The History of Hajduszoboszlo

The history of Hajduszoboszlo goes back to the period when our ancerstors, the Magyars arrived in the Carpathian Basin at the end of the 9th century. Although we lack the archeological artifacts it can be taken for sure that the arriving tribes settled in this fertile land due to the positive characteristics of the area.

The town was first referred to in writing in 1075, in the time of I Géza, when he defined the amount of money the market place Szoboszlóvásár had to pay as a tax.

The area of Hajduszoboszlo used to belong to the Debreczeni family. Other lords of the town included the famous Hunyadi János - the winning hero at Nandorfejervar, and his wife Szilágyi Erzsébet. Later the Turkish troops occupied and distroyed in the town in 1552 and the Cremean Tatars finished the killings off in 1594.

The area did not remain uninhabited for a long time because at the beginning of the 17th century 700 hajdus (special armed cowboys) were settled and the town soon started to develop. It was granted the right to have a market and other priviledges. But before it would have regained its greatness the black series started again with the war of independence led by II Rákóczi Ferenc.

The History of Hajduszoboszlo - Gastronomy

Bika étterem - Resturant to the Bull

In 1857 the first train arrived at the Hajduszoboszlo Railway Station and with it a new period began in the life of the town. The locals watched the iron machine and the new people coming to the town in admiration.

The increased flow of visitors made the magistrates consider building  new public houses that can satisfy the freshly emerging needs. 

By 1860 it was clear that a high quality building was badly needed where the prominent official guests to the town could be accommodated and entertained. The construction was started and soon a modern building was erected, which gained its present form in 1871. Contrary to its name - the Little Bull - it was the third largest house in Hajduszoboszlo following the Council House and the Reformed School. It differed from the old, existing buildings in size, appearance and quality. On the ground floor there were shops and a taproom and upstairs the guest rooms and an enormous restaurant. It was not only a hotel and a restaurant but a community centre too, where balls, theatrical preformances and other events of cultural importance took place.

Nowadays it is called the Nelson, named after the famous admiral. It is a resturant and a confectionery. The restaurant is designed in the style of the dock of Lord Nelsons battleship. The confecionery looks like the admiral's apartment might have been. Here you can choose from more than 60 different cakes, coffe and icecream specialities.

The unique surroundings and the delicious food makes it worth to visit this fantastic place in the middle of Hajduszoboszlo in Hősök tere.It is open every day from 7am to midnight.

Sights: The Council House Hajduszoboszlo

Hajduszoboszlo is an old town, it has had its Council House for centuries. The history of even the present building goes back to the beginning of the 1800s when the the leaders of the town decided that the old building was no longer suitable for giving home to the Council. So they asked Cornelius Rabl an architect from Debrecen, the builder of the Reformed Church to make a plan for a new, bigger and more beautiful building. The foundation stone was laid in 1818. It took 3 years to build it with the last step of constructing the furnaces made of mud as that time the rooms were heated using straw and dry cobs. The new building housed not only the officies and the huge Council Room but the lockup as well.

The Councy House got its present form in 1896, in the year of the millenium of the arrival of Magyar and Hun tribes to the present territory of Hungary. It was the time when the fourth section of the building facing the Rákóczi street was added, forming the facade that can be seen even today.

Hungarospa - Hajduszoboszlo

Hajduszoboszlo is one of the most famous bathing towns in Hungary. It attracts people not only from the country, but from all over Europe.
This all began on 25th October 1925 when a thermal spring was found in Hajduszoboszlo. The 73 C water came from a depth of 1091 metres and it soon turned out have curing effects.
The brown, silky, hot treasure of the depth flooded all the surrounding pits, and the people after the first shock started to bathe and wash in it. Their surprise grew because they noticed that the water worked wonder. Their wounds healed more easily and their rheumatic pains lightened.
The story that started more than eighty years ago has grown from literally puddles into a bathing complex by now.
The Hungarospa Complex consists of the Medical Spa, the Open Air Bath, the Aquapark and the Aquapalace.

It is not only a medical and wellness centre, but also a place for cultural events like concerts, shows and beauty contests.