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Picture column in Bacsfán

Sacral small monument

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Memorial column to the heroes of World War II in Nagymegyer

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 1991, the Csemadok Nagymegyer Organization initiated the erection of a monument in memory of the heroes of Nagymegyer during World War II. A fundraiser was launched on the back of the initiative, as a result of which the original idea had to be modified. Instead of the monumen... Read More

Monument to the Heroes of World War I in Nagymegyeri

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During World War I, the city of Nagymegyer had 125 heroic martyrs. After the end of the war, the Czechoslovak state did not allow the city to erect a monument in their memory. Only twenty years after the end of the war, in the last year of the first Czechoslovak state, did this o... Read More

Monument to the Heroes of Nagymegyer in World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

After 1991, the family members of the heroes of World War II in Nagymegyer initiated the city to erect a monument to their former family members on Heroes' Square, similar to the monument erected in 1938 to the heroes of World War I. The civil initiative, which lasted several yea... Read More

Memorial plaque to the Jewish citizens of Nagymegyer

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During World War II, 418 citizens of Jewish origin from Nagymegyer died in concentration camps or in labor camps. Of these, 229 were adults and 189 were children. Of those deported, only 110 survived the horrors. In their memory, in 2004, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary o... Read More

The Nagymegyer Bachelor's Association building

Building, structure

In Nagymegyer, on May 16, 1920, the Roman Catholic Agrarian Youth Youth League was founded by parish priest János Lepicz and teacher László Tóth. The organization had 140 members in the thirties. They were the organizers of the cultural life of Catholic youth in the thirties, led... Read More

Memorial plaque for the founding of the Csemads

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Csemadok Nagymegyer Foundation Association held its "first" founding meeting on June 5, 1949, in the building of the former Catholic Youth Center, which at the time was the city cinema, today's city library. Since the Association's statutes had not yet been approved at that t... Read More

The Evangelical Cemetery of Nagymegyer

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The smallest cemetery in the city is located on Fučíková Street. Previously, there were no Evangelical residents in Nagymegyer. The cemetery was established in the early 1950s based on the needs of the Slovak and Evangelical population that settled in Nagymegyer. The cemetery is ... Read More

Weber Chapel

Building, structure

The chapel in the Roman Catholic cemetery of Nagymegyer was built in 1910. The chapel was built by the Wéber family, Ferenc Wéber and Mária Jankó. Based on this, the chapel is still called the Wéber Chapel. The chapel was restored in 2004. Its interior is modest. On the outer wal... Read More

Memorial plaque of Lieutenant Colonel Lajos Kazinczy

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

From May 19, 1849, the Alsó-Csallóköz operations were directed from Nagymegyer by the son of Ferenc Kazinczy, Lieutenant Colonel Lajos Kazinczy. From there, on May 24, 1849, he sent his report to Görgei about the strength of the Austrian army fighting in the region and its operat... Read More