Repository

Bust of András Khazár

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

András Cházár Jólészi was born in the settlement in 1754, and as a highly skilled lawyer and, among other things, as the founder of deaf-mute education in Hungary (1802, National Royal Institute of the Deaf-Mute, Vác), he would take his place among the greatest through his work f... Read More

András Cházár's life's work, his birthplace in Jólesz

Building, structure

The best-known building in Jólesz. It was probably built by the Cházár family with the benefit of the estates with noble titles, as it is larger than the other residential buildings. It is now quite difficult to trace the size of the entire plot, because the attached cultural cen... Read More

The Catholic Church of Jólesz

Building, structure

The Cházár András Foundation, founded in 1990, renovated and transformed the birthplace into a Catholic church. The house regained its form from the last reconstruction. A new roof structure with a dark brown roof covering was added to the collapsed arches. In the northern part o... Read More

Angelic column

Sacral small monument

The statue on Main Street was erected by the village in 1904 to the glory of God. Read More

Cemetery cross on Vágan

Sacral small monument

In accordance with medieval customs, there was a walled cemetery around the church. In 1714, this was the only burial place. In 1761, there was already a cemetery outside the village, which was necessary because the burials around the church were constantly damaging the church. T... Read More

Cemetery of the Russian prisoner of war camp in Somorja

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The prisoners of war who died in the Somorja prisoner of war camp were buried in the prisoner of war cemetery established on 706 square meters of free land seized from the Somorja public cemetery as a military service, based on Act LXVIII of 1912. ; The first deceased in the pris... Read More

György Lahner Memorial Column

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

György Lahner (Georg Lahner) was born in 1795, into a German-speaking, bourgeois family in Túróc County. He entered a professional military career: from 1812 he became an officer in the imperial army. In 1848 he offered his services to the Hungarian government. After a short serv... Read More

Lekenye Reformed Church

Building, structure

The first surviving written source about the 12th century Hungarian village is only mentioned a century later. ; Its medieval Reformed church was built in the second half of the 15th century, in Gothic style. It was a relatively small building with an east-facing axis, a single n... Read More

Kopjafa Lekenye

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

It was erected on the 765th anniversary of the first written mention of the village, on July 26, 2008, in the Reformed churchyard. ; The headstone is the work of local carver Miklós Bíró. Read More

Seven Leaders Sculpture Park, Statue of Leader Huba

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

2006 Read More