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The grave of István Kovács of Gömöri

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Poet, journalist, teacher, writer, local historian. From 1949, a founding member of the Csemadok, president of its basic organization, cultural manager, and general manager. He was an excellent chess player. ; He won awards at several literary competitions. The poem "My Mother" w... Read More

István Bocskai's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On December 2, 2004, the Hajdú-Bihar County Government installed a bilingual bronze relief marble plaque in memory of István Bocskai's stay in Košice (Fő utca 67). The relief was unveiled during the Košice conference organized on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Bocsk... Read More

Artz cross

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The cross in front of the Franciscan church originally stood in the nearby St. Andrew's Cemetery. The inscription on the pedestal, dated 1808 (1888?), refers to the move when the cross was moved from the grave (inside the cemetery) to the wall of the cemetery chapel. ; The German... Read More

Memorial plaque of painter Béla Bacskai

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death, in November 2000, a memorial plaque to the painter Béla Bacskai was unveiled on the wall of the local cultural center. Mayor Zoltán Fodor had already initiated the placement of the marble plaque earlier, on the occasion of the... Read More

The grave of painter Béla Bacskai

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

His grave is marked by a head statue in the Persi cemetery. The wreath-laying ceremony at the grave and the memorial plaque is part of the traditional Bacskai Memorial Day, which is organized annually by the local government and the Nógrád Regional Committee of the Csemadok. Read More

The grave of poet and journalist Lajos Zs. Nagy (Zsélyi Nagy Lajos)

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

He was born in Karikáspuszta, near Zsély, which was then part of Szklabonya. He attended school in Zsély and Komárom, graduating there in 1954. For a while, he was a student at Komenský University, then taught in the countryside. In 1958-1960, he was the editor of the Hungarian b... Read More

Memorial plaque of Lajos Zsélyi Nagy

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

“The memorial plaque on the wall of the cultural center is also thanks to the VICTORIA Cultural Association, reminding even strangers who visit here of the village’s distinguished personality, the well-known and prestigious Hungarian poet from the Highlands.” ; ; The Victoria Cul... Read More

Bust of Lajos Kossuth

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The patriotic public of the town of Dobsina r. t. followed with keen attention from the beginning the great national movement, which had the beautiful and patriotic goal of perpetuating the name and memory of Lajos Kossuth in the form of statues in Hungarian towns and villages. E... Read More

Memorial plaque of Endre Dudich, zoologist

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Endre Dudich (Nagysalló, March 20, 1895 – Budapest, February 5, 1971) Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian zoologist, academician, university professor of systematic zoology and zoogeography, entomologist, Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian scientist, researcher of the fauna of the Barad... Read More

The grave of Lajos Szeberényi

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

"Lajos Szeberényi, member of the Kisfaludy Society, evangelical theology teacher, born on 15 August 1820 in Maglód, finished high school in 1839 in Selmeczbánya (where he was a working member of the Hungarian self-education circle and made the acquaintance of Petőfi, with whom he... Read More