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Debrecen The city

Debrecen (Hungarian) is the second town, after Budapest with an impressive land, nearly from the 90's.
It is a center of many tourists which are impressed from the big and rousing parks and from the natural wells. Debrecen is located east of Budapest. In the past before World War this city was the capital of Hungary. The city numerates 300 thousand people these days.
There are 10 different Universities but in "Debrecen University" there is English education. Therefore it's attractive in particular for students from Israel and the USA.

In World War II, Debrecen was almost destroyed by the Germans. 50% of its buildings were completely destroyed. There was an important combat in October 1994 near the city which called "Debrecen combat".

After the war, the people wanted to rehabilitate the city and started to build and innovate. But the Communists decided to take the institutions and property to the ownership of the public. It caused a big damage. In 1952 two villages were established on parts of the town. In 1981 the village nearby was appended. The apartment's buildings were used by people who lost their home in the war.

Famous and known places at Debrecen:
*The Big Protestant Church.
* Dree museum.
* Festival of flowers of Debrecen city.
* The urban park.
* The city placed near a national Park Hortobágy, known as his wild nature and his traditional agriculture.
The countries Ukraine and Romania are located next to Debrecen. This fact influences the development of the city and developed this city to a commercial and transport center, important internationally.

posted by GOTDINER-KOMPLER MIRIAM @ 1:37 AM