system created by King L\u00e1szl\u00f3 I of Hungary (1077-1095), the stone castle of Budv\u00e1r was built on a 625 metres high hill on the right bank of the Nagy-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 River. According to a legend, it was an ancient Sz\u00e9kely castle. It was continuously used until the 13th century, when it was destroyed.@#5|@#6|@1301|The settlement was mentioned as Uduord. The settlement was probably called Telegd during the reign of the House of \u00c1rp\u00e1d.@1333|The Papal tithe register called the settlement Uduorhel for the first time. Its name (meaning \u2019court place\u2019 in Hungarian) refers to the fact, that the isp\u00e1n of the Sz\u00e9kelys held his court in this settlement. It was the traditional centre of Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ld (Sz\u00e9kelyland), and appeals could be lodged to the court against the verdict reached by the Sz\u00e9kely seats.@1357|The first Sz\u00e9kely National Assembly was held here under the leadership of King Louis I of Hungary. It discussed the legal issues of the Sz\u00e9kelys and of several Transylvanian castles. The Sz\u00e9kelys were organized into special administrative units called seats (sz\u00e9k). They elected their leaders themselves, had equal rights with the nobles, owned their lands and were mostly exempt from taxation. In exchange for all these privileges, they were obliged to enlist as soldiers in the event of an external attack on Hungary.@1387-1437|The rule of King Sigismund of Hungary. Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely was probably granted town status by King Sigismund, who visited the settlement, when he had trouble with vajda Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania. Later the settlement enjoyed the favour of the princes of Transylvania as well.@1437|The three nations of Transylvania (the Hungarian nobility, the Sz\u00e9kelys and the Saxons) formed an alliance in K\u00e1polna (Union of K\u00e1polna). This union gained its true significance after 1570, when Transylvania became an independent principality due to the Turkish conquest of central Hungary. These three nations were represented in the Transylvanian Diet, and they elected the prince. Vlach migrants (mostly shepherds and peasants) were a small minority at the time and were excluded from the political power just like Hungarian peasants.@early 1490s|Vajda B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania started to build a castle around the Dominican monastery, which triggered the vehement protest of the Sz\u00e9kelys.@1492|King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 II removed B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n from the position of vajda of Transylvania.@#8|@#9|@1553|Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes was born here. Later he became the one and only Sz\u00e9kely prince of Transylvania. He spent his childhood in Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely, but he frequently visited S\u00f3falva and the S\u00f3vid\u00e9k as well, since his father, Liter\u00e1ti Sz\u00e9kely J\u00e1nos, was the chief officer of the salt mine of the Sz\u00e9kelys from 1568. Previously, he was the notary of Udvarhely, who issued the memorandum of association of the tanner\u2019s guild in Hungarian language. Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes fought on the side of Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania and became the commander of his bodyguard. Later Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes was knighted for his bravery by B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, as King of Poland. Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes was appointed head (kamaraisp\u00e1n) of the salt chamber of S\u00f3falva in 1583. Later he became the commander in chief of the army of Transylvania.@1558|Queen Isabella granted the settlement exemption from taxation.@April, 1562|The Sz\u00e9kely assembly in Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely organized the armed rebellion against King John II of Hungary in order to restore their privileges abolished by the king. The plan was that the Habsburg emperor would support their rebellion from outside. The captain of Hadad Castle, Sulyok Gy\u00f6rgy, defected to King Ferdinand I, so the Transylvanian army of King John II besieged the castle. An army of Germans and Hungarians, led by Balassa Menyh\u00e1rt, who had defected earlier, and Zay Ferenc, the captain of the Upper Hungary, set out to liberate the castle.@March 4, 1562|Balassa Menyh\u00e1rt and Zay Ferenc, Captain of Upper Hungary, defeated the Transylvanian army led by B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, Captain of V\u00e1rad, in the Battle of Hadad. The Transylvanian defeat was caused by the fact that the vanguard led by N\u00e9methi Ferenc, against the orders of King John II, engaged the larger enemy army in battle prematurely. King John II was rescued by the armies of the pashas of Temesv\u00e1r and Buda, who attacked Balassa's army and pushed it back to Szatm\u00e1r, but Hadad remained in Ferdinand's hands.