Sátoraljaújhely

Sátoraljaújhely stands at the edge of the Zemplén hills, near the vineyards of the Tokaj region. Its name recalls a new settlement beneath the tent-shaped hills. Stephen, the future king of Hungary, granted it town privileges in 1261, and a castle was built nearby. The town became a centre of Zemplén county and took part in the trade of the wine-growing country around it. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the area figured in uprisings against Habsburg rule, bringing the struggles of the kingdom to its northeastern frontier.