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Tomb of Palatine Imre Szapolyai

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Imre Szapolyai (? – September 12, 1487) was a nobleman, palatine, Croatian-Slavonic ban, brother of István Szapolyai, and the first significant member of the Szapolyai family. His father was called László Vajdafi, who may have received his distinctive name after one of his ancest... Read More

Tomb of Palatine István Szapolyai

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

István Szapolyai, (? – Pápa 23 December 1499) lord, palatine. Brother of Imre Szapolyai, father of King John I (Szapolyai). Governor of Silesia from 1474-81, hereditary lord of Szepes County from 1487 (Count of Szepes), governor of the Austrian provinces occupied by King Matthias... Read More

Holocaust Memorial in Rožňany

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The fact that a worthy memorial was inaugurated in Rožňany in 2005 was largely due to the efforts of two survivors – Tibor Ehrenfeld, who still lives in Rožňany, and Sándor Strausz, who left the city in 1968, and local historian László Kardos. The following lines can be read on t... Read More

Fülek Castle

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Grave of Mátyás Nehrer, National Guard No. 48

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

On a hill in the left rear part of the cemetery, there is a double grave protected by a cast-iron fence. Outside the fence, there is a tall tree on each side. In the grave on the right lies the 48th National Guard, Mátyás Nehrer. The top of the stone obelisk is decorated with par... Read More

The grave of Mayor Gyula Kaynár

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Gyula Kaynár, lawyer, was born in Levoca on April 10, 1848, and died in Levoca on August 3, 1920. He was a member of the Levoca branch of the Hungarian Carpathian Association (1897-1913) and its president (-1903-1918-). He probably served as mayor of the city before the change of... Read More

The tomb of Gusztáv Scholtz, the Hungarian royal technical advisor

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Carl-Gusztáv Merényi Scholtz (1836–1919) was a Hungarian royal technical advisor (son of András Scholtz, owner of the Merényi mine and ironworks, and Anna Ludovika Páter). On October 6, 1905, he was ennobled by Emperor Franz Joseph using the first name Merényi. ; Crest: a split s... Read More

Threshing in Nagyudvarnok

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Tibor Ág collects folk music

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In Muzslan, in 1952. Read More

Béla Marczell on ethnographic collection

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The author's informants in Balony, 1981. From left: Béla Marczell, Endre Farkas, Jenő Vermes, Mrs. Jenő Vermes Read More