Debrecen on old postcards

Today Debrecen is the second largest city in Hungary. Its name was first mentioned by the name "Debrezun" in 1235. By the early 16th century Debrecen was an important market town. In 1693 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor elevated Debrecen to free royal town status. In 1849 Debrecen was the capital of Hungary for a short time when the Hungarian revolutionary government fled there from Pest-Buda (modern-day Budapest.) These postcards present the town at the turn of the 20th century. Unfortunately some of these buildings have been distroyed during the 2nd World War. 

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