Balony

Statue of Saint Florian of Balony

Sacral small monument

A statue of Saint Florian, the patron saint of firefighters, is located in a niche on the outer wall of the Balony Fire Station. He is depicted in Roman military uniform pouring water from a vat on a burning house. Read More

Memorial plaque of doctor Zoltán Rényi

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Zoltán Rényi (1908-1986) - He was the doctor of Csilizköz and one of the defining personalities of Balony Village between 1953 and 1978. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the wall of the Balony Village Hall. Read More

Hanza cooperative building

Building, structure

In Balony, a building located next to Fő út was home to a shop of the Hanza cooperative between the two world wars. The cooperative was founded in 1925 and was one of the most successful enterprises of the Hungarian minority in Czechoslovakia between the two world wars. Today, th... Read More

The building of the Balony National School

Building, structure

A school was already operating in the village of Balony in 1830. The national school, which provided education in Hungarian, was opened in the building on Fő Street in 1949/50. Its sign from the 1950s can still be seen on the outside wall of the building. The school in the villag... Read More

Monument to the victims of World War II in Balony

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

After World War II, the political authorities did not allow the creation of a monument or memorial plaque in the region in memory of the soldiers of the Hungarian army who fell in World War II. A rare exception is the village of Balony, where a monument was erected on Fő Street, ... Read More

Balonyi cemetery large cross

Sacral small monument

The high cross was erected by Imre Olláry in 1932. In memory of parish priest Gábor Benkócs Read More

Crypt of the Petőcz and Sebő families

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The prominent burial place of the Balony cemetery is the crypt of the Színi and Sebő families. The members of the two families had a significant social role in the region and in 19th-century Hungarian political life. Read More

Béla Marczell on ethnographic collection

Other - other

The author's informants in Balony, 1981. From left: Béla Marczell, Endre Farkas, Jenő Vermes, Mrs. Jenő Vermes Read More

Imre Sebő's band

Other - other

After the Second World War, a village band was formed, led by Imre Sebő. This band no longer tried to play traditional music, but music they learned from the radio or records. They learned harmonization from a gypsy cimbalom player, but there were violinists (L. Németh) who learn... Read More

Reaper gang in the 1940s

Other - other

(Iván Nagy: Strengthening hearts, folk music monograph of Balony village, 1998, Gyurcsó István Foundation booklets 11.) Read More