Kiskőrös (Slovak: Malý Kereš / Kiškereš, Yiddish: קישקעריש Kishkerish, German: Körösch, Croatian: Kireš[1]) is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary.

It is located in the center of the county, 22 kilometres (14 miles) east from the river Danube and 110 km (68 mi) south of Budapest.

About 2–3 km (1–2 mi) north of the town lies the nature reserve area (since 1974) of Szücsi Forest as part of the Kiskunság National Park.

[3] Archeologists unearthed 161 metal objects (11 of which were made of gold) in the vicinity of Kiskőrös in 2016, representing the biggest ever Middle Bronze Age found - both quantity and quality - in the areas between the Danube and Tisza (in Hungarian: Duna-Tisza köze).

[4][5] In addition to bronze and gold jewellery, daggers, spears, axes as well as goldsmith tools were found.

Archaeological evidence suggests that Scythian-Sarmatians were settled here along the border region, to protect the "limes", who continued to be present up to the 5th century AD.

In the graves of a Jazig-Sarmatian cemetery a necklace of pearls in gold setting and other rare polished jewellery were found.

Their characteristic metal buckles with a griffin fitting are strikingly similar to those found in the Caucasus and along the River Volga.

[6] The first written documents mentioning Kiskőrös date back to 1277 issued by the "Kuman" László IV and referred to as "Keurus".

A letter was written on 11 April 1529 by Mihály Pósa warning the bishop of Kalocsa about the attacks of the Turks.

[9] Kiskőrös began to develop rapidly in the 1970s and infrastructure, educational, healthcare and welfare institutions were built.

The largest part of the economy is provided by the service sector (family enterprises) and agriculture (mainly related to winegrowing and fruits).

[12] East of Kiskőrös, there is a 150 metres (490 ft) tall concrete tower used for FM radio and television broadcasting.