Welcome to Füzesgyarmat!
Welcome to Füzesgyarmat, the land of peace where even the Sun stops to relax. This town with a population of abaut 6700 people is situated in the northern part of Békés County, 60 kilometres from Békéscsaba and 80 kilometres from Debrecen. The first certificates about Füzesgyarmat date back the 12th century which proves that this is one of the oldest settlements of Békés County. According to a decree of Marie Therese, on 1 January 1776, this was nemed Füzesgyarmat because there were a lot of willow trees around the town. (Fűzfa means willow tree in English.) It used to be an agrarian town from 1803 to 1812 but, because of the high tax burdens, it was obliged to give up this frank. Finally on 1 July 2000 Füzesgyarmat became a town again. This town went through tremendous changes before the 20th century until World War II. The private small and middle farms turned into large-scale farms. The five times awarded Vörös Csillag Co-operative played a very important role in the development of this town until the turn of period. In the past few years, the exploration and production of oil and gas brought a big change.Thanks to the fruitful relationship between MOL ltd. the former NKFV, and the Municipality there has been significant investments and major infrastructural developments in the town. Tourism is also important in Füzesgyarmat since it has an excellent spa bath which is visited by about 60-70 thousand people. Right next to the spa bath there is the Hotel Gara, built in the eighties, a three star hotel which is one of the best hotels of the Eastern region. There is a therapeutic department of the hotel and a four-star camping under construction along with the rebuilding, enlargement and cover of the old medical pool. Hotel Gara, Kastélypark Spa Bath, Local Museum, Szitás Erzsébet Art Gallery,riding, hunting and fishing facilities supplemented with all the possibilities of the whole region can be warmly recommended to tourists. Anybody can admire the rich and colourful flora and fauna of the forests, the Hungarian "puszta" the lakes and rivers around Füzesgyarmat. If you need some peace and solitude, if you want to relax and recover from an illness, FÜZESGYARMAT is the place to go. As you read before, this is the place where even the Sun stops to relax!
Imre Várkonyi
Mayor of Füzesgyarmat
