4 MONOR. OUR TOWN. WE ARE BUILDING IT. A large-scale village development programme was launched in the early 1800s and the settlement structure, elaborated at that time, determines the structure of the town centre to this day. The Pest-Cegléd-Szolnok railway line – the country’s second railway line was opened in 1847. This sparked off a period of rapid growth of the settlement. Similarly important factor was that in 1848Monor became amarket-town and thus, could hold four fairs a year and twomarkets weekly. This tradition lives on to this day. In the early years of the 20th century public buildings were built which significantly determine the townscape, such as Vigadó, the country’s first reinforced concrete building, the Courthouse and Kossuth Lajos Primary School. From themiddle of last century until regime change a number of significant small-scale plants functioned in the settlement. In parallel with it rich social and cultural life continued inMonor which is characteristic of the settlement even at present. The settlement, which received a status of a town on 15March 1989, entered a new phase of development. In this period the infrastructure of the town was developed and a lot of new public buildings, renewed parks, pedestrian precincts and public buildings lend colour to the townscape. Monor and its environs were populated after the last glacial period. Themedieval settlement may most likely have liedwhere the present town centre is, in the vicinity of the library. The origins of the name of Monor haven’t been cleared until now, but according to generally accepted theory the name comes froma proper name of Turkish origin, meaning ”fog”. The first authentic written record of Monor (Monar) is a document dated 25March, 1398. The History of MONOR
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