@June 20, 1562|The army of King John II defeated the Sz\u00e9kely rebels along the Ny\u00e1r\u00e1d River between Vaja and Kisg\u00f6rg\u00e9ny. The leaders were impaled by a decision of the Diet of Segesv\u00e1r.@1562|The king ordered the construction of the castle in Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely in order to keep the rebellious Sz\u00e9kelys under control. The castle was later called mockingly Sz\u00e9kelyt\u00e1madt meaning \u2019Sz\u00e9kely attacked\u2019. It was completed in 1565.@between 1562 and 1565|The castle was built by King John II to keep the rebellious Sz\u00e9kelys under control.@#10|@#12|@October 17, 1599|Instigated by Emperor Rudolf, Voivode Mihai (Viteazul) of Wallachia broke into Transylvania through the Bodza Pass, after Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond, contrary to his promise, hand over power over Transylvania to his cousin Cardinal B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s instead of Emperor Rudolf. Voivode Mihai sided with the Sz\u00e9kelys, who were dissatisfied with the B\u00e1thory dynasty, by promising to restore their rights.@October 28, 1599|The Sz\u00e9kelys helped Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeat Prince B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s of Transylvania at Sellenberk. The prince tried to flee to Moldova, but he was murdered with a shepherd\u2019s axe (fokos) by a Sz\u00e9kely l\u00f3f\u0151, Bal\u00e1zs Mih\u00e1ly, near Cs\u00edkszentdomonkos. The Sz\u00e9kelys destroyed the castle of Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely built to humiliate them.@November 1, 1599|Voivode Mihai Viteazul of Wallachia marched into Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, the capitol of Transylvania, and took over power as governor appointed by Emperor Rudolf. But soon he started to act on his own behalf and introduced a reign of terror. He arbitrarily appointed Wallachian boyars to every position, looted the treasury and his unpaid mercenaries plundered and murdered throughout the land. The Vlach peasants rose up and started to exterminate Hungarian and Saxon population in Transylvania, which had a Hungarian majority at that time.@September 18, 1600|Voivode Mihai of Wallachia was defeated in the battle of Miriszl\u00f3 and driven out by the combined armies of the Transylvanian nobility led by B\u00e1thory Zsigmond and General Basta\u2019s imperial mercenaries. At the beginning of next year, the Estates of Transylvanian broke with the Emperor and B\u00e1thory Zsigmond was elected prince once more.@autumn, 1600|The Transylvanian country assembly held in L\u00e9cfalva ordered the restoration of the castle of Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely damaged in the previous year, but the castle was only restored after 1621.@August 3, 1601|The combined armies of General Basta and Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeated the Transylvanian army of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond in the battle of Goroszl\u00f3. After that, the army of Voivode Mihai sacked and burned the towns of Torda, Nagyenyed and Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, where they robbed the tombs of the Hunyadi family, King John II of Hungary and his mother Queen Isabella.@August 19, 1601|Voivode Mihai of Wallachia was assassinated by the mercenaries of General Basta, because Mihai tried to usurp the throne of Transylvania once again. Genral Basta also introduced a reign of terror in Transylvania and let his mercenaries ravage freely throughout the land.@August 31, 1601|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond marched from Moldavia to Brass\u00f3 with the Sz\u00e9kelys who joined him, and won the support of the Sultan. General Basta, which was preparing to besiege Brass\u00f3, fled at the news of the arrival of Turkish reinforcements, leaving the cannons behind. B\u00e1thory marched into the capitol, Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, but he, instigated by the Jesuits, soon made a truce with Basta and moved his seat back to Brass\u00f3 in 1602.@July 2, 1602|General Giorgio Basta defeated the army of Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes at T\u00f6vis. Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes became the leader of the Transylvanian uprising against the Habsburg Empire after the battle of Goroszl\u00f3. Basta took control of Transylvania once again and started a bloody extermination campaign against the Hungarians.@1603|General Basta left Transylvania with his imperial army. Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes set out from Temesv\u00e1r with Sz\u00e9kely and Turkish armies to liberate Transylvania. The estates of Transylvania, having enough of Basta\u2019s terror, welcomed him in Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r and elected him Prince of Transylvania on 9 May.@July 17, 1603|Mobilized by the Habsburgs, Voivode Radu Serban of Wallachia attacked the camp of Sz\u00e9kely M\u00f3zes near Brass\u00f3 at night. The Prince, who was let down by the Turks, was killed and General Basta returned to Transylvania.@#13|@#14|@1615|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania confirmed the privileges of the town, which was called Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely afterwards.@#15|@#16|@1621|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania ordered the reconstruction of the castle (Sz\u00e9kelyt\u00e1madt Castle).@#17|@#18|@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@October, 1661|The Turks burned the castle. After its renovation, Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly of Transylvania donated it to his wife, Bornemissza Anna.@#23|@#25|@#26|@#27|@1704|The imperial army of General Tiege looted the castle.@1706|The kuruc Lieutenant General Pekry L\u0151rinc took back the castle from the imperials and ordered the Sz\u00e9kelys to destroy it, in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Habsburgs again. The locals called it Truncated Castle afterwards. The significant remains of the castle can still be seen.@1763|Empress Maria Theresia reorganized the border guard. She set up three Sz\u00e9kely and two Vlach border regiments. They started the forced conscription of the Sz\u00e9kelys, who resisted in defence of their traditions and privileges. The imperial army led by Baron Siskovics J\u00f3zsef attacked M\u00e1d\u00e9falva, where the Sz\u00e9kely leaders had gathered, and massacred 200 Sz\u00e9kelys, including women and children, with savage cannon fire on 7 January 1764. This event is known in history as the 'Madefalva Massacre' or 'Madefalva Calamity'.@#28|@#30|@1876|With the abolition of medieval administrative structures, Sz\u00e9kely seats were incorporated into the uniform county system. Udvarhely County was created from the former territory of Udvarhely Seat after minor adjustments. Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely became the centre of the county.@#31|@1916|On 27 August, Romania declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and launched an attack against Hungary. This triggered a huge wave of refugees from Transylvania, as the population feared a repeat of the Romanian ethnic cleansing of 1848-49. The Romanians invaded most of Sz\u00e9kelyland. Austro-Hungarian and German forces drove the invaders out of the country by mid-October and occupied Bucharest on 6 December. Romania surrendered and signed a peace treaty with the central powers on 7 May 1918 (Treaty of Bucharest).@1918|On 3 November, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy signed the Armistice of Padua. The already defeated Romania then declared war on Germany on 10 November, just one day before the Germans signed the armistice near Compi\u00e8gne. The Romanians then launched an offensive against Hungary, which had already unconditionally ceased fighting at the demand of the Entente. Romania was only recognised by the Entente powers as one of the victors of WWI only later.@#32|@December, 1918|In Kolozsv\u00e1r, on the initiative of retired Lieutenant General Luk\u00e1cs B\u00e9la, the Sz\u00e9kely Division was created to defend against the Romanian troops invading Transylvania. It was the only well-equipped, combat-ready Hungarian military force to fight against the Romanian conquerors. At its peak it numbered about 12,000. In Hungary, the political power was usurped by the pro-Entente left-wing government of K\u00e1rolyi Mih\u00e1ly, which let down the Sz\u00e9kely Division and disbanded the Hungarian military. The communists, to whom K\u00e1rolyi Mih\u00e1ly conceded the power, were also hostile towards the Sz\u00e9kely Division. Later most of its soldiers took part in the North Campaign that temporarily liberated a significant part of northern Hungary from the Czech invaders.@from 1918|By 1922, 197,000 Hungarians were forced to leave the Romanian-occupied part of the country. By 1939 a further 169,000 Hungarians had left Transylvania, mostly aristocrats, intellectuals and a significant number of farmers. Most of them moved to Hungary. Before the Romanian invasion, 1,662,000 Hungarians lived in Transylvania, 32 percent of the population.