Röszke is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The nearest town is Szeged 15 km. Sándor Rózsa, the legendary Hungarian bandit was born here in 1813.

History

The village was first mentioned in writing in 1439 under the name "Rezke", and was documented as belonging to Szeged. In the first half of the 19th century the village was composed of a collection small-scale tobacco farms. This loose collection of homesteads later began to cultivate paprika as well, which continues to this day. Until 1950 Röszke was not considered an independent municipality, but was instead a part of Szeged. The village's population peaked in 1930 with a total of 4364 residents.

Geography

It covers an area of 36.63 km2 and has a population of 3091 people (2013).

Border crossing

A major road border crossing on Hungary's M5 motorway into Serbia is located 3 km from the village. On the other side of the border in Serbia the first settlement is Horgoš where the E75 in Serbia begins. During the European migrant crisis in 2015, the village served as a refugee camp for refugees and the Petra László incident occurred nearby.

Notable residents

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