Kisvárda (pronounced [ˈkiʃvaːrdɒ]; German: Kleinwardein, Yiddish: קליינווארדיין, romanized: Kleynvardeyn) is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary near the border of Slovakia and Ukraine.

The name of the town, which means "little castle" in Hungarian, dates back to the Conquest of Hungary.

The red and white stripes on the shield symbolize the Árpád Dynasty, the medieval kings of Hungary.

There is a dark green, winged dragon around the shield, choking itself with its tail wrapped around its neck.

The conquering Hungarians found a hill fort here in 895 which then they used for their border protection system.

István Várday, the Archbishop of Kalocsa, Matthias Corvinus's chancellor expended the town's autonomy in 1468.

One of the former synagogues remains one of the most imposing structures in Kisvárda and is now a local history museum known as the Rétközi Múzeum.

Historically, Kisvárda has been a market town for the surrounding agricultural district, and is also has some light industry such as distilling, electrics, and brake pad production.