@#36|@#39|@autumn, 1944|The Romanian paramilitary organization called Maniu Guard committed a series of murders and robberies among the Hungarian population of Transylvania under the guise of partisan actions. In September and October, they murdered 200 innocent civilians. The members of the Maniu Guard and the Romanian gendarmes interned thousands of Hungarians in death camps. From Maros-Torda County alone, 4000 Hungarians, including 450 children, were deported to Barcaf\u00f6ldv\u00e1r (near Brass\u00f3) and other camps (e.g. Tagru Jiu) only from Maros-Torda County. Most of them perished there as a result of cruel treatment. The Barcaf\u00f6ldv\u00e1r internment camp was shut down on 29 October 1945, at which time only 90 people were still alive.@November 12, 1944|Soviet General Vinogradov banned the Romanian authorities from Northern Transylvania because of the genocide committed by the Maniu Guard. The Romanian authorities were allowed to return after the formation of the Petru Groza government on 6 March 1945.@#43|@September 21, 1952|Soviet pressure led to the creation of the Hungarian Autonomous Province, which included most of Sz\u00e9kelyland and was based in Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely.@1952-1960|Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely was part of the Hungarian Autonomous Province.@1960|The Hungarian Autonomous Province was mutilated by detaching H\u00e1romsz\u00e9k and renamed Maros-Hungarian Autonomous Province.@1960-1968|Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely was part of the Maros-Hungarian Autonomous Province.@1968|The Maros-Hungarian Autonomous Province was completely abolished. 800,000 Romanians were settled in Transylvania from Moldavia, but many also came from Wallachia. The aim was to Romanianize the still majorly Hungarian towns and to break up the ethnic Hungarian blocks. In Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ld, Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely was the most successfully Romanianized.@1968|With the abolition of Hungarian regional autonomy, Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely was incorporated into the newly created Hargita County.@1980s|The Sz\u00e9kely county centres were classified as closed towns where only Romanians were allowed to settle.@2002|7.2 million people lived in Transylvania, including 1.42 million Hungarians. There were 1.65 million Hungarians out of 5.2 million in 1910. The proportion of the Romanians increased from 53.78% to 74.69%, while the proportion of the Hungarians decreased from 31.64% to 19.6%. The proportion of the Germans dropped from 10.75% to below 1%. These changes were mainly the results of migration and the persecution of Hungarians and Saxons. Transylvania here refers to the entire territory that once belonged to Hungary, which is much larger than historical Transylvania.@2005|A great flood devastated the town.&konfliktuskutato.hu: Erd\u00e9ly, 1944 \u0151sze: rom\u00e1n atrocit\u00e1sok a magyarok ellen|http:\/\/konfliktuskutato.hu\/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319:erdely-1944-sze-roman-atrocitasok-a-magyarok-ellen&catid=39:dka-hatter&Itemid=203"},"castles":[{"castleId":119,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"","settlement_HU":"Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely","settlement_LO":"Odorheiu Secuiesc","address":"","listorder":100,"gps_lat":"46.2948450000","gps_long":"25.2728550000","oldcounty":43,"country":4,"division":24,"cond":7,"entrance":2,"varaklink":"https:\/\/varak.hu\/latnivalo\/index\/1741-Szekelyudvarhely-Budvar\/","homepage":"","openinghours":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Budv\u00e1r","seolink":"szekelyudvarhely-budvar-castle-odorheiu-secuiesc","georegion":"Udvarhelysz\u00e9k","description":"","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@at the turn of the 12th century|As part of the defence system created by King L\u00e1szl\u00f3 I of Hungary (1077-1095), the stone castle of Budv\u00e1r was built on a 625 metres high hill on the right bank of the Nagy-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 River.@#5|@1241|The castle was destroyed during the Mongol invasion. According to the legend, the castle was built by Buda, the younger brother of Attila. It was the seat of the f\u0151rabonb\u00e1n, the leader of the Sz\u00e9kelys, who separated from the Huns. He was a commander in times of war and high priest and judge in times of peace. The leader of the Sz\u00e9kelys, Zandirh\u00e1m, made an alliance with \u00c1rp\u00e1d, the leader of the Hungarian tribes, here, and \u00c1rp\u00e1d confirmed their rights. The Sz\u00e9kelys\u2019 conversion to Christianity was declared here as well.