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Monument to the victims of World War I and II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

"The monument commemorates the heroes of Hanva who fell in World War I and World War II." Read More

Tomb of Mihály Tompa

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Mihály Tompa was a poet, a Calvinist minister, and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was born in 1817 in nearby Rimaszombat, into an impoverished noble family. After a difficult, half-orphaned childhood, he attended the Pataki College with an iron will and in grea... Read More

Wooden statue of Mihály Tompa in Hanva

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

A wooden statue was erected in Hanva in memory of the priest-poet Mihály Tompa, on the 140th anniversary of the poet's death. This is the fourth public statue in Hanva, in the village where the poet ministered for years and where his ashes still rest. The statue was born from a l... Read More

Statue of Mihály Tompa in Hanva

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The statue was erected by volunteer firefighters in 1940. It was removed during World War II and only returned to its place in 1958. Read More

The grave of Dr. Imre Szarvassy

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Imre Szarvassy (1858-1942) was a meteorologist at the University of Budapest and a landlord in Karva. Read More

The grave of Mrs. Pálné Kuzmik

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Pál Kuzmik (Eperjes, 22 June 1864. – Bp., 19 Dec. 1925.): surgeon, university professor. From 1889 he worked at the surgical clinic of Bp.. In 1891 he was an assistant professor, in 1897 an assistant professor, in 1898 a private teacher of surgical surgery. In 1905 he was a profe... Read More

David Husz Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Dávid Husz (November 28, 1813, Poprad - January 21, 1889, Poprad); Poprad innkeeper, a prominent figure in local public life, who in the second half of the 19th century recognized that it was necessary to establish a tourist center in Poprad, from which the mountains could be rea... Read More

The grave of Jenő Maléter, a sergeant in the army from 1848-49.

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Maléter Jenő (Ernő) Maléter János, county court judge and son of Teréz Zmeskál. Levoča, 1826. Apr. 4., district. Apr. 9., evangelical, nobleman. Graduated from high school and law. ; 1845-1847. mining student at the Selmec Academy. Unmarried. (Wife 1850 - Okolicsányi Mária Terézi... Read More

Tomb of the fallen soldiers of Braniszko in Korotkón

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The small cemetery of the tiny village on the western side of the Branyiszkó Pass, sandwiched between the old national road and the modern expressway, contains a precious memory of a brilliant victory in Hungarian history. ; The forces of the Hungarian revolution, which culminate... Read More

Assumption of the Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church and Franciscan Monastery in Fülek, exterior

Building, structure

The original church dates back to 1513, but after the Turkish occupation of the city in 1554, it was converted into a mosque that same year, and it continued to serve this function even after the castle was recaptured in 1593. In 1682, forces led by Imre Thököly besieged and occu... Read More