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Tomb of Pál Seres, principal and teacher of Nagybalog (Balogvölgy)

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Pál Seres (1920-1984) was a teacher in Bátka. Later he moved to Balog, where he was a school principal. Read More

Tomb of Rudolf Šeszták, a doctor from Nagybalog (Balogvölgy)

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Dr. Rudolf Šeszták (1914-1979) was the village doctor for a long time. ; ; &nbsp, Read More

Tomb of Kálmán Szepesházy, patron of Nagybalog (Balogvölgy)

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Dr. Kálmán Szepesházy (1919-2008); Born in Balog and lived here until the age of 10. His father was a forestry engineer at the Coburg-Koháry estate. He studied at the Charles University in Prague and was a senior fellow at the Hungarian Geological Institute as a geologist. He hos... Read More

Nagybalog mass grave from 1790 (Balogvölgy)

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In 1790, a huge plague and rinderpest decimated the village. 204 people died, leaving only 36 serf families. There was no time to dig graves, so they just dug a large pit and threw the dead into it. The corpses were covered with lime to prevent further infection. The huge hill ne... Read More

The crypt of the Szentmiklóssy family, the headstones of Antal Szentmiklóssy and András Demeter (Balogvölgy)

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Uza-Panyit belonged to the Szentmiklóssy family of Primóczi. The Szentmiklóssy family came to own this estate when György Szentmiklóssy, a county serf judge, married Mária Uza. The ancestors of the family acquired their estates in Liptó and neighboring Szepes counties, and there ... Read More

Holy Trinity statue in Diószeg

Sacral small monument

It was built in 1857, following the tradition of János Nagy's wife and son Albert. Read More

The tomb of István Vitárius, the namesake of the Ózd hussar regiment (Balogvölgy)

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István Vitárius died on January 5, 1915 at the age of 47. He participated in the First World War, caught a cold at the front, was discharged home with pneumonia at Christmas, but was unable to recover from the illness. ; Egon Vitko named the traditional banderium he founded in 20... Read More

Tomb of István Znám, mathematician and university professor (Balogvölgy)

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István Znám (1936-1993) was a university professor and head of the mathematics department at the Comenius University in Bratislava. He obtained every possible university title and gave lectures at several foreign universities, most often in Canada. He sent greeting cards from the... Read More

The tomb of Árpád Bedécs in his native village (Balogvölgy)

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A lateral descendant of the poet Lajos Pósa, the tomb of Árpád Bedécs in his native village (Balogvölgy) ; ; The poet and editor Lajos Pósa (1850-1914) from Nemesradnót is a scion of the noble Pósa family. The poet had no children of his own, and his kinship was traced through th... Read More

The tombstone of Árpád Bedécs and Jolán Bodon in her native village (Balogvölgy)

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The lateral descendant of the poet Lajos Pósa, the tomb of Árpádné Bedécs Jolán Bodon in his native village (Balogvölgy) ; ; The poet and editor Lajos Pósa (1850-1914) from Nemesradnót was a scion of the noble Pósa family. The poet had no children of his own, and his kinship was ... Read More