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The grave of the gypsy primate Flóris Berky

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Immediately to the right of the entrance, on a stumpy column, marked with snapped strings and a torn slat, we see the resting place of the former beloved and educated gypsy prima of the people of Rozsnyó, Berky Flóris, with the inscription Flóris and the memorial erected by the p... Read More

The tomb of Mrs. Kálmán Kandó

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Kálmán Kandó (the father of railway electrification) got engaged on September 11, 1898 in Rozsnyó, and on February 2, 1899 in Budapest, in Terézváros, he married Ilona Mária Petronella Posch (1880-1913), who was 11 years younger than him, the daughter of Gyula Posch (1851-1923) a... Read More

Grave of Andor Kreichel, a Hungarian army captain from 1848

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In addition to his medical work, Dr. Andor Kreichel also worked as a local representative of the MKE (Hungarian Carpathian Association). Read More

Women, grandchildren and the dog

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Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in Rožňany

Sacral small monument

The medieval row of shops located next to the City Tower and the Students' Church was expanded with a small chapel in the north in the second half of the 18th century. The half-open, vaulted chapel facing north, decorated with pilasters on both sides, housed the life-size Rococo ... Read More

The memorial wall and plaques of the renovated prisoner of war cemetery in Nagymegyer

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

On October 13, 2008, in Belgrade, the Prime Ministers of Serbia and Czechoslovakia signed an agreement on the mutual care of military graves. As a result, the restoration of the military cemetery began. As a result of the restoration work, a cross was placed parallel to the small... Read More

The grave of the Lutheran archdeacon Gyula Terray

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Gyula Terray (Vizesrét, Gömör county, November 16, 1844 – Rozsnyó, August 15, 1925) was an Evangelical archdeacon and pastor. ; In the issue of the Evangelical Family Newspaper published on July 16, 1911, we can read the following about Gyula Terray: ; "As we already mentioned in... Read More

The grave of Károly Stromp, a member of the National Guard of 1848/49

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Károly Stromp joined the National Guard at the age of 23. After the War of Independence, according to the address and residence register of Hungarian industrialists and merchants (1892), he worked as a tanner in Rozsná. He died in 1900 at the age of 76. Read More

The grave of the Lutheran bishop István Czékus

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

István Czékus was born on December 22, 1818 in Gömörpanyit, to noble but poor parents (his father was Márton Czékus, his mother was Erzsébet Bacsó) who tried to arouse and nourish the desire to learn in their son. To his father's indescribable joy, there was no shortage of this, ... Read More

Memorial plaque of graphic artist, writer and ethnographer Kálmán Tichy

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In August 2018, on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of his birth and 50th anniversary of his death, a series of events were held in Rožňava to commemorate Kálmán Tichy (1888-1968), a famous native of the city. He was a versatile personality, and although he was primarily kno... Read More