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{{Short description|City in Hungary}}
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| nickname           = ''City of Sunshine'' ({{lang|hu|Napfény városa}})
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Southern Great Plain]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Csongrád-Csanád County|Csongrád-Csanád]]
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| subdivision_name3  = [[Szeged District|Szeged]]
| established_title1 = [[Royal free city|City status]]
| established_date1  = 1498
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| area_total_km2     = 280.84
| area_rank          = 11th in Hungary
| elevation_m        = 76
| elevation_ft       = 249.34
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| population_total   = 160766<ref>[https://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2019.pdf KSH, 2019]</ref>
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| population_as_of   = 2019
| population_density_km2 = 612.28
| population_rank    = [[List of cities and towns of Hungary|3rd in Hungary]]
| population_urban   = 239,025 ([[List of urban areas in Hungary|7th]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/functional-urban-areas-all-hungary.pdf|title=OECD – FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARY}}</ref>
| population_demonym = szegedi
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| demographics1_info1 = 83.9%
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| demographics1_info2 = 0.9%
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| demographics1_info3 = 0.9%
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| demographics1_info5 = 0.3%
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| demographics1_info6 = 0.2%
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| demographics1_info7 = 2.1%
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| demographics2_title1 = [[Catholic Church in Hungary|Roman Catholic]]
| demographics2_info1 = 36.4%
| demographics2_title2 = [[Hungarian Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic]]
| demographics2_info2 = 0.4%
| demographics2_title3 = [[Reformed Church in Hungary|Calvinists]]
| demographics2_info3 = 4.8%
| demographics2_title4 = [[Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary|Lutherans]]
| demographics2_info4 = 1.2%
| demographics2_title5 = [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Jews]]
| demographics2_info5 = 0.1%
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| demographics2_info6 = 2.4%
| demographics2_title7 = [[Irreligion|Non-religious]]
| demographics2_info7 = 23.4%
| demographics2_title8 = Unknown
| demographics2_info8 = 31.4%
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Hungary|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 6700 to 6729, 6753, 6757, 6771, 6791
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| area_code          = (+36) 62
| website            = {{URL|https://www.szegedvaros.hu/}}
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = [[László Botka]] (Összefogás Szegedért Egyesület)
| leader_title1      = [[Deputy mayor]]
| leader_name1       = {{Collapsible list
| title       = List<ref>{{cite web |title=Önkormányzati szereplők |lang=hu |trans-title=Municipal officials |website=Szeged város hivatalos portálja |url=https://www.szegedvaros.hu/tisztsegviselok |access-date=April 24, 2024 }}</ref>
|1=Tamás Kovács (Independent)
|2=József Binszki ([[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)]])
|3=Nagy Sándor ([[Momentum Movement]])
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| leader_title2      = Town Notary
| leader_name2       = Éva Martonosi
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|1=Sándor Szabó ([[Hungarian Socialist Party]]) [[Csongrád-Csanád County 1st constituency]]
|2=[[Béla Mihálffy]] ([[Fidesz–KDNP]]) [[Csongrád-Csanád County 2nd constituency]]
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'''Szeged''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɛ|ɡ|ɛ|d|audio=}} {{respell|SEG|ed}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈsɛɡɛd|lang|hu-Szeged.ogg}}; <small>see also [[#Etymology|other alternative names]]</small>) is [[List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary|the third largest city]] of [[Hungary]], the largest city and regional centre of the [[Southern Great Plain]] and the [[county seat]] of [[Csongrád-Csanád County|Csongrád-Csanád county]]. The [[University of Szeged]] is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.

The Szeged Open Air (Theatre) Festival (first held in 1931) is one of the main attractions, held every summer and celebrated as the Day of the City on 21 May.

== Etymology ==
It is possible that the name ''Szeged'' is a [[mutation (linguistics)|mutated]] and truncated form of the final syllables of ''[[Partiscum (castra)|Partiscum]]'', the name of a Roman colony founded in the 2nd century, on or near the site of modern Szeged. In [[Latin language]] contexts, {{lang|la|Partiscum}} has long been assumed to be synonymous with ''Szeged''. The Latin name is also the basis of the city's [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] name {{lang|el|Παρτίσκον}} ''Partiskon''.

However, ''Szeged'' might instead have originated (or been influenced by) an old [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] word for "corner" ({{lang|hu|szeg}}), pointing to the turn of the river [[Tisza]] that flows through the city. Others say it derives from the Hungarian word {{lang|hu|sziget}} which means "island". Others still contend that {{lang|hu|szeg}} means "dark blond" ({{lang|hu|sötétszőkés}}) – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers [[Tisza]] and [[Mureș (river)|Maros]] merge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.szegedportal.hu/index.php?pg=101|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018021019/http://www.szegedportal.hu/index.php?pg=101|url-status=dead|title=On etymology|archive-date=18 October 2007}}</ref> 

Szeged has a variety of names in languages other than Hungarian. These are usually formed by the addition of a suffix ''-in'' to the Hungarian name: {{langx|ro|Seghedin}}; {{langx|de|Szegedin}} or {{lang|de|Segedin}}; {{langx|sh-Latn|Segedin}}/{{lang|sh-Cyrl|Сегедин}}; {{langx|it|Seghedino}};  {{langx|lv|Segeda}}; {{langx|lt|Segedas}}; {{langx|pl|Segedyn}}; [[Slovak language|Slovak]] and {{langx|cs|Segedín}}; {{langx|tr|Segedin}}.

