Alsóbodok

Tertiary prehistoric animal site

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There are several geological layers in the Alsóbodok area, almost all of which were formed from water sediments. In the strip stretching towards Ragyos szőlőhegy, the Pliocene layers of the Tertiary deposited thick layers of sand and sandbanks between clay and marl. The main orig... Read More

Esterházy János Pilgrimage Center

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Martyr politician Count János Esterházy was born on March 14, 1901 in Nitraújlak. Before and during World War II, he played a role in Hungarian politics in the Uplands, and later became a party leader. He was the only representative who did not vote for the deportation of Jews. A... Read More

Zoboralji Private Vocational High School for Entrepreneurs

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The last Hungarian-language secondary education institution in Nyitra and its surroundings was the Hungarian section of the Nyitra gymnasium. However, it closed its doors in the 1980s and continued to teach only in Slovak. For about three decades, it was not possible to take the ... Read More

Zoboralja Museum

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The Zoboralja Museum in Alsóbodok is the only facility of its kind in the region. It presents selected pieces from the private collection of Sándor Fehér and Ivett Fehér Pindes in two large rooms in the building of the only Hungarian secondary school in Zoboralja. It focuses on t... Read More

Coat of arms of the village of Alsóbodok

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The symbols of the village represent identity and adherence to traditional values. The oldest known dry seal impression with a coat of arms from Alsóbodok, pressed into wax, dates from the late 18th century, and was preserved on the documents of the Maria Theresa-style land tenur... Read More

Bodok St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

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There are several Árpád-era churches in the vicinity of Nyitra, most of them dating from the 12th century (Nyitragerencsér, Pográny, Család, Kolon, Gímes, Menyhe, Zobordarázs, etc.). The church in Alsóbodok was also built in the second half of this century. The original nave of t... Read More

Monument to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence

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Even after the world wars, there were political upheavals, or at least attempts at change, which unfortunately did not always bring the expected progress. These events also required human sacrifices. The most striking attempt to break out against the communist regime was in Czech... Read More

Landmarks of celebrities and significant events in the memorial park

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The southern section of the Paulisz Ranch was included in the territory of the Esterházy János Pilgrimage Center, but there are also some more significant monuments in the northern parts. The central element of the memorial park is an arboretum, which projects a miniature map of ... Read More

Memory of the disappeared settlement of Kernye

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The oral memory of the disappeared medieval settlement of Kernye still lives in the village. Its first written record dates back to 1248. Miklós, son of Zochud, from the Ludány clan, received the land of the Nitra castle called Kernye from Béla IV for his heroism in the battles a... Read More

Turkish consciousness

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The strengthening of the Hungarian borders was typical in the peripheral regions of the Carpathian Basin, which was carried out not only by the Hungarians but also by the Turkish accompanying peoples of the conquerors. Thus, we find traces of the Székely not only in the east or s... Read More