Jeno Lazar

* Bratislava, February 3, 1903– † Budapest, December 21, 1964 / mechanical engineer, antiquarian, archaeologist ; ; His father, Ferenc Lázár, became the co-owner and manager of the Ság-hegyi Bazaltbánya Rt., founded in 1911 in Celldömölk, Vas County, and the family moved here from Bratislava. Jenő Lázár earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Vienna in 1927 and became an engineer, later chief engineer, and from 1935 its manager in his father's company. He began the systematic collection and processing of archaeological finds unearthed during mining operations. With conscious research work and the generous support of the miners, he saved several thousand finds for universal culture. The discovered and processed objects gave an authentic picture of a developed culture that existed for 2,500 years in the public museum he created in the former transformer house of the basalt mine. He provided precise documentation of the operation of the Ság-hegy foundry, after he also uncovered a large number of bronze tools and molds. He analyzed the composition and forms of the materials, and the possible circumstances of the transportation of the raw materials here. During the research of the Neolithic, Copper and Bronze Ages, as well as the Hallstatt-era layers, he systematized the finds not only from industry, but also from animal husbandry and agriculture, and shed light on numerous historical and social aspects. He drew attention to several common features of the Ság and Velem ancient settlements, which were later confirmed by the Velem excavations. He researched the area around Ság-hegy, but his attention also extended to the more distant regions of Kemenesalja. ; The excavated mound tombs and tumuli also provided rich material, proving that the spread of Hallstatt culture was much further east than previously believed. His conclusion from the reconstruction of the mound tombs, the connection with the funeral ceremony described in the Iliad, provides valuable information for historians of religion. His interest in religious history is shown by his popular work in the manuscript entitled The Religions of the Ancient East. In another significant publication, he proved that the image of the Italian two-faced gods was already found among the Hittites. In the summer of 1944, he was taken to a concentration camp, where his wife and daughter perished. After the nationalization of the mine (1948), he moved to Budapest and first became the head of the National Company of the Stone Mining Industry, and later the head of UVATERV. He obtained the title of Candidate of Technical Sciences and also taught at the Institute of Advanced Engineering. At the end of his career, he worked as the chief engineer of the Silicate Industry Company. ; ; His main works: ; Description of the bronze finds I and II. of Sághégy, 1941, ; Bronze art of the prehistoric settlement of Sághégy, 1943, ; On the Hallstatt-era tumulus graves in the Sághégy area, 1951, ; Hallstatt-era tumuli from the further surroundings of Ságh-hegy, 1955, ; Questions about the history of the early Iron Age in Hungary (In: Antik Tanulmányok), 1956, ; Die Gesetzmässigkeiten der Korngrössenverteilung maschinell zerkleinerter Materialhaufen (In: Acta Technika Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Tom. XVII. Fasciuli 3-4.), 1957, ; Hungarian folk "buchero" ceramics (In: Construction material), 1958.