Dunaszerdahely

The Yellow Castle

Building, structure

The second oldest building in Dunaszerdahely was built by Márton Padányi Biró, Bishop of Veszprém, for his cousin, István Padányi Biró. ; It was built in 1753/54 on the Pókatelké estate commissioned by the Bishop of Veszprém. Until 1805, the castle was known as the Biró manor hou... Read More

Bust of Ármin Vámbéry

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The bronze bust of the distinguished Orientalist was erected by the local Vámbéry Civic Association on Vámbéry Square in the city center. ; Ármin Vámbéry (Vamberger) was born on March 19, 1832 in Szentgyörgy, from where he moved to Dunaszerdahely as a small child. He himself decl... Read More

The district court

Building, structure

The construction of the current court building was ordered by the president of the Bratislava court based on the decree of the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary of February 22, 1906. ; The construction site opposite the former cemetery (approximately 400 square meters... Read More

City Hall

Building, structure

The former Pleyer-style, two-story building at number 93 on Széchenyi Street, built as a café and hotel, was purchased by the city government in 1901. ; From then on, the village hall (later city hall) has been the seat of the city government to this day. ; From 1902, the village... Read More

The former Catholic school and gymnasium

Building, structure

By 1932, the Catholic children of Dunaszerdahely had already started the school year in the new Catholic school built with public donations on the Cemetery Row. At the same time, education in the several hundred-year-old school next to the church was discontinued for health reaso... Read More

Mary holding the baby Jesus

Sacral small monument

The oldest public statue in Dunaszerdahely was erected in 1713 – in accordance with their mother’s last will – by the three Kondé brothers from Pókateleki: Ádám, György and Ferenc. The three Kondé brothers left a sum of money (as early as 1713) for the necessary restoration of th... Read More

Immaculata – the statue of the Immaculate Virgin

Sacral small monument

The sacred relic called Immaculata dates back to the late 1800s and is located not far from the entrance to the Saint George Church in Dunaszerdahely. ; The work depicts the sinless Immaculate Conception, that is, the praying Virgin Mary, the Lady Clothed with the Sun, with a cro... Read More

Memorial plaque for Mihály Marczell

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On the wall of the St