Memorial plaque of Lajos Klimits

Lajos Klimits (Somorja, August 23, 1884 – Bratislava, June 2, 1951) was a Hungarian poet. His poems with religious and national sentiments were linked to the traditional folk-national trend. ; Lajos Klimits was a lawyer, civil servant, and poet. He was born in Somorja on August 23, 1884. His father, Károly, was a shoemaker and bootmaker. After graduating from the commercial academy, he became a civil servant at the Bratislava city hall. He fought throughout World War I. He was wounded at Görz and Doberdó. He began his university studies at the Faculty of Law of the Elisabeth University in Bratislava, then continued in Pécs, where he was inaugurated as a doctor of law and political science in 1926. After returning from the war, he worked again at the Bratislava city hall until 1945. After the war, like many Hungarians, he was dismissed from his job under the Beneš Decrees, and he was ordered to leave his home 100 km from the city, along with his family, by a branch order. He survived this period in very difficult circumstances, with his wife and five children, without citizenship, income or support. From 1948 until his death, he worked at the tax office in Bratislava. ; Dr. Lajos Klimits is a well-known poet in Central Europe, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Austria, but especially a representative of Hungarian culture in Slovakia. His poems were published in well-known newspapers at the time, such as: Somorja és vidéke, Csallóköz, Prágai Magyar Hírlap, Palota Újpest, Pestvidéki Újság, Pesti Hírlap, Képes Hét, Irodalom és művező, Magyar Néplap, Presburger Zeitung, Katolikus gylüyő, Új sziv, Zalamegyei Újság, Neues Wiener Journal, Esti Újság, Felsőcsallóköz and also on Hungarian radio. ; His first poems were published before the First World War in the newspaper Csallóközi Lapok published in Dunaszerdahely in 1902. By the end of the twenties he was already a well-known and popular poet in Slovakia. He published in yearbooks and magazines. Lajos Klimits was a prominent figure in the literary, cultural and social life of the time. He was a member of the Kisfalud Society and the Gárdonyi Géza Society, and was the general secretary of the Petőfi Society until 1944. He participated in many literary evenings, readings, program evenings, and radio appearances. ; Volumes: ; Rohan az élet 1927, second edition in 1928 ; Kacagj Bajazzo! 1932 ; Hozsanna Néked! 1940 ; ; The memorial plaque can be found on the corner house number 17 at the intersection of Réz (former Grössling) and Fürdő streets. ; ; Technical data of the memorial plaque: ; - size of the memorial plaque: 440 mm x 340 mm, thickness 20 mm ; - material of the memorial plaque: VIZAG BLUE marble ; - text: made with engraving technique, silver font: Times New Roman, text and translations: PhDr. Eva Gálová ; - location: the facade of the building, between the entrance to the building and the entrance to the bookstore ; - the text of the memorial plaque is in two versions: in Slovak at the top of the plaque - in Hungarian at the bottom of the plaque.