Statue, monument, plaque

Sándor Márai Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Košice cannot be left without mentioning Sándor Márai, the author of Candles Burn to a Stub. He lived in Košice until he was eighteen, was born here and completed part of his studies here. He moved to Budapest when he went to university. ; Márai wrote about his beloved city: “The... Read More

Memorial to the victims of World War I

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The memorial to the victims of World War I was erected between the two world wars. The Nemesócsa memorial, inaugurated in 1928, is the work of Gyula Berecz. On the pedestal of the war memorial, a reclining lion can be seen, as a symbol of courage and strength. Read More

Memorial to the victims of World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In several settlements, the memory of the Jewish martyrs was immortalized by adding their names to newly erected or World War I monuments supplemented with the names of the victims of World War II. This solution was chosen, for example, in Nagytárkány in Bodrogköz, Csicsó in Csal... Read More

Statues of kings and princes

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The settlement commemorates Prince Attila, the great king of the European Huns, Prince Árpád, the conquering prince of the Hungarian tribal confederation, King Stephen, the creator of the Christian Hungarian state, and King Béla IV, the second founder of the country. Read More

Orbán Tower Bell

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The city's former largest bell, after the fire of 1556, was cast in 1557 under the leadership of master Ferenc Illenfeld from the bells of the St. Elisabeth Cathedral that had melted in the fire. According to legend, its sound was so beautiful because the souls of the monks who b... Read More

Memorial plaque to the victims of World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The memorial plaque is located on the wall of the cemetery's mortuary. Read More

Rákóczi memorial plaque on the north wall of the cathedral

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

It was already a sign of the coming changes that on April 29, 1936, the Košice city council, at the suggestion of the II. Ferenc Rákóczi Equestrian Statue Foundation Memorial Committee, agreed to place a memorial plaque on the northern wall of the cathedral in memory of the princ... Read More

Statue of Ferenc II Rákoczi

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 2006, Košice finally got a statue of Rákóczi! The Hungarian state donated the work of sculptor Sándor Györfi to the city on the occasion of the 330th anniversary of the birth of Ferenc II Rákóczi and the 100th anniversary of his reburial in the Košice Cathedral. The only full-... Read More

Headstone erected in memory of Mary Ürge

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In memory of the death of the teacher of the Hungarian school in the air in 1991, the headstone of the Transylvanian Szentegyháza people was placed in the school yard, next to the main entrance. ; ; Mária Ürge is a founding member and organizer of the Csalló Folk Art Ensemble, th... Read More

Memorial plaque to the Hungarian Jews transported to Auschwitz via Košice

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On May 21, 2014, at 4 p.m., a memorial plaque was unveiled at the Košice State Scientific Library (ÁTK) building, commemorating the Hungarians transported to Auschwitz through Košice. ; Originally, it would have been unveiled at the railway station building, but an agreement coul... Read More