== History ==
[[File:KassVigadóKJ.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Early 20th-century postcard]]

Szeged and its area have been inhabited since ancient times. [[Ptolemy]] mentions the oldest known name of the city: ''Partiscum'' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Πάρτισκον<ref>Klaudios Ptolemaios. Handbuch der Geographie. Griechisch-Deutsch. Herausgegeben von Alfred Stückelberger und Gerd Graßhoff. Schwabe Verlag Basel. 2006, p. 310-311</ref>)''.'' It is possible that [[Attila the Hun|Attila]], king of the [[Huns]] had his seat somewhere in this area. The name Szeged was first mentioned in 1183, in a document of King [[Béla III]].

In the second century AD there was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[trading post]] established on an island in the [[Tisza]], and the foundations of the Szeged castle suggest that the structure may have been built over an even earlier fort. Today only one corner of the castle still remains standing.<ref>Szeged by Dr. Trogmayer Ottó</ref>

During the [[Mongol invasion of Europe|Mongol invasion]] the town was destroyed and its inhabitants fled to the nearby swamps, but they soon returned and rebuilt their town. In the 14th century, during the reign of [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis the Great]], Szeged became the most important town of Southern Hungary, and – as the [[Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman military frontier]] got closer to Hungary – the strategic importance of Szeged grew. King [[Sigismund of Luxembourg]] had a [[city wall|wall]] built around the town. Szeged was raised to [[free royal town]] status in 1498.

Szeged was first pillaged by the [[Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Army]] on 28 September 1526, but was occupied only in 1543, and became an administrative centre of the [[Ottoman Empire]] (see [[Ottoman Hungary]]) during the reign of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]. The town was a [[sanjak]] centre first in [[Budin Province, Ottoman Empire|Budin Eyaleti]] (1543–1596), after in [[Eğri Eyalet]]i. The town was taken from Ottoman rule on 23 October 1686, and regained the free royal town status in 1715. In 1719, Szeged received its [[coat of arms]] (still used today) from [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles III]]. During the next several years, Szeged grew and prospered. [[Piarists|Piarist]] monks arrived in Szeged in 1719 and opened a new grammar school in 1721. Szeged also held scientific lectures and theatrical plays. These years brought not only prosperity but also enlightenment. Between 1728 and 1744 [[Witch trials in the early modern period|witch trials]] were frequent in the town, with the [[Szeged witch trials]] of 1728–29 perhaps being the largest. The witch trials were instigated by the authorities, who decided on this measure to remove the problem of the public complaints about the drought and its consequences of famine and epidemics by laying the responsibility on people among them, which had fraternized with the Devil.  In 1720, the ethnic [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] population of the town numbered about 13000 to 16000, while the number of the [[Serbs|Serb]] inhabitants was 1300.<ref>Ádám Fejér, Magyarok és szlávok. (Konferencia, Szeged, 1991. május 30-31). Szerk. Fejér Ádám, H. Tóth Imre stb. (Kiad. a JATE Szláv Filológiai Tansz.), József Attila Tudományegyetem, 1993, p. 262, {{ISBN|9789634819929}}</ref>

The first printing press was established in 1801, and the old town hall and the civil hospital were built at the same time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farkas |first=József |title=Szeged Története 2 1686-1849 |date=1985 |pages=699 |language=Hungarian}}</ref>

Szeged is known as the home of [[paprika]], a spice made from dried, powdered [[capsicum]] fruits. Paprika arrived in Hungary in the second half of the 16th century as an ornamental plant. About 100 years later the plant was cultivated as an herb, and paprika as we know it.<ref name="paprika">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vickery.tv/acatalog/Paprika.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728021200/http://www.vickery.tv/acatalog/Paprika.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2009|title=Vickery TV Paprika (Hungary)|date=28 July 2009}}</ref> Szeged is also famous for their [[szekelygulyas]], a [[goulash]] made with [[pork]], [[sauerkraut]] and [[sour cream]].<ref name="szekelygulyas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.talktalk.co.uk/notices/web-space-closing.html?accessurl=http://www.fourman.dsl.pipex.com/recipes/szekelygulyas.html|title=TalkTalk Webspace is closing soon!!|website=www.talktalk.co.uk}}</ref> And also famous for their [[halászlé]], [[fish soup]] made of [[carp]] and [[catfish]].

The citizens of Szeged played an important part in the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]]. [[Lajos Kossuth]] delivered his famous speech here. Szeged was the last seat of the revolutionary government in July 1849. The [[Habsburg]] rulers punished the leaders of the town, but later Szeged began to prosper again; the railway reached it in 1854, and the town got its free royal town status back in 1860. Mark Pick's shop – the predecessor of today's Pick [[Salami]] Factory – was opened in 1869.
[[File:Szeged, Dugonics tér a nagyárvízkor, szemben a Kálvária-sugárút. Fortepan 15599.jpg|thumb|Szeged during the flood of 1879]]
Today the inner city of Szeged has wide avenues. This is mainly due to the great [[flood]] of 1879, which wiped away the whole town (only 265 of the 5723 houses remained and 165 people died). Emperor [[Franz Joseph]] visited the town and promised that "Szeged will be more beautiful than it used to be". He kept his promise, and during the next years a new, modern city emerged from the ruins, with palaces and wide streets.