&muemlekem.hu: Budv\u00e1r|https:\/\/muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Budvar-Szekelyudvarhely-1732\nudvarhelyszek.eloerdely.ro: Budv\u00e1r|http:\/\/udvarhelyszek.eloerdely.ro\/epitett-orokseg\/varrom\/budvar"},{"castleId":122,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"Cetatea Sz\u00e9kely T\u00e1madt","settlement_HU":"Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely","settlement_LO":"Odorheiu Secuiesc","address":"Strada Tompa L\u00e1szl\u00f3 14","listorder":38,"gps_lat":"46.3055270000","gps_long":"25.2960670000","oldcounty":43,"country":4,"division":24,"cond":4,"entrance":0,"varaklink":"https:\/\/varak.hu\/latnivalo\/index\/1740-Szekelyudvarhely-Csonka-var-Szekelytamadt\/","homepage":"http:\/\/udvarhelyszek.eloerdely.ro\/epitett-orokseg\/var\/szekely-tamadt-var","openinghours":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Odorheiu_Secuiesc_Cetatea.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Odorheiu Secuiesc Cetatea\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/42\/Odorheiu_Secuiesc_Cetatea.jpg\/512px-Odorheiu_Secuiesc_Cetatea.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Odorheiu_Secuiesc_Cetatea.jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Sz\u00e9kely T\u00e1madt Castle; Csonkav\u00e1r","seolink":"szekely-tamadt-castle","georegion":"Udvarhelysz\u00e9k, Transylvanian Basin","description":"","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@#5|@early 1490s|B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, vajda of Transylvania and isp\u00e1n of the Sz\u00e9kelys, started to build a castle around the Dominican monastery, which triggered the vehement protest of the Sz\u00e9kelys. The Sz\u00e9kelys were against any castle to be built in Sz\u00e9kelyf\u00f6ld.@January 19, 1493|King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 II removed B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n from the position of vajda of Transylvania. B\u00e1thory died soon after. The monastery was handed over to the Dominican monks, who were later replaced by the Franciscans.@#8|@#9|@after 1556|Queen Isabella and later King John II lay more and more burdens on the Sz\u00e9kelys.@April, 1562|The Sz\u00e9kely assembly in Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely organized the armed rebellion against King John II of Hungary in order to restore their privileges abolished by the king. The plan was that the Habsburg emperor would support their rebellion from outside. The captain of Hadad Castle, Sulyok Gy\u00f6rgy, defected to King Ferdinand I, so the Transylvanian army of King John II besieged the castle. An army of Germans and Hungarians, led by Balassa Menyh\u00e1rt, who had defected earlier, and Zay Ferenc, the captain of the Upper Hungary, set out to liberate the castle.@March 4, 1562|Balassa Menyh\u00e1rt and Zay Ferenc, Captain of Upper Hungary, defeated the Transylvanian army led by B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, Captain of V\u00e1rad, in the Battle of Hadad. The Transylvanian defeat was caused by the fact that the vanguard led by N\u00e9methi Ferenc, against the orders of King John II, engaged the larger enemy army in battle prematurely. King John II was rescued by the armies of the pashas of Temesv\u00e1r and Buda, who attacked Balassa's army and pushed it back to Szatm\u00e1r, but Hadad remained in Ferdinand's hands.@June 20, 1562|The army of King John II defeated the Sz\u00e9kely rebels along the Ny\u00e1r\u00e1d River between Vaja and Kisg\u00f6rg\u00e9ny. The leaders were impaled by a decision of the Diet of Segesv\u00e1r.@1562-1565|After the suppression of the Sz\u00e9kely rebellion, King John II ordered the reinforcement and expansion of the castle in Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely in order to keep the rebellious Sz\u00e9kelys under control. The Franciscan monks were driven away by the Protestant king. Its first castellan, Perky G\u00e1bor, called the castle mockingly Sz\u00e9kelyt\u00e1madt, meaning \u2019Sz\u00e9kely attacked\u2019. It was completed in 1565. Another castle was built on a 550 metres high hill next to C\u00f3falva in H\u00e1romsz\u00e9k, which was called Sz\u00e9kelyb\u00e1nja (meaning \u2019Sz\u00e9kely regrets\u2019).@#10|@#12|@October 17, 1599|Instigated by Emperor Rudolf, Voivode Mihai (Viteazul) of Wallachia broke into Transylvania through the Bodza Pass, after Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond, contrary to his promise, hand over power over Transylvania to his cousin Cardinal B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s instead of Emperor Rudolf. Voivode Mihai sided with the Sz\u00e9kelys, who were dissatisfied with the B\u00e1thory dynasty, by promising to restore their rights, and with their help he defeated the army of Prince B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s at Sellenberk on 28 October.@October 28, 1599|The Sz\u00e9kelys helped Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeat Prince B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s of Transylvania at Sellenberk. The Prince tried to flee to Moldova, but he was murdered with a shepherd\u2019s axe (fokos) by a Sz\u00e9kely l\u00f3f\u0151, Bal\u00e1zs Mih\u00e1ly, near Cs\u00edkszentdomonkos. The Sz\u00e9kelys attacked and destroyed the castle of Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely built to humiliate them.