Búcs - Értéktár

Saint Padre Pio Catholic Church

Building, structure

The modern Catholic church was built in the 2000s. Read More

The Reformed church in the center of the village was built in 1784 in the classicist style, its tower was completed in 1791. It was expanded and renovated in 1817 and 1911. Its special feature is the shape of the Greek cross on the ground plan, due to which the building is protec... Read More

Memorial plaque of geographer and preacher Mihály Katona

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Mihály Katona (Szatmárnémeti, 9 Oct. 1764 - Búcs, 12 May 1822) was a geographical writer and scholar. He studied in Debrecen and Germany. He first taught at the Reformed Lyceum in Komárom. From 1803 he worked as a reformed preacher in Búcs. He wrote several books on natural and g... Read More

Memorial plaque for families exiled in 1947-1948

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Grave of Mihály Katona, geographer and preacher

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

On April 17, 1923, in the old cemetery of Búcs, the parish priest of the ref. Church opened a hundred-year-old grave and searched for the remains of two human bodies in it. ; He found them. Of the two skulls, one had an unusually high forehead, and the other was remarkable becaus... Read More

Cemetery cross

Sacral small monument

The central cross of the Catholic part of the cemetery is made of pink marble and has a cast iron body. It was built in 1880 by József Ölveczky and Mária Börzék from the legacy of István Pertik. Read More

The statues of St. Stephen's Park

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Roman Catholic belfry was built in 1914. It is a slender, rectangular, brick-built structure with a wooden extension where the bell hangs. It reads: FUDIT HENRIKUS EBERHAD PESTINI 182. It is finished with a tent sheet metal roof. The belfry can be seen in the Szent István Par... Read More

Monument to the victims of World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The cemetery houses a monument to the victims of World War II, made of travertine in 1953. It is topped with a sculpture depicting an iron helmet, which is placed on a wreath. On the sides of the column, on the front pylon, 75 names are engraved on black marble slabs. Read More

Before school

Postcard

You broke the leg of our bridge.

Song

1. You broke the legs of our bridge, ; Madari hamsters, acacia tree trunks. ; ; 2. We'll have it made of elderberry, ; Madari hamsters, acacia tree trunks. ; ; 3. Elderberry is very smelly, ; Madari hamsters, acacia tree trunks. ; ; 4. We'll have it made of two beautiful girls, ;... Read More