===20th century===
[[File:Széchenyi tér, a Zsótér-ház előtti szélesebb járda. Szemben a Kossuth Lajos sugárút torkolata. Fortepan 3593.jpg|thumb|left|Shoppers in Szeged, 1929]]

After the [[Hungary in World War I|First World War]] Hungary lost its southern territories to [[Serbia]], as a result Szeged became a city close to the [[border]], and its importance lessened, but as it took over roles that formerly belonged to the now lost cities, it slowly recovered. Following the Loss of [[Transylvania]] to Romania, University of Kolozsvár (now [[Cluj-Napoca]]), moved to Szeged in 1921 (see [[University of Szeged]]). In 1923 Szeged took over the role of [[Bishop|episcopal]] seat from Temesvár (now [[Timișoara]], Romania). It was briefly occupied by the [[Romanian army]] during [[Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919|Hungarian-Romanian War]] in 1919. It also became a center for right-wing forces which would install [[Miklós Horthy]] as the country's new leader after the overthrow of the [[Hungarian Soviet Republic]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781316137024/type/book|title=The Cambridge History of Communism|date=2017-09-21|volume=1 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-13702-4|editor-last=Pons|editor-first=Silvio|edition=1|doi=10.1017/9781316137024|editor-last2=Smith|editor-first2=Stephen A.}}</ref> During the 1920s the Jewish population of Szeged grew and reached its zenith.

[[File:Partfürdő, háttérben a Felső-Tiszapart, a PICK szalámigyárral. Fortepan 8569.jpg|thumb|Swimmers at Szeged, 1939]]

Szeged suffered heavily during [[Hungary in World War II|World War II]]. 6,000 inhabitants of the city were killed, In 1941, there were 4,161 Jews living in Szeged. After, March 19, 1944 [[Operation Margarethe|German occupation]], they were confined to a [[Nazi ghettos|ghetto]] together with the Jews from surrounding villages. In June, 1944, the ghetto was liquidated. The [[Nazis]] murdered the larger part of the 8,500 and some were forced into [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]] in Strasshof Labor camp, Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- Szeged, Hungary Deportation List|url=https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?SourceId=49448&r=p|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.ushmm.org}}</ref> Szeged was captured by [[Red Army|Soviet]] troops of the [[Steppe Front|2nd Ukrainian Front]] on 11 October 1944 in the course of the [[Battle of Debrecen]]. During the communist era, Szeged became a centre of [[light industry]] and [[food industry]]. In 1965, [[Petroleum|oil]] was found near the city.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In 1962, Szeged became the county seat of [[Csongrád-Csanád County|Csongrád]]. Whole new districts were built, and many nearby villages (e.g. [[Tápé]], [[Szőreg]], Kiskundorozsma, [[Szentmihálytelek]], [[Gyálarét]]) were annexed to the city in 1973 (as was a tendency during the [[Hungarian People's Republic|Communist era]]).

Today's Szeged is an important university town and a tourist attraction.

The [[Szeged Symphony Orchestra]] (Szegedi Szimfonikus Zenekar) gives regular concerts at the Szegedi Nemzeti Színház.<ref>[http://www.symph-szeged.hu/ Szeged Symphony Orchestra website], accessed 6 August 2012.</ref>

==Geography==
Szeged is situated near the southern border of [[Hungary]], just to the south of the mouth of the [[Maros River]], on both banks of the [[Tisza River]], nearly in the centre of the [[Carpathian Basin]]. The Hungarian frontier with Serbia is just outside the town.

===Climate===
Szeged's climate is transitional between [[Humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa'') and [[Humid continental climate|humid continental]] (Köppen ''Dfa''), with cold winters, hot summers, and fairly low precipitation. Due to the high hours of sunlight reported annually, Szeged is often called ''City of Sunshine'' ({{lang|hu|Napfény városa}}).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/egyeni/20060508anapfeny.html|title=A napfény városa|website=www.origo.hu/|date=8 May 2006 |publisher=New Wave Media Group}}</ref> On 23 July 2022, a maximum temperature of {{convert|40.1|°C}} was registered in Szeged.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=12982&ano=2022&mes=7&day=24&hora=0&min=0&ndays=30|title=12982: Szeged (Hungary)|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 23 July 2022|website=ogimet.com |publisher=[[OGIMET]] |access-date= 24 July 2022|quote=}}</ref>

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|Jul record high C = 39.6
|Aug record high C = 39.4
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== Education ==
{{see also|University of Szeged}}
[[File:Szte_tik.jpg|thumb|270px|left|Attila József Study and Information Centre, the most recent building at [[University of Szeged]]]]
The city of Szeged has 62 [[kindergartens]], 32 elementary schools and 18 high schools. The two most prominent high schools (''Ságvári Endre Gyakorló Gimnázium'' and ''Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium'') are in the top fifteen in the country.

Szeged is the higher education centre of the [[Southern Great Plain]] and has built quite a reputation for itself. Thousands of students study here, many of whom are foreigners. The [[University of Szeged]] is according to the number of students the [[List of universities and colleges in Hungary|second largest]] and the [[List of universities and colleges in Hungary|4th oldest university]] of Hungary being established in 1581. Ranked as the top university of the country on [https://web.archive.org/web/20051204102159/http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2005], and in the top 100 in Europe, it offers several programs on different fields of study.

