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Tura is a town in Aszód district of Pest County.
Its first known mention dates back to 1220, in the Várad regestrum charter that was created at that time it is mentioned as Thwra (probably confused with today's Nyírtura).
Its first real mention is known from 1394. It was the ancient estate of the ákos family, and from 1438 it became the property of the Rozgonyi family.
In 1544 it came under Turkish rule, but was never completely depopulated.
Its real population can be dated back to the 18th century. As a result of agricultural activity, trade flourished,
and the produced goods were sold in the markets of Buda, Pest, Miskolc, Hatvan, Vác, Gyöngyös.
Tura became a town in 2001.
Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
The flag of the town has three horizontal stripes, blue, white and green. The width of white stripe is twice of each other stripes.
The coat of arms is placed in the center of the white stripe. Ratio is 1:2.
Images of flag:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=506528305546793&set=pcb.506528452213445
https://tura.asp.lgov.hu/sites/tura/files/imce/2018-10/turaihirlap201803.pdf
Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
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image by Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025
On the shield, a lamb in a blue field carries a two-tailed flag, with an eight-pointed star above its head.
On the shield head is a drawing of the protected single-headed flower - which is native to the town -, with the inscription 1220 TURA on the shield base.
The sky and the ribbon serving as the motto are blue, the sash, the star, the single-headed flowers, the lamb and the letters are silver, the flag is silver-green,
the shield base and the laurel below are green.
Image of coat of arms:
https://tura.asp.lgov.hu/telepulestortenet (website of the town)
Zoltan Horvath, 14 January 2025