SZEKSZRD

town and seat of Tolna megye (county), south-central Hungary. Lying close to the Si River, south-southeast of Budapest, the town once lay along the Danube before that river was rechanneled as a result of 19th-century water regulation. Szekszrd's vineyards have been famous for centuries. The town centre stands on a hill overlooking the river; the county hall, which was built in 1823 on the site of a medieval Benedictine abbey (1061), and the Trinity Column are the town's principal architectural showpieces. Pop. (1989 est.) 39,005.