[[File:ELI-ALPS research center under construction..jpg|350px|thumb|right|The [[Extreme Light Infrastructure|ELI]]-ALPS research institute under construction in 2017]]

The ''[[Biological Research Centre]]'' of the [[Hungarian Academy of Sciences]], which was built with the help of [[UNESCO]] funds, has also been a considerable source of advanced research. Scientists at this laboratory were first in the world to produce ''artificial heredity material'' in the year 2000. The building has served as a home to many well known conferences and continues to make contributions to the world of science.

The ''Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra'' is a cultural scientific centre of Szeged which gives home to laboratories of the Biological Research Centre and to exhibitions of the [[John von Neumann Computer Society]] especially their IT historical exposition.

In 2018 the new scientific institution, the ''[[Extreme Light Infrastructure|ELI]] Attosecond Light Pulse Source'' (ELI-ALPS) opened in Szeged establishing a unique facility which provides light sources within an extremely broad frequency range in the form of ultrashort pulses with high repetition rate which is needed for different kinds of physical experiments especially in the field of [[attosecond physics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eli-alps.hu/?q=hu/Mi_az_ELI-ALPS|title=ELI-ALPS Research Institute &#124; Towards the sharp end of attoscience|website=www.eli-alps.hu}}</ref>

It is also one of the main options for medical students who come from all around Europe to study Medicine in their recognized international campus.

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|1870 | 56901
|1880 | 59143
|1890 | 68924
|1900 | 82803
|1910 | 96063
|1920 | 100175
|1930 | 108448
|1941 | 110740
|1949 | 104867
|1960 | 117515
|1970 | 145312
|1980 | 164437
|1990 | 169930
|2001 | 168273
|2011 | 168048
|2022 |158797|source=<ref>népesség.com, ''[http://nepesseg.com/]''</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Census database - Hungarian Central Statistical Office|url=https://nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu/en/database/#/table/WBS002}}</ref>}}

'''Ethnic groups (2001 census):'''
* [[Hungarians]] – 93.5%
* [[Romani people|Romani]] – 0.7%
* [[Germans]] – 0.5%
* [[Serbs]] – 0.2%
* [[Romanians]] – 0.2%
* [[Croats]] – 0.1%
* [[Slovaks]] – 0.1%
* No answer (unknown) – 4.7%

'''Religions (2001 census):'''
* [[Roman Catholic]] – 54.5%
* [[Calvinist]] – 6.7%
* [[Lutheran]] – 1.6%
* [[Greek Catholic]] – 0.6%
* Others (Christian) – 1.3%
* Others (non-Christian) – 0.4%
* [[Atheist]] – 21.8%
* No answer (unknown) – 13.1%

== Economy ==
[[File:Epam szeged.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|right|The new office building of the [[EPAM Systems]], completed and opened in September 2017]]
Szeged is one of the centres of food industry in Hungary, especially known for its [[paprika]] and companies like [[Pick Szeged]], [[Sole-Mizo]], [[Bonafarm]] etc. Other notable companies having their headquarters in Szeged are [[AMSY International]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amsy.net/en/contact/|title=Contact Info – AMSY|website=www.amsy.net}}</ref> RRE – Szeged,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rre.hu/elerhetosegek|title=RRE – Szeged Nyomdaipari kft. – Elérhetőségek|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215074117/http://www.rre.hu/elerhetosegek|url-status=dead}}</ref> Optiwella,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.optiwella.com/#Contact|title=Optiwella &#124; Docsis Cable Modems & CMTS|website=www.optiwella.com}}</ref> Generál Printing House,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://generalnyomda.hu/en/contact-us|title=Contact Us|website=generalnyomda.hu|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927001547/http://generalnyomda.hu/en/contact-us|url-status=dead}}</ref> RotaPack,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rotapack.hu/en/contact.html|title=RotaPack – Contact|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708153736/http://www.rotapack.hu/en/contact.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sanex Pro,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanexpro.hu/en/contact/|title=SanexPro|website=sanexpro.hu}}</ref> Agroplanta,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://agroplanta.hu/|title=AgroPlantaKft Szeged|website=agroplanta.hu}}</ref> Karotin,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://karotin.hu/node/4|title=Kapcsolat|website=karotin.hu|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927031230/http://www.karotin.hu/node/4|url-status=dead}}</ref> Florin,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://florin.hu/kapcsolat/|title=Kapcsolat – Florin}}</ref> Quadrotex<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quadrotex.hu/web/hu/kapcsolat/|title=Kapcsolat|website=www.quadrotex.hu}}</ref> and Szeplast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://szeplast.hu/contact|title=Contact|website=Szeplast Zrt.|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102606/http://szeplast.hu/contact|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Others, like [[Continental AG|ContiTech]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.continental-industry.com/TopNavi/Company/ContiTech-Division/Location-Profiles/Hungary|title=Continental Industry – Innovator and Technological Pioneer for Rubber and Plastic Products|website=www.continental-industry.com|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211015241/https://www.continental-industry.com/TopNavi/Company/ContiTech-Division/Location-Profiles/Hungary|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Heidelberg Cement|Duna-Dráva Cement]], Szatmári Malom<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amagyartermek.hu/szakmai-oldalak/partnerek/szatmari-malom-kft/78|title=Szatmári Malom|access-date=4 May 2018|archive-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122101512/http://amagyartermek.hu/szakmai-oldalak/partnerek/szatmari-malom-kft/78|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Europe Match,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delmagyar.hu/szeged-es-kornyeke/megmenekult-az-egyetlen-hazai-gyufagyar-389470/|title=Megmenekült az egyetlen hazai gyufagyár|date=2006-11-15}}</ref> are not based in the city, but have production facilities there.

