Alexander Szelepcsényi

Alexander Szelepcsényi

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* Pozsonypüspöki, May 15, 1945 – / local historian, computer technician ; ; In March 1947, under adventurous circumstances, he left Czechoslovakia with his family by crossing the ice of the Danube and found a new home in Rajka. Later, he moved with his parents to Rákoskert and completed primary school there between 1951 and 1959. In 1959–1963, he studied at the Puskás Tivadar Telecommunications Technical School, and after graduating, he worked for 23 years at the Department of Electron Tubes and Semiconductors of the BME as a technician, then as the head of the semiconductor and vacuum technology laboratory. In 1984, he obtained a higher computer science degree. After 1990, he was a technical associate and then technical director of Systrend Számítástechnikai Kft. until his retirement in 2005. At that time, his interest turned towards local history. He did not lose contact with the Bishop of Pozsony and his relatives and acquaintances who remained here even after his forced departure. On his initiative, the “For the Preservation of the Hungarians of Pozsony” award was founded, which is awarded to people who work for the good of the settlement. ; ; His main works: ; The History of Rákoskert, 2005, ; The History of the Szelepcsényi Family 1598–2009, 2009, ; The Bishop of Pozsony, as it Lives in My Memories, 2010, ; Our Church, the Mother Church of St. Nicholas of Pozsony (also in Slovak), 2012, ; The Cemetery of the Bishop of Pozsony and Szúnyogdi, 2014.

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