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Tomb of Károly Kanka

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Károly Kanka (Modor, 17 Oct. 1817 – Bratislava, 1910) was a physician and ophthalmologist. He obtained his doctorate in medicine, surgery and obstetrics in Vienna in 1842, and later his ophthalmology degree. From 1842 to 1848, he was an assistant at the ophthalmology clinic of Pr... Read More

Julius Schmidt family tombstone

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Julius Schmidt (Gyula Schmidt) was a wine merchant who, in addition to his daily occupation, also took on social duties (member of the Medical and Natural Sciences Association of Poznan, 1904). Around the turn of the century, he was also a member of the city council and the leade... Read More

The resting place of Károly Grüneberg and his family

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The Károly Grüneberg Brush Factory in Bratislava is one of the oldest companies, existing since 1834. The factory was founded by Károly and József Grüneberg. The factory covers an area of 12,000 square meters, with 17 buildings. In 1904, the factory expanded its operations to inc... Read More

Grave of Lutheran pastor Henrik Pröhle

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He was born on January 30, 1870 in Rábakövesd. At first, his father taught him, then he studied in Rábabogyoszló, Alsószelesté, and Sopron, where he also graduated in theology. Then he went abroad and enrolled in the University of Halle in October 1892. On October 1, 1893, he was... Read More

The former University of Nagyszombat

Building, structure

The university, the legal predecessor of the Eötvös Loránd University, was founded on 12 May 1635 by Péter Pázmány, a renowned figure of the Counter-Reformation. Its Baroque-style building was built in several parts in the 17th and 18th centuries. By the time it was fully complet... Read More

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

Building, structure

The church was built in the city of Nagyszombat, a city of three nationalities, during the greatest religious wars. First, during the Bocskai Uprising of 1605, then between 1619 and 1622, there were religious riots in the city between the different denominations. The princes gave... Read More

The grave of Ferenc Sámuel Stromszky

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Ág. ev. superintendent, born 13 July 1792 in Bazin (Bratislava County), studied at the Bratislava ev. lyceum and the university in Tübingen, returning from there, he was deputy pastor in Brünn, then dean in Lemberg, preacher in Hillersdorf (Silesia), then pastor in Rajka (Moson C... Read More

The tomb of Lajos Felicides, the forty-eighth soldier

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In the middle of the cemetery we find the black marble obelisk, on which the following inscription can be read: ; Here lies / Felicides / Lajos / retired royal land registrar / forty-eighth soldier / 1826–1909. / Blessings on his ashes! / Feigler Read More

Memorial to the victims of World War I

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Catholic monument in front of the church, built in 1930, contains the names of 35 fallen soldiers from Helemba. Read More

Statue of Queen Elizabeth

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

"In memory of Queen Elizabeth of happy memory, love is erecting statues one after another in every part of the country. On October 27, in Prešov, the bronze bust made by Alajos Stróbl, which stands on a granite base, was unveiled with a beautiful ceremony. The association promoti... Read More