The Hangár Expo and Conference Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hangar-expo.hu/|title=Hangár-expó|website=www.hangar-expo.hu|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411044950/http://www.hangar-expo.hu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> provides space for international exhibitions and conferences.

===Largest employers===
{| class="wikitable"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cegfurkesz.hu/|title=Céglista letöltés! Cégkereső: cégnév, cím, adószám, főtevékenység szerint.|website=www.cegfurkesz.hu}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ececec; vertical-align:top;"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| [[University of Szeged]]
| 5,000 <
|-
| 2
| [[Pick Szeged]]
| 2,000–4,999
|-
| 3
| [[Sole-Mizo]]
| 1,000–1,999
|-
| 4
| Tisza-Volán
| 1,000–1,999
|-
| 5
| [[Électricité de France|EDF-Démász]]
| 500–999
|-
| 6
| Suli-Host
| 500–999
|-
| 7
| [[SZKT|Szegedi Közlekedési Társaság]]
| 500–999
|-
| 8
| Szegedi Szefo
| 500–999
|-
| 9
| [[Coop (Hungary)|Coop]]
| 300–499
|-
| 10
| [[Engie]]
| 300–499
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Historical unemployment rate between 2000 and 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nfsz.munka.hu:443/Lapok/full_afsz_kozos_statisztika/full_afsz_telepulessoros_munkanelkulisegi_adatok/full_afsz_stat_telepules_adatok_2016.aspx|title=2016|website=nfsz.munka.hu}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ececec; vertical-align:top"
! Year
! Unemployment rate (%)
|-
|2000 || 5.17%
|-
|2001 || 4.83%
|-
|2002 || 4.22%
|-
|2003 || 4.32%
|-
|2004 || 4.67%
|-
|2005 || 5.01%
|-
|2006 || 4.89%
|-
|2007 || 4.25%
|-
|2008 || 4.60%
|-
|2009 || 4.91%
|-
|2010 || 6.26%
|-
|2011 || 6.50%
|-
|2012 || 6.42%
|-
|2013 || 6.89%
|-
|2014 || 4.17%
|-
|2015 || 4.42%
|-
|2016 || 4.14%
|}

==Transport==
[[File:Móra Ferenc híd 01.JPG|thumb|right|The Ferenc Móra Bridge on the [[M43 motorway (Hungary)|M43 Motorway]] near Szeged]]
[[File:Szeged pályaudvar.JPG|thumb|right|Szeged Railway Station]]
[[File:Szeged-mavig.jpg|thumb|right|The Directorate of [[MÁV]] in Szeged (designed by [[Ferenc Pfaff]] in 1894)]]
Szeged is the most important transportation hub in the [[Southern Great Plain]]. Two motorways, [[M5 motorway (Hungary)|M5]] and [[M43 motorway (Hungary)|M43]], lie along the city border. Through the [[M5 motorway (Hungary)|M5 Motorway]] Szeged is connected to [[Kecskemét]], [[Kiskunfélegyháza]] and [[Budapest]] to the north and to [[Subotica]], [[Novi Sad]] and [[Belgrade]] in [[Serbia]] to the south. The [[M43 motorway (Hungary)|M43 Motorway]] – which splits from the M5 Motorway near Szeged – connects the city via [[Makó]] to [[Arad, Romania|Arad]] and [[Timișoara]] in [[Romania]].  In addition, there are other roads running from the city to Makó and [[Nagylak]] (main road 43), to [[Röszke]] (main road 5), to [[Kiskunfélegyháza]] (main road 5), to [[Ásotthalom]] and [[Baja, Hungary|Baja]] (main road 55) and to [[Hódmezővásárhely]], [[Orosháza]] and [[Békéscsaba]] (main road 47).

The Budapest-Szeged-rail line is an important rail connection, as well as the railway lines 121 (to Makó), 135 (to Hódmezővásárhely), 136 (to Röszke) and 140 (to Kiskunfélegyháza).<ref>[Rail transport map of Hungary by the Hungarian Rail Capacity Allocation Office (VPE)]</ref>

A [[tram-train]] system was constructed and inaugurated in November 2021, connecting Szeged with the neighbouring [[Hódmezővásárhely]], thus creating the second most populous [[urban agglomeration]] in the country, after the capital. There was a proposal for its extension, even through the Serbian border, to [[Subotica]].

The city is also a common stop for national and international long-distance buses.

===Motorways===
* [[M5 motorway (Hungary)|M5]]
* [[M43 motorway (Hungary)|M43]]

===Railways===
* 121 (to Makó)
* 135 (to Hódmezővásárhely)
* 136 (to Röszke)
* 140 (to Kiskunfélegyháza).

