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The resting place of Chief Justice Jordán Görgey

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

GÖRGEY Jordán Félix György Görgey Konstantin (1818. 1. 23. - 1860. 3. 4.) and Anna Szinyey Merse (1825. 11. 9. - 1885. 7. 12.) was born in Görgön on 22. 4. 1852. ; From 1869 to 72 he studied law in Košice, then he was a student at the Academy of Economics in Magyaróvár. Later he ... Read More

The resting place of World War I heroes Konstantin Görgey, Aristid and Béla

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The three sons of Jordán Görgey and Hedvig Pongrácz (Konstantin, Arisztid and Béla) volunteered to be soldiers in the autumn of 1914 when the World War broke out, and all three were decorated several times. Among them, Arisztid fell on September 20, 1916, after being shot in the ... Read More

Evangelical Church of Spišská Václava

Building, structure

The doctrines of the Reformation were adopted in Szepesváralja in the first half of the 16th century, in 1548. The inhabitants of the town, together with their pastor, Jakab Blásy, converted to the moderate trend of the Lutheran faith, the new faith according to the Augustinian c... Read More

Next to it is the Lutheran church.

Building, structure

The Lutheran church was built in 1790 without a tower. It is a single-nave building with a wooden bell tower located outside the building. The church is also characterized by a flat beamed ceiling and a gabled hall structure. Read More

Assumption of the Virgin Mary Catholic Church

Building, structure

The Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is an Árpád-era church. It was a place of worship, built in 1873 in the historicizing style. It is a single-nave building with a square floor plan. The main altar, together with the pulpit, dates from the first half of the ... Read More

Betléri Lutheran Church

Building, structure

The church was built in 1786, following the decree of tolerance of Joseph II, in compliance with the regulations of the time, without a tower and bells. In 1826, it was expanded with a tower built in the classicist style. With the addition of the tower, the church received a new ... Read More

Church of St. Elizabeth the Widow

Building, structure

The church, built in the 14th century in Gothic style, is the oldest building in the village. ; The pointed arched vault and rectangular plan of the sanctuary and sacristy indicate the Gothic origin of the church. The tower was built to the church in the 17th century. The nave of... Read More

Parish Church of Saint Simon and Saint Jude Thaddeus, Apostles of Grógő

Building, structure

The early Gothic Roman Catholic church of St. Simon and Jude (their feast day is October 28) in Görgő was built in the mid-13th century and rebuilt in the early 15th century. It was built as the patron church of the Görgey family. Its tower was renovated in the Renaissance style ... Read More

The resting place of Frigyes Rösch, a high school teacher and Sopron fire chief.

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Frigyes Rösch, Sopron fire chief, high school teacher, honorary citizen of Sopron, was born on January 8, 1832 in Reutlingen (Germany). ; He completed his secondary school education in his hometown and his university education in Stuttgart. As a young man, he taught as a high sch... Read More

The resting place of Ede Zsedényi

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Ede Zsedényi Lőcsei (born Ede Pfannschmidt, Lőcsei, March 21, 1804 – Budapest, February 20, 1879) was a politician, parliamentary envoy, then a member of parliament, and an Evangelical church district supervisor. ; He was born into a Cipszer family, one of his ancestors having mo... Read More