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Karcag
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Karcag
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The history of the Nagykunságs (Great Cumania)
centre goes back to the Mongolian destruction in
XIII. century. After their settling in Hungary
they were converted to Christianity and adapted
to the feudal Hungarian society. They became
Hungarian and one part of their ancestral
language and culture live in geographical names,
worlds and idioms more. Their life style is been
characterized by grazing animal keeping and
agriculture on small farms, which is made on the
pusztas.
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It gives the citys market-town rank for
centuries. Karcag became the centre of the region
in consequence of its situation, cultural-,
trade-, health-, educational- and agricultural
role. It is a typical market-town in the Great
Hungarian Plain, which town has a lot of
institutoins and external contacts-system.
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The people of Karcag is involved, its inhabitants
are very proud of their past and traditions.
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Protestant Hungarians are showed by the Reformed
Church, which is built in romantic style, the
Catholics who are settled by the directive of
the queen in XVIII. century by the graceful
Chatolic Church, which was built on the turn of
the century.
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Our town has an importance artistic-life. The
pottery is famous. The Kossuth-prize winning
Sándor Kántor lived and worked here and the disc
turns in a lot of workshops today too. The
Munkácsy and Mednyánszky-prize winning Sándor
Györfi sculptor works in the town, whose public
squaress bronze statues decorate settlements on
lots places.
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Karcag is the south -host gate of the
Hortobágys National Park.
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The scenery of the great Hungarian Plain
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The scenery of the great Hungarian Plain
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The scenery of the great Hungarian Plain
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The scenery of the great Hungarian Plain
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The scenery of the great Hungarian Plain
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mysterious cones of the Cumanian hill, the
windmill
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and the famous Zádor-bridge and
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Ágota-bridge offer a nice tour.
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In the city there is a colourful cultural life.
At the time of the Hungarian Statehoods Holiday
in August the traditional rich cultural- and
sport programmes attract a lot of visitors to
our town
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In the city there is a colourful cultural life.
At the time of the Hungarian Statehoods Holiday
in August the traditional rich cultural- and
sport programmes attract a lot of visitors to
our town
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The thermal water of Karcag offer a rest and
recovery to the guests.
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• Our motivations to join to Pannónia GM-free
  Region are
• There runs already on an area of 5000 ha
  organic farming on the outskirts of Karcag
• The town has an area of 800 ha as a part of
  Hortobágys National Park, which is part of the
  World Heritage
• The Agriculture Research Institute is
  specialised on producing selected seeds,
• In addition to this, an area of 8000 ha is
  going to be joined to The NATURE 2000 Network.

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3.) Shall follow a GM-free policy in the course
of establishing the services (renting out of
land, catering, land utilisation, etc.) provided
by them directly or indirectly. 4.) Shall
assist with all possible implements the
strengthening and development of agricultural
systems not using GM-plants. 6.) Within its
sphere of authority following publication of
the higher-level legal regulation shall
restrict in an order the growing of GM plants in
the district areas benefiting from the local
protection.
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• If we dont succeed in providing - during the
  half-year moratorium - a local protected area for
  non GMO we are afraid of
• The results of the Research Institute get in to
  danger
• Organic-farming already existing is going to be
  ruined
• And species living on the area of the National
  Park, which is part of
• the World Heritage, are getting into danger

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Karcag in Winter
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Karcag in Winter
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Karcag in Winter