===Airport===
[[Szeged Airport]] is the international airport of Szeged.

===Public transport===
{{See also|Public transport in Szeged}}
Public transport in Szeged is provided by [[Szeged Transport Ltd.]] ({{langx|hu|Szegedi Közlekdési Társaság}} or ''SZKT''), owned by the municipal government, and [[Volánbusz]], owned by the national government. Forming the backbone of SZKT's network are 5 [[trams in Szeged|tram lines]] and 6 trolleybus lines, which are supplemented by 38 bus lines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://szkt.hu/vonalhalozat|title=Vonalhálózat – Szegedi Közlekedési Társaság}}</ref> [[MÁV|Hungarian State Railways]] operates regional and intercity trains, as well as international trains to [[Subotica]].

==Sport==
[[File:Pick Aréna 3.JPG|thumb|Pick Aréna, the city's main indoor hall, home venue of the [[SC Pick Szeged]] handball team]]
=== Handball ===
The most popular sport in the city is [[handball]].{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} The city has one well-known club the [[2013–14 EHF Cup]]-winner [[SC Pick Szeged]] playing in the [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)|Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]. They play at the [[Pick Aréna]], opened in 2021.

=== Association football ===
The second most popular sport is [[Association football|football]] in the city. Szeged had several clubs playing in the top level Hungarian league, the [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]]. These are [[Szegedi AK]], [[Szegedi Honvéd SE]]. The only currently operating club, [[Szeged 2011]] play in the [[Nemzeti Bajnokság II]].

*[[Szeged 2011]], currently competing in the [[2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság III]]
*[[Szegedi Egységes Oktatási Labdarúgó SC]], currently competing in the [[2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság III]]
*[[Szegedi VSE]], currently competing in the [[Csongrád county championship]]
*[[Szegedi EAC]], defunct
*[[Szegedi AK]], defunct
*[[Szegedi Honvéd SE]], defunct

=== Speedway ===
[[Motorcycle speedway]] has had a long association with the city. The first track was at the SZEAC athletics stadium (also known as the Felső Tisza-parti Stadion or Városi stadion), which was located where the Pick Aréna is today.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sulinet.hu/oroksegtar/data/telepulesek_ertekei/szeged/szeged_tortenete_5/pages/026_a_varos_sportja.htm |title=I. A Varos Sprotja | website=Sulinet |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> The venue hosted finals of the [[Hungarian Individual Speedway Championship]].

From 1978, the Volán speedway club moved to a new track built on Napos út at Béke telepi. This venue held important events, including qualifying rounds of the [[Speedway World Championship]] in 1983 and 1984<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship  | website=Speedway.org |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> and a qualifying round of the [[Speedway World Team Cup]] in 1988 and 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/ |title=Speedway World Cup  | website=International Speedway |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> The track closed, partly because of noise issues in a residential area, resulting in the speedway moving out of the city, 25 kilometres west, near to Mórahalom ({{coord|46|10|14|N|19|54|49|E|}}).

== Main sights ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|-
| [[Votive Church of Szeged|Votive Church (1930)]]
| [[File:Szeged cathedral 2021-03-02 main facade.jpg|150px]]
| [[Dömötör Tower]] (11th century)
| [[File:Szeged Kathedrale Unserer Lieben Frau Türmchen 1.JPG|150px]]
| The Water Tower of Szent István Square (1904)
| [[File:Water tower Old Lady.JPG|150px]]
|-
| Church of [[Franciscans|Grey Friars]] ([[Gothic style|Gothic]], 15th century)
| [[File:Szeged Mathias Church interieur.jpg|150px]]
| [[Ferenc Móra]] Museum (1896)
| [[File:Ferenc Móra Museum in Szeged.JPG|150px]]
| [[Reök palace]] (1907)
| [[File:Reök3KJ.jpg|150px]]
|-
| City Hall (1728, 1804, 1883)
| [[File:1 Szeged Town Hall.jpg|150px]]
| [[Szeged Synagogue]]
| [[File:Ceiling New Synagogue Szeged Hungary.jpg|150px]]
| [[National Theatre of Szeged]]
| [[File:National Theatre of Szeged.jpg|150px]]
|-
| Gróf-palace (1913)
| [[File:Raichle03KJ.jpg|150px]]
| The Main Building of the [[University of Szeged|University]]
| [[File:Szegedi TudományegyetemSF 010.jpg|150px]]
| [[Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, Szeged|Saint Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church]] (1781)
| [[File:Szent Miklós szerb ortodox templom (Szeged).JPG|150px]]
|}

== Politics ==
The current mayor of Szeged is [[László Botka]] (Association for Szeged).

