Tököl

Tököl (Croatian: Tukulja) is a town in Pest County, Hungary.

Aerial photography of Tököl

Tököl
The Chapel of St Anna
Flag Coat of arms
Tököl Location of Tököl
Coordinates: 47.32030°N 18.96711°E / 47.32030; 18.96711
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
Area
• Total	38.49 km2 (14.86 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	9,337
• Density	242.58/km2 (628.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2316
Area code	24

Demography

The majority of residents are Hungarians, with a Croatian minority of Bunjevci or Raci.

Hungarian Uprising

An Budapest-Tököl airfield (47 20 35 N / 18 59 20 E) was built during World War II, which was to become a Soviet military base. During the Hungarian Uprising, Pál Maléter, as Defence Minister for the Imre Nagy government, went to negotiate with the Soviet military presence and was arrested during the negotiations.

In 1952, the 24th and 25th fighter regiments of the Hungarian Air Force settled at the Tököl airport. In 1953, on October 1, the Tököl air base of the Hungarian People's Army was established. That same year, the aircraft repair company operating at the airport was separated from Csepel Autógyár National Vállalat and the Pestvidéki Machine Factory specializing in the repair of military aircraft was established. The overhauled aircraft were flown in at the Tököl airport. The factory continued to repair helicopters after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the removal of Soviet forces from Hungary.^[1]

Notable people

• Pál Hoffman (born 1948), politician and handball player, mayor of Tököl
• István Szilágyi (born 1950), handball player

Twin towns – sister cities

Tököl is twinned with:^[2]

• Klein Rönnau, Germany