Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The grave of Gergely Bölcskey, a national guard in Izsap

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In the village of Izsap, a 20-man National Guard was formed in 1848 from men of different ages and occupations from Izsap. One of the National Guards was the Levite teacher Gergely Bölcskey, who was born in 1808 and joined the National Guard at the age of 40. His grave can be fou... Read More

Kisudvarnok Road Cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In the late 1950s, in parallel with the drastic closure of the former cemetery in Dunaszerdahely, citing “urban planning reasons”, a new four-hectare cemetery was established on today’s Kisudvarnok Road. Several families from the former Újfalu cemetery, which operated between 178... Read More

The Jewish cemetery in Dunaszerdahely

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The Orthodox Jewish cemetery, which has existed since the 1740s, is the oldest functioning cemetery in our city. Its establishment is essentially the same age as the appearance of Judaism in Szerdahely, since, together with the rights received from the Pálffys, the landlord also ... Read More

The grave of the poet István Gyurcsó

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

He died in Dunaszerdahely and is buried in Garamkövesd. In his honor, the Dunaszerdahely Regional Committee of the Csemads established the Gyurcsó István Public Culture Award in 1997 (for his activities in Hungarian public culture in Slovakia), and then the National Presidency of... Read More

The graves of the Zichy family in Divény

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The grave of Bishop József Haskó

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Two former recognized figures of public life, József Haskó (1828–1901) and József Vázsonyi (1847–1923), Catholic parish priests, rest next to each other in the Dunaszerdahely public cemetery. ; ; As one of the most active presidents of the Csallóköz Szerdahely Casino, Haskó was a... Read More

The Kondé–Biró tombstone

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In the public cemetery on Kisudvarnoki Street in Dunaszerdahely, not far from the priest's graves, we find the oldest grave in the public cemetery in Dunaszerdahely, and one of the most important in the history of our city, in a neglected and undignified condition. ; The inscript... Read More

The grave of Bishop Ödön Janovits

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The grave of the former parish priest of Dunaszerdahely is located not far from the other two priest graves in the public cemetery. ; As one of the presidents of the Dunaszerdahely Catholic Boys' Association, he also worked a lot in public life. Among other things, he was the arc... Read More

The Pirk family tomb

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The grave of the old Pirk family from Szerdahely Read More

Tomb of Rabbi Yehuda Asad (Azod Judah)

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Rabbi Asad invited him to be the chief rabbi of the Szerdahely community in 1852. His yeshiva here became one of the most famous and sought-after. He dealt with almost all of the rabbinical sciences and had a wide range of knowledge. ; He was surrounded by legends even during his... Read More