The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the [[2019 Hungarian local elections|2019 local government elections]], is made up of 33 members (1 Mayor, 23 Individual constituencies MEPs and 9 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:<ref>{{cite web|title=Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019–2024 – Szeged (Csongrád megye)|url=https://www.valasztas.hu/telepules-adatlap_onk2019?_onknavigacio_WAR_nvinvrportlet_formDate=32503680000000&p_p_id=onknavigacio_WAR_nvinvrportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=5&_onknavigacio_WAR_nvinvrportlet_prpVlId=294&_onknavigacio_WAR_nvinvrportlet_prpVltId=687&_onknavigacio_WAR_nvinvrportlet_prpMegyeKod=06&_onknavigacio_WAR_nvinvrportlet_prpTelepulesKod=051&_onknavigacio_WAR_nvinvrportlet_settlement=szeged|agency=valasztas.hu}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="2" | Party
! style="background:#ccc" | Seats
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="19" | Current Municipal Assembly
|-
| style="background-color: #E34234  | &nbsp;
| Association for Szeged{{efn|name=opposition|Supported by [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]-[[Momentum Movement|Momentum]]-[[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|DK]]-[[Politics Can Be Different|LMP]]-[[Jobbik]].}}
| style="text-align: right" |'''19'''
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| style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}  | &nbsp;
|[[Fidesz]]-[[Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)|KDNP]]
| style="text-align: right" | '''9'''
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| Independent Hungarian City Association (FVSZME)
| style="text-align: right" | '''1'''
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===List of mayors===
List of City Mayors from 1990:<ref>{{cite web|title=Szeged város polgármesterei és tanácselnökei 1715-től napjainkig|url=https://www.szegedvaros.hu/aranyoldalak/szeged-varos-polgarmesterei-es-tanacselnokei-1715-tol-napjainkig/|agency=szegedvaros.hu|access-date=3 November 2019|archive-date=4 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104212418/https://www.szegedvaros.hu/aranyoldalak/szeged-varos-polgarmesterei-es-tanacselnokei-1715-tol-napjainkig/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|-
! Member
! colspan=2 | Party
! Term of office
|-
| [[Pál Lippai]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | 
| [[Fidesz]]-[[Alliance of Free Democrats|SZDSZ]]
| 1990–1994
|-
| [[István Szalay]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" | 
| [[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]
| 1994–1998
|-
| [[László Bartha (politician)|László Bartha]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | 
| Fidesz-[[Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party|FKgP]]-[[Hungarian Democratic Forum|MDF]]
| 1998–2002
|-
|rowspan=2 | [[László Botka]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" | 
| MSZP
|rowspan=2 | 2002–
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| [[Independent (politics)|Independent]]{{efn|name=opposition}}
|}

==Media==
[[File:Szeged - Magyar Rádió (30805878928).jpg|thumb|Hungarian Radio headquarters]]
The city offers a wide range of media – television and radio stations, and print and online newspapers.

===TV stations===
* Szeged TV
* Tarjáni Kábeltévé Stúdió
* TiszapART TV
* Telin Televízió

===Radio stations===
* "Rádió 88" FM 95,4&nbsp;MHz
* All in Party Radio
* Rádió Mi, 89,9&nbsp;MHz
* Lánchíd Rádió, FM 100,2&nbsp;MHz
* MR1 Kossuth Rádió, FM 90,3&nbsp;MHz
* MR2 Petőfi Rádió, 104,6&nbsp;MHz
* MR3 Bartók Rádió, 105,7&nbsp;MHz
* Dankó Rádió, 93,1&nbsp;MHz
* [http://www.radio1szeged.hu/ Rádió1], 87,9&nbsp;MHz

===Daily newspapers and news portals===
* Délmagyarország ({{URL|http://delmagyar.hu/}})
* {{URL|http://szeged.hu/}}
* {{URL|http://szegeder.hu/}}
* {{URL|http://szegedma.hu/}}
* {{URL|http://szeged365.hu/}}
* {{URL|https://szegedify.com/}}