@November 1, 1599|Voivode Mihai Viteazul of Wallachia marched into Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, the capitol of Transylvania, and took over power as governor appointed by Emperor Rudolf. But soon he started to act on his own behalf and introduced a reign of terror. He arbitrarily appointed Wallachian boyars to every position, looted the treasury and his unpaid mercenaries plundered and murdered throughout the land. The Vlach peasants rose up and started to exterminate Hungarian and Saxon population in Transylvania, which had a Hungarian majority at that time.@September 18, 1600|Voivode Mihai of Wallachia was defeated in the battle of Miriszl\u00f3 and driven out by the combined armies of the Transylvanian nobility led by B\u00e1thory Zsigmond and General Basta\u2019s imperial mercenaries. At the beginning of next year, the Estates of Transylvanian broke with the Emperor and B\u00e1thory Zsigmond was elected prince once more.@autumn, 1600|After Voivode Mihai was defeated at Miriszl\u00f3, the Transylvanian country assembly held in L\u00e9cfalva ordered the restoration of the castle of Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely damaged in the previous year, but the castle was only restored after 1621.@August 3, 1601|The combined armies of General Basta and Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeated the Transylvanian army of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond in the battle of Goroszl\u00f3. After that, the army of Voivode Mihai sacked and burned the towns of Torda, Nagyenyed and Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, where they robbed the tombs of the Hunyadi family, King John II of Hungary and his mother Queen Isabella. Then, on 19 August, Voivode Mihai was assassinated by the mercenaries of General Basta, because Mihai tried to usurp the throne of Transylvania once again. Genral Basta also introduced a reign of terror in Transylvania and let his mercenaries ravage freely throughout the land.@May 6, 1621|Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania donated the castle to Kornis Ferenc, the royal judge of Udvarhely Seat, on condition that he had to rebuild it. After that, it became the property of the princes of Transylvania.@#13|@#14|@#15|@#16|@#17|@#18|@after 1648|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II pawned the castle to the widow of Kem\u00e9ny Boldizs\u00e1r, Bornemissza Zsuzsanna for 5600 forints.@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@October 14, 1661|The Turks burned the town and the castle, which was renovated afterwards.@1663|Szentp\u00e1li J\u00e1nos acquired the castle, then Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly I of Transylvania donated it to his wife, Bornemissza Anna.#23@#25|@#26|@#27|@1704|The kuruc army of Guthi Istv\u00e1n took the castle from its imperial commander, Richter, but it was taken back by General Tiege. The imperial army of General Tiege looted the castle.@1706|The kuruc Lieutenant General Pekry L\u0151rinc took back the castle from the imperials and ordered the Sz\u00e9kelys to destroy it, in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Habsburgs again. The locals called it Truncated Castle afterwards. The significant remains of the castle can still be seen.@early 1890s|The Hungarian state had the building of the State High School of Sciences constructed within the walls of the former castle according to the plans of the architect Meiner K\u00e1roly in Neo-classicist style. What were left of the inner castle, including the ruins of the former monastery and the church, were demolished during the construction. The agricultural school named after E\u00f6tv\u00f6s J\u00f3zsef, who was the Minister of Education of Hungary during the construction, is now located in the building.&studhist.blog.hu: Sz\u00e9kelyt\u00e1madt v\u00e1ra|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2019\/08\/12\/szekelytamadt_vara"}],"sights":[{"sightId":2149,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Franciscan\u0103","address":"Tam\u00e1si \u00c1ron utca 2","mapdata":"1|934|673","gps_lat":"46.3044978103","gps_long":"25.2938333708","religion":1,"oldtype":"9","newtype":"9","homepage":"http:\/\/www.ofm.ro\/udvarhelyiferencesek\/templom_tortenete","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Ferences-templom-es-kolostor-Szekelyudvarhely-1731","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=231","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_RomCat_cathedral.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HR Odorheiu Secuiesc RomCat cathedral\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d6\/RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_RomCat_cathedral.jpg\/512px-RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_RomCat_cathedral.