Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The Szentfundus – the “Szerdahely Castle” – the “old cemetery”

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In the former (Danube) Szerdahely, changing the early pagan customs, but certainly from the time of King Saint Ladislaus, the ancestors were buried around the church. The oldest Christian cemetery in the settlement was this cemetery surrounding the Church of Saint George. Documen... Read More

The former Újfalu cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In 1780, on the outskirts of Újfalu, which had grown together with it, in the Téglaház estate, on the Pálffy family estate (in the area of today's hotel and district office), a new cemetery was established for the closely connected settlements (Szerdahely, Újfalu, Pókatelek, etc.... Read More

The former Tejedi cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Bordered by Bősi Road and Állomás Street, at the “base” of the Bősi overpass, lies the old, centuries-old cemetery of the (Kis)Tejed district. From the visitations, we only learn that the cross was built of stone by the Tejedi community. According to descriptions, there were seve... Read More

The "old cemetery" of Sikabony

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

“The old cemetery lies along the Nagyabony highway. It is now so full of grave mounds that it is hardly possible to bury anyone in it,” writes the Sikabony chronicle in 1955. From the darkness of oblivion, the memory of this old cemetery emerges only from former visitations, from... Read More

Tomb of István Dobó

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The Roman Catholic Church of Dobóruszka, dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, was built by the Dobó family around 1500. The church took its current form in 1797, during the reconstruction at that time, and thus the building became two-nave. István Dobó, the captain of t... Read More

1848/49 Csilizpatas military grave

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

During the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848/49, 30 soldiers from the village of Csilizpatas fought in the Hungarian army. One of them was soldier Péter Simon, who was enlisted on September 7, 1848, at the age of 20. His grave, unfortunately, is neglected in th... Read More

The grave of János Moksó, dean of Nagyaobony and Hodos

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The grave of János Moksó, dean of Nagyabony and Hodos (1975–90), in the churchyard of Nagyabony. Read More

The grave of the church builder Csibák in the churchyard

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The graves of Ernő Csiba of Nagyabonyi (1784–1865), his wife Eugénia Tarnóczy (1808–1878), their son-in-law László Nagy (1821–1890) and their daughter, Ernesztina Csiba (1831–1918) in the cemetery of Nagyabonyi. ; The ancestor of the family, royal councilor Imre Csiba, had the Ho... Read More

Crypt of the Petőcz and Sebő families

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The prominent burial place of the Balony cemetery is the crypt of the Színi and Sebő families. The members of the two families had a significant social role in the region and in 19th-century Hungarian political life. Read More

World War I graves in the cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Several World War I graves can be found in the Nemeshodos cemetery, including the graves of Lajos Csiba and Gyula Kovács. Read More