Lučenec

Sister cities

• Louny
• Mělník
• Pápa
• Bogoroditsk

History

Lučenec and its surroundings were inhabited in the Stone Ages. Slavs moved to this area in the 6th and 7th century as the first permanent settlers and the Hungarians joined them in the 10th century. The first indirect mention of Lučenec was in 1128, when Lambert built a chapel in honour of Virgin Mary. The first direct mention of the settlement was in 1247 under the name Luchunch, but until the first half of the 15th century it was only a village, and was located off the main trade routes. In 1442, Lučenec was conquered by the Hussites troops under command of John Jiskra of Brandýs and in 1451 the Battle of Lučenec took place near the village between the troops of John Hunyadi and those of Jiskra, where the latter emerged victorious. After the fall of the Fiľakovo (, ) castle in 1554, Lučenec was under the control of the Ottomans and their vassals as part of Budin Eyalet until capturing by Austrians in 1593. It was regained by Ottomans in 1596 and was again part of Filek (Ottoman name for Fiľakovo) sanjak (its centre was in modern-day Rimavská Sobota) in Eğri Eyalet till 1686. The town was burned down many times until the first half of the 19th century, when during the Revolutions of 1848/1849 it was occupied by the Russian imperial troops. The town underwent modernization in the 19th and 20th centuries, for example, new industries like brickworks or tanneries were built, telegraph line in 1865, and in 1871 it was connected to the railway connecting Budapest () and Žilina. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Lučenec was part of Nógrád County within the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1919, it was briefly part of the Slovak Soviet Republic. In 1938, Lučenec was annexed to Hungary as a result of the First Vienna Award, and this lasted until 1945…

Most-observed species

• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  678
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  674
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  666
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  662
• Ring-necked Pheasant

  Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  590
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  563
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  561
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  504