The grave of teacher József Kneif

His life and family ; József Kneif, born on August 29, 1875 in Tabajd. (The date was written on the tombstone!) ; His wife: Janka Király, born on May 2, 1881, in the settlement of Börzsöny. ; József Kneif's educational qualifications: elementary school (Budapest, September 1, 1881 - June 16, 1886), middle school (Budapest, September 1, 1886 - June 28, 1890), Teacher Training School Budapest, September 1, 1890 - June 16, 1894 ; Children: Kneif Tibor, born December 8, 1909, Kneif Piroska, born May 10, 1911, Kneif József, born December 18, 1913. All three children chose their father's career, and both Tibor and Piroska taught at the school in Vága. ; The eldest, Kneif Tibor, studied to be a priest, but before being ordained as a priest, he fell in love with the teacher Ilona Pethő, whom he married. He entered the teaching profession and later became the director of the Catholic school in Vága. After losing their homeland, they had to move to Hungary, and found a new home in Esztergom. Tibor Kneif became the director of the Commercial Vocational School in Esztergom. His wife, Ilona Pethő, was a teacher at the Kossuth Lajos Elementary School in Esztergom. They sleep their eternal sleep in the Belváros Cemetery. One of their sons, Tibor Kneif, was also a professor at the Freinen Universität, Berlin, Germany. ; The middle child, Kneif Piroska and her husband, Pál Palkó, were also teachers, teaching at the Catholic school in Vága. When the empire changed, they too had to leave Vága. They settled across the border, in Dorog. Both became teachers in Hungary, at the Zrínyi Ilona Elementary School in Dorog. Pál Palkó was also the principal of the school there for a while. Their children also became teachers. ; The youngest child, Kneif József married Katalin Psenalz, and both taught in Hidaskürt. During the years of statelessness, they were forced to move from there to Sopronkövesd, Hungary, where they continued their teaching careers at the Sopronkövesd State Elementary School, where they lived until their deaths. They are buried in the Szent Mihály Cemetery in Sopron. They had two sons: József and Csaba, both of whom became architects. Csaba later emigrated to Switzerland. ; The sister of József Kneif's wife, Mária Király (Aunt Mici), was also a teacher, and she also taught at the Vága school. ; Activities in Vága ; In 1894, the village received a new teacher in the person of the 19-year-old József Kneif, who founded the volunteer firefighting organization in 1924, of which he became the commander. The organization's activities were not limited to a narrow, professional field, the firefighters began to perform a play under the leadership of their former teacher, in which Mária Király - Aunt Mici helped them. ; As a result of their work, the play "The Miracle of Lourdes" was presented in the winter of 1926, which began a process that lasted until the early 1990s, and which was only interrupted for 12 years by the Second World War and the difficult years that followed. ; The performance of the Miracle of Lourdes took place in one of the school's classrooms. It was a great success, the performance had to be repeated several times. ; Under his leadership, cultural groups were formed one after another in addition to the fire department, in the school. The choir, "SZEMKE" and "SZKIE" were established, the "Széchenyi Hungarian Cultural Association" led by Tibor Kneif and the "Slovak Catholic Youth Organization" led by Ferenc Presinszky. The two organizations competed with each other to stage new plays, and in the school the teachers, including Ilona Kneif, took care of the new players. Two or three performances were held for adults each year in the autumn and early summer, as well as during carnival. Every Christmas, a shepherd's play was presented at the school, and at the end of the school year, parents and schoolmates were greeted with a fairy tale play. Some of the great successes were: The Village's Evil, Gyimesi Wildflower, Kolduskisszony, Piros bugyelláris, A Csácsai Pusztán, Árva Bandi, Egy kis senki, Sári Bíró, A bor, A fehérvár hussarok and Sergeant Katóka. ; József Kneif also contributed greatly to the establishment of the Hungarian-language public library in 1925. On the proposal of member of the council Ferenc Józsa, the council decided to establish a Hungarian-language public library on April 30, 1925. The library was managed by a three-member library board. The secretary of the board and the librarian, József Kneif, was a cantor teacher. ; He became a man in the village who was only spoken of with respect. "He was strict, energetic." "He demanded everything." "He was a man of great character." - his elders remember him today, adding: "He was a good teacher."