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_RomCat_cathedral.jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei Stroe\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"St. Peter and Paul Apostles Franciscan Church and Monastery ","seolink":"st-peter-and-paul-apostles-franciscan-church-and-monastery","note":"","history":"The Franciscans first appeared in the town at the end of the 15th century, when in 1492, in response to a complaint from the Sz\u00e9kelys, King U\u00e1szl\u00f3 II of Hungary removed B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n from the position of vajda of Transylvania and handed over the buildings of the castle he had begun to the Franciscans. In the mid-16th century, John II (John Sigismund) finished the construction of the castle, so the Franciscans had to leave their monastery. However, the majority of the town's population remained Catholic throughout.@\nIn 1705, Lakatos Istv\u00e1n, Archdeacon of Cs\u00edk, donated the land and the stone house, which had been converted into a chapel, to the Franciscans, who settled in the town again the following year. The chapel dedicated to St. Peter was enlarged several times and the monastery building was made of wood.@ \nThe church, begun in 1730, was already complete (except for the towers) on Johann Conrad von Weiss's 1734 drawing. By the 1780s, the furnishings and paintings of the church were gradually completed. In 1755 it was granted conventual status. The monastery also ran an elementary school until 1927. In 1949 the building was seized by the communists. After 1989 the order took it back and since 1991 nuns have lived here. The date of construction of the present building is uncertain, but it was probably built during the 18th century, probably over a long period. A statue of Mary stands in the centre of the altar, and outside it in the sanctuary are statues of St Stephen of Hungary, St Peter, St Paul and St L\u00e1szl\u00f3 of Hungary. 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In 1563, the Hungarian Diet in Torda decreed that the church be used jointly by Catholics and Reformed. The Jesuits appeared in the town in 1592.@\nAround 1600 the captain of Udvarhely Castle occupied it for the Catholics, and in 1612 the Reformed regained it with the help of another castle captain. In 1630, a prince's committee decided to suspend the use of the church for three years until the denominations could jointly build a new Reformed church. The church of St Nicholas then became the property of the Jesuits. In 1637 the tower was raised. From the end of the 16th century, the Jesuit presence in the town was almost continuous, and from the end of the 17th century until the dissolution of the order in 1776, they administered the parish.@\nThe new church was built from 1787 to 1791, with the support of the Government of Transylvania. After the interior was decorated, it was consecrated by Bishop Batthy\u00e1ny Ign\u00e1c of Transylvania in 1793. The altars and the pulpit were made in the workshop of the most outstanding Transylvanian sculptor of the time, Hoffmayer Simon from Kolozsv\u00e1r. The organ was made by Kolonics Istv\u00e1n in 1879. The church and its furnishings were made by local craftsmen.\n&\nersekseg.ro: Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely, ferences templom|https:\/\/ersekseg.ro\/hu\/templom\/1255"},{"sightId":2151,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"Capela Catolic\u0103","address":"Strada Bazinului","mapdata":"","gps_lat":"46.2875220362","gps_long":"25.2910958835","religion":1,"oldtype":"2","newtype":"2","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Jezus-Szive-kapolna-Szekelyudvarhely-334","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=195","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022User:Bbbarna, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:J%C3%A9zus_sz%C3%ADve_k%C3%A1polna.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022J\u00e9zus sz\u00edve k\u00e1polna\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/fb\/J%C3%A9zus_sz%C3%ADve_k%C3%A1polna.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:J%C3%A9zus_sz%C3%ADve_k%C3%A1polna.jpg\u0022\u003EUser:Bbbarna\u003C\/a\u003E, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel","seolink":"sacred-heart-of-jesus-chapel","note":"","history":"Most of the art historical research puts the construction of the chapel in the 13th century, making it the oldest architectural monument in Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely. It was first mentioned in 1662. Its coffered ceiling was originally made in 1677, and the one you see today is a copy. The original coffered ceiling was removed in 1903. Its protective wall was probably built in 1771. The hermitage was built in 1830 with a donation from Bishop Rudnay S\u00e1ndor."