Statue, monument, plaque

Statue of Sára Salkaházi in Košice

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Sára Salkaházi was born in 1899 in Košice, where she became a teacher and later a journalist. Two years before the outbreak of World War II, she moved permanently to Budapest. After the Trianon decision, she was unable to continue teaching in her hometown due to her refusal to ta... Read More

Honvéd Monument in Iglo

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Several battles of the Winter Campaign of 1849 took place in the historical Spiš region, in memory of which several monuments were erected by posterity. Of these, the Levoča and Igló national defense monuments were damaged and then destroyed (on March 16, 1919), and the Spišská S... Read More

The common grave of the fallen soldiers of February 1849

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Entering the public cemetery, turning right, next to the cemetery wall is the cemetery protected by a cast-iron fence, where a giant rock was placed on the graves of the fallen soldiers. The shield-like, cast-iron plaque was attached to the lower part of the stone block. ; Severa... Read More

Statue of Saint Michael in memory of Mihály Keszőcze

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Near the entrance to the church in the cemetery, on either side are statues of Saint Vendel and Saint Michael. Both are the work of sculptor Alajos Rigele, and they were erected in the same year - 1921. The statue of Saint Michael was made in memory of Mihály Keszőcze, and the st... Read More

Monument to the heroic dead of the two world wars

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The memorial to the victims of World War I was built with donations from the Vők volunteer fire department and the entire village. The memorial statue was made by the Somorja stonemason Ferenc Schwantner and was consecrated on May 21, 1934. On the pedestal stands a bust of a sold... Read More

Memorial plaque to the benefactors of the village

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The village elementary school was built in 1936 with donations from the farmers of Vők, who did not regret the sacrifice. The most generous were János Mikóczi and Illés Hideghéthy, who donated seven acres of land to the teacher. Out of gratitude, the people of Vők had a memorial ... Read More

Memorial plaque of David Baróti Szabó

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Szabó Dávid Baróti (Barót, April 10, 1739 – Virt, November 22, 1819) was a Hungarian poet and language reformer, Jesuit, later a secular priest and teacher. ; The Csemadok commemorated the poet and priest teacher Szabó Dávid Baróti with the György Bartusz memorial plaque. ; The B... Read More

Honvéd statue

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The statue was erected on September 9, 1906, next to the Michael Chapel, in memory of the red-capped soldiers of the 9th Košice Home Guard Battalion, who fought gloriously in the 1848-49 War of Independence. The work commemorated those heroes who set an example of patriotism and ... Read More

Monument to those who died heroically in World War I

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In the case of Rimaszombat, the former seat of Gömör County, the question of a monument to those who died a heroic death in the 1914-1918 World War became relevant after the return in 1938, and the intention was also expressed in the establishment of the Monument Committee. Jenő ... Read More

Millencentenary Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On June 23, 1996, at 10 a.m., a service began in the Reformed Church, at the end of which Gyula Rázsó, retired director of the Budapest Museum of Military History, gave a lecture on why our ancestors succeeded in conquering the country 1,100 years ago. After the service, the monu... Read More