Bátaszék
Flag Coat of arms
Bátaszék Location of Bátaszék
Coordinates: 46°11′33″N 18°43′21″E / 46.19248°N 18.72258°E / 46.19248; 18.72258
Country	Hungary
County	Tolna
Area
• Total	63.54 km2 (24.53 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	6,217
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7140
Area code	74

Bátaszék (German: Badeseck, Serbian: Батсек, romanized: Batsek) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. The majority residents are Hungarians, with a minority of Serbs.

"The oldest tree of Bátaszék" won the title of European Tree of the Year 2016.^[1]

The Roman Catholic writer Miklós Bátori was born in Bátaszék.

History

During World War II, Bátaszék was captured on 28 November 1944 by Red Army troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Budapest Offensive.

Sport

• Bátaszéki SE, association football club

Twin towns — sister cities

Bátaszék is twinned with:

• Besigheim, Germany
• Ditrău, Romania
• Tekovské Lužany, Slovakia

Gallery

• 
  Roman Catholic Church in Bátaszék
• 
  View at the site of the Cikádor Abbey
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  Bátaszék railway station
• 
  "The oldest tree of Bátaszék", European Tree of the Year 2016.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bátaszék.

• Street map (in Hungarian)