Statue, monument, plaque

Memorial column to the heroes of World War II in Nagymegyer

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 1991, the Csemadok Nagymegyer Organization initiated the erection of a monument in memory of the heroes of Nagymegyer during World War II. A fundraiser was launched on the back of the initiative, as a result of which the original idea had to be modified. Instead of the monumen... Read More

Monument to the Heroes of World War I in Nagymegyeri

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During World War I, the city of Nagymegyer had 125 heroic martyrs. After the end of the war, the Czechoslovak state did not allow the city to erect a monument in their memory. Only twenty years after the end of the war, in the last year of the first Czechoslovak state, did this o... Read More

Monument to the Heroes of Nagymegyer in World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

After 1991, the family members of the heroes of World War II in Nagymegyer initiated the city to erect a monument to their former family members on Heroes' Square, similar to the monument erected in 1938 to the heroes of World War I. The civil initiative, which lasted several yea... Read More

Memorial plaque to the Jewish citizens of Nagymegyer

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During World War II, 418 citizens of Jewish origin from Nagymegyer died in concentration camps or in labor camps. Of these, 229 were adults and 189 were children. Of those deported, only 110 survived the horrors. In their memory, in 2004, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary o... Read More

Memorial plaque for the founding of the Csemads

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Csemadok Nagymegyer Foundation Association held its "first" founding meeting on June 5, 1949, in the building of the former Catholic Youth Center, which at the time was the city cinema, today's city library. Since the Association's statutes had not yet been approved at that t... Read More

Memorial plaque of Lieutenant Colonel Lajos Kazinczy

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From May 19, 1849, the Alsó-Csallóköz operations were directed from Nagymegyer by the son of Ferenc Kazinczy, Lieutenant Colonel Lajos Kazinczy. From there, on May 24, 1849, he sent his report to Görgei about the strength of the Austrian army fighting in the region and its operat... Read More

Bust of Ármin Vámbéry

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The bronze bust of the distinguished Orientalist was erected by the local Vámbéry Civic Association on Vámbéry Square in the city center. ; Ármin Vámbéry (Vamberger) was born on March 19, 1832 in Szentgyörgy, from where he moved to Dunaszerdahely as a small child. He himself decl... Read More

Memorial plaque for Mihály Marczell

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On the wall of the St. George Church, under the tower, a memorial plaque commemorates one of the most influential Catholic Hungarian educators of the 20th century, Mihály Marczell, who was born in Dunaszerdahely. Read More

Monument to the Heroes of Izsap during World War I and II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In the Izsap cemetery, there is a grave cross on which the names of 5 Izsap heroes of World War I were inscribed: Imre Fekete, Antal Fekete, Dezső Nagy, János Takács and Jenő Csákány. In World War II, the settlement had three heroic dead: József Lakatos, István Szabó, Ferenc Szab... Read More

The headstone of the 1848/49 Izsap soldiers

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848/49, three men from the Izsap settlement: Corporal Ferencz Beke, Private János Kovács and Lieutenant József Rédly fought for the defense of the Hungarian homeland in the army of Lajos Kossuth. In their memory, the Izs... Read More