},{"sightId":2152,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Reformat\u0103","address":"V\u00e1rosh\u00e1za t\u00e9r","mapdata":"1|1107|858","gps_lat":"46.3035022829","gps_long":"25.2953996891","religion":2,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"https:\/\/szekelyudvarhely-belvaros-reformatus.business.site\/","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_church.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022RO HR Odorheiu Secuiesc church\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/09\/RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_church.jpg\/256px-RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_church.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:RO_HR_Odorheiu_Secuiesc_church.jpg\u0022\u003EAndrei Stroe\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Calvinist Church","seolink":"calvinist-church","note":"","history":"During the Reformation, the parish church of St Nicholas was occupied by Protestants. In 1630, a prince's committee decided to suspend the use of the church for three years while the denominations worked together to build a new Reformed (Calvinist) church. St Nicholas Church then became the property of the Jesuits.@\nThe present, larger church was built between 1780-81 to replace the earlier one. The number 1781 on the tiled roof indicates the year of the church's completion, and the initials KG refer to Baczkamadarasi Kiss Gergely, the Rector of the Reformed College, who led the construction of the church.\n&\nwelcometoromania.eu: Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely, Reform\u00e1tus templom|https:\/\/www.welcometoromania.eu\/Odorheiu_Secuiesc\/Odorheiu_Secuiesc_Biserica_reformata_m.htm"},{"sightId":2153,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Unitarian\u0103","address":"Strada Bethlen G\u00e1bor","mapdata":"1|1551|382","gps_lat":"46.3063287989","gps_long":"25.2992087741","religion":8,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Unitarius-templom-Szekelyudvarhely-1719","csemadoklink":"https:\/\/lexikon.adatbank.transindex.ro\/muemlek.php?id=314","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Markolaci at Hungarian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sz%C3%A9kelyudvarhelyi_unit%C3%A1rius_templom.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhelyi unit\u00e1rius templom\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/86\/Sz%C3%A9kelyudvarhelyi_unit%C3%A1rius_templom.jpg\/256px-Sz%C3%A9kelyudvarhelyi_unit%C3%A1rius_templom.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Sz%C3%A9kelyudvarhelyi_unit%C3%A1rius_templom.jpg\u0022\u003EMarkolaci at Hungarian Wikipedia\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 2.5\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Unitarian Church","seolink":"unitarian-church","note":"","history":"The Unitarian parish was founded in 1872 by Daniel G\u00e1bor Sr., the isp\u00e1n of Udvarhely County, in 1872. The town's Unitarian church was built between 1906 and 1908 after a long collection, according to the plans of the architect P\u00e1kei Lajos from Kolozsv\u00e1r. The two sides of the main entrance are decorated with nearly life-size stone statues of Kriza J\u00e1nos and Orb\u00e1n Bal\u00e1zs."},{"sightId":2154,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"","address":"","mapdata":"3|1117|1005","gps_lat":"46.3237872942","gps_long":"25.2769421037","religion":0,"oldtype":"2","newtype":"2,3","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Ugron Chapel, Sz\u00e9kely Calvary","seolink":"ugron-chapel-szekely-calvary","note":"","history":"The chapel of the Sz\u00e9kely aristocratic Ugron family, which was built in 1890 as a funeral chapel, stands next to the road to Szejkef\u00fcrd\u0151 on the left. The chapel was built in 1890 by Ugron \u00c1kos according to the will of Ugron L\u00e1z\u00e1r. The road leading to the chapel is lined with a composition by Zavaczki Walter, a sculptor from Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely, with 12 reliefs carved in stone forming the Sz\u00e9kely Calvary."},{"sightId":2155,"townId":81,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica Schimbarea la Fa\u021b\u0103","address":"Strada Kossuth Lajos","mapdata":"1|654|1203","gps_lat":"46.3015028155","gps_long":"25.2913919931","religion":5,"oldtype":"1","newtype":"1","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"","picture_ref":"","name":"Transfiguration of Our Lord Orthodox Church","seolink":"transfiguration-of-our-lord-orthodox-church","note":"","history":"The small Orthodox church, still visible today, was built in 1920 in the neo-Byzantine style on the site of the former Greek Catholic church. The Greek Catholic church was built at the end of the 17th century. In Sz\u00e9kelyudvarhely, a Greek Catholic man named G\u00f6r\u00f6g Andr\u00e1s settled and became rich and had a church built. 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