==Notable people==

===Born in Szeged===
[[File:Szegedvaros-aranycsapat.JPG|150px|right|thumb|A memorial of the [[Magical Magyars|Golden Team]], the legendary football team of Hungary]]
{{Category see also|People from Szeged}}
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Adrián Annus]] (1975), hammer thrower
*[[Gábor Agárdy]] (1922–2006), actor
*[[Miloš Babić (artist)|Miloš Babić]] (1904–1968), artist
*[[Béla Balázs]] (1884–1949), writer, poet, film critic
*[[Zsolt Becsey]] (1964), politician
*[[Joseph Csaky]] (1888–1971), sculptor
*[[Krisztián Cser]] (1977), opera singer, physicist
*[[Attila Czene]] (1974), Olympic champion medley swimmer
*[[János Csonka]] (1852–1939), engineer, co-inventor of the carburetor
*[[Mihály Erdélyi]] (1895–1979), operetta composer
*[[Sophie Evans (actress)|Sophie Evans]] (1976), adult movie star
*[[Ivan Fellegi]] (1935), [[Chief Statistician of Canada]]
*[[Rajmund Fodor]] (1976), Olympic champion water polo player
*[[Jenő Huszka]] (1875–1960), composer
*[[Éva Janikovszky]] (1926–2003), writer
*[[Ferenc Joachim]] (1882–1964), painter
*[[Gyula Juhász (poet)|Gyula Juhász]] (1883–1937), poet
*[[Esther Jungreis]], Orthodox Jewish outreach speaker
*[[Judith Karasz]] (1912–1977), photographer and Bauhaus graduate
*[[Györgyi Lang]] (1957–2023), actress and singer, member of the Hungarian music duo Pa-Dö-Dő. 
*{{Interlanguage link|Moses Max Löw|de|vertical-align=sup}} (1857{{ndash}}?), architect
*[[Géza Maróczy]] (1870–1951), chess grand master
*[[Anita Márton]] (1989), shot putter
*[[Tamás Molnár]] (1975), Olympic champion water polo player
*[[Nickolas Muray]] (born Miklós Mandl; 1892–1965), Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic fencer
*[[Róbert Nagy (speedway rider)|Róbert Nagy]] (1967), speedway rider
*[[László Paskai]] (1927–2015), Archbishop of [[Esztergom]]
*[[Szilvia Peter Szabo]] (1982), singer
*[[Willy Pogany]] (1882–1955), illustrator
*[[György Sebők]] (1922–1999), pianist
*[[Julius Stahel]] (1825–1912), [[American Civil War]] general and diplomat
*[[Hanna Tetteh]] (1967), Foreign minister of the Republic of Ghana
*{{Interlanguage link|Péter Ágnes|hu|vertical-align=sup}} (1983), singer
* [[Olivér Várhelyi]] (1972), lawyer and diplomat
*[[Marianne Varnay]] (1898), architect https://architectuul.com/architect/marianne-varnay
*[[Attila Vajda]] (1983), Olympic champion canoer
*[[Vilmos Zsigmond]] (1930), cinematographer
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===Lived in Szeged===
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*[[Mihály Babits]], poet, writer
*[[Lipót Fejér]], mathematician
*[[Ferenc Fricsay]], conductor
*[[Alfréd Haar]], mathematician
*[[Attila József]], poet
*[[László Kalmár]], mathematician
*[[Katalin Karikó]], Nobel prize winner biochemist
*[[Dezső Kosztolányi]], poet, novelist
*[[Peter Leko]], chess grandmaster
*[[Immanuel Löw]], rabbi, Judaic scholar, politician
*[[Leopold Löw]], rabbi, historian and Judaic scholar
*[[Kálmán Mikszáth]], writer
*[[Ferenc Móra]], writer, archaeologist
*[[Miklós Radnóti]], poet
*[[Frigyes Riesz]], mathematician
*[[Albert Szent-Györgyi]], Nobel prize winner chemist and biologist
*[[Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy]], mathematician
*[[Philip Wodianer]], communal worker
*[[Adele Zay]] (1848–1928), teacher and feminist
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==International relations==
===Twin towns – sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}
Szeged is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Testvérvárosok|url=http://szegedtourism.hu/hu/helyek/testvervarosok/?accessibility=0|website=szegedtourism.hu|publisher=Szeged Tourism|language=hu|access-date=2019-10-12|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303204034/http://szegedtourism.hu/hu/helyek/testvervarosok/?accessibility=0|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Cambridge]], United Kingdom (1987)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Darmstadt]], Germany (1990)
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Kotor Municipality|Kotor]], Montenegro (2001)
*{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Larnaca]], Cyprus (1994)
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Liège]], Belgium (2001)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Łódź]], Poland (2004)
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nice]], France (1969)
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Odesa]], Ukraine (1957)
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Parma]], Italy (1988)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pula]], Croatia (2003)
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Rakhiv]], Ukraine (1939, renewed 1997)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Subotica]], Serbia (1966, renewed 2004)
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Târgu Mureș]], Romania (1997)
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Timișoara]], Romania (1998)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], United States (1990)
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Turku]], Finland (1971)
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Weinan]], China (1999)
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===Partner cities===
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*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novi Sad]], Serbia (2001)
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==Gallery==
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Klauzal ter - panoramio.jpg|Klauzál Square
Szeged nagy posta.jpg|Postal Palace
A szeged-alsóvárosi ferences rendház és templom légi felvételen.jpg|Franciscan monastery and church
Hungary szeged dome night 5.jpg|Votive Church at night
Szeged-Alsóváros, ferences templom 2021 11.jpg|Relief of King [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary]]
Szeged IV. Béla szobra Somorjai 006.jpg|Statue of King [[Béla IV of Hungary]]
Szeged, Kárász utca 16., Magyar Ede 16KJ.jpg|Unger–Mayer House (1911)
Klebelsberg1.JPG|Statue of [[Kuno von Klebelsberg]]
Szeged - Milkó-palota (29738098347).jpg|[[Art Nouveau]] architecture
Szeged, Árvízi emlékmű SF.jpg|The Great Flood (1879) Statue
Szegedi Tudományegyetem.jpg|Rector's Building, [[University of Szeged]]
Szeged-egyetem5.jpg|Institute of Informatics & IT Department, University of Szeged
Szeged-egyetem4.jpg|Faculty of Sciences (the chemistry building), University of Szeged
Hungary szeged dom2.jpg|View from the Votive Church Dome
Megyeszékhely - Csongrád megye - Szeged.jpg|Aerial photography
Tisza-szeged1.jpg|Belvárosi bridge on the Tisza river
Szeged-paprika1.jpg|Capsicum fruits in Szeged
AnnafürdőSzeged06.jpg|Anna Thermal-Bath
Szeged, Hungary. Suspended bridge.jpg|Szeged bridge on [[Tisza]]
Szegedi Fekete-ház.jpg|Fekete-house
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Public transport in Szeged]]
*[[Szeged Symphony Orchestra]]
*[[National Theatre of Szeged]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Szeged}}
{{Wikivoyage|Szeged}}
*[http://www.szegedvaros.hu Official site with webcam] {{in lang|hu|en}}

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