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Szigetszentmiklós is a town in Pest County, located in Budapest metropolitan area, south from Budapest in the Csepel Island along the Danube.
It is seat of Szigetszentmiklós district.
The area and borders of the city have been inhabited for more than six thousand years. The oldest mention of the settlement is in the charter of Béla IV dated October 14, 1264.
After the Turkish occupation, the inhabitants faced new trials: floods, fires devastated the village, and epidemics decimated it.
In 1882, the construction of the flood protection dam next to the two Danube rivers began, and thus the centuries-old nightmare of annual flooding ended.
It became a large village in 1870. Szigetszentmiklós can primarily thank its proximity to Budapest and the industrial facilities that settled here for its development into a town.
Szigetszentmiklós is a 750-year-old settlement. It became a city on 01 January 1986.
Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
The flag of the town is white with its coat of arms in the center of the flag. The flag is bordered by red and green wolf-teeth on upper and lower edges. Ratio is 9:15.
The flag was adopted by Municipal Decree No. 10/1992 (IX.17.) on 17 November 1992.
https://or.njt.hu/eli/730918/r/1992/10
Images of flag:
https://szigetszentmiklos.hu/hirek/...
Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
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image by Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
A simpler variant of the flag is also used, it is plain white with coat of arms in the center of the flag, and the name of the town is written under the shield in arc with blue letters.
Image of flag:
https://hvg.hu/360/20240421_hvg-nagy-janos-szigetszentmiklos-polgarmester-egyedul-mindenki-ellen
https://lakihegyradio.hu/hir/uj-csarnok
Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
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image by Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
The town's coat of arms is a blue shield, with a rampant ram, the ancient emblem of the town, which refers to both the historical past
and the animal husbandry that still exists in Szigetszentmiklós today. The ram's leg touches the cross-symbolizing Christianity,
and the star above it refers to the Reformed religion characteristic of the town.
The coat of arms was adopted by the same Municipal Decree.
Images of coat of arms:
https://szigetszentmiklos.hu/ (website of the town)
Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025