Kunhegyes

Kunhegyes is a town of 7,500 people (2018), and district in Lake Tisza.

Get in
The town can be reached by road on the main road 34 leading to Fegyvernek (main road 4) - Tiszafüred. It can also be reached from Abádszalók on a side road and on the inferior road connecting Tiszafüred with Tiszaszőlős - Tiszaszentimre - Tomajmonostora with Kunhegyes.

Public road transport is provided by Volánbusz buses. In addition to the surrounding settlements, Eger, Szolnok, Jászberény, Debrecen, Békéscsaba, Gyöngyös, Tiszafüred and Miskolc can be reached directly.

It can be reached by train on the Kál-Kápolna – Kisújszállás railway line.

In the town
In :
 * The second largest Reformed church in the country: it was built between 1827 and 1948 in the Classicist style, according to the plans of József Hild. The two-tower, three-nave hall church has a capacity of approx. 4000 people.
 * Ethnographic Collection
 * Salt House (built in 1739, Baroque style, now the Public Library)
 * Wooden headboard (for the settlement of the existence of 700 years anniversary)
 * Trianon cross
 * Town Hall was built in 1878 in eclectic style, based on the plans of John Pum
 * Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church (1830-36, classicist)
 * Chasuble Collection (Catholic Church)
 * Kun Captain House (1880)
 * Komlóssy Windmill (one of the most beautiful windmill on Nagykunság, 1859, brick)

In the town

 * Bige-fertő Natural Protected Area (a former deep marsh, now saline pastures, ancient lawn. East 11 km)
 * Gergely mound
 * Kunhegyesi Saint Stephen Thermal baths
 * Cris Valley Natural Protected Area (Körös-völgyi Természetvédelmi Terület)

In the district

 * In Fegyvernek: National Student goulash festival (second or third Saturday in May); Tisza Blooming Day (end of June)
 * In Nagykörű: End of Feb Winter farewell party (Ice Break holiday, Szabadság u. 21-23); Jun randy festival; Mid July Mary Magdalene's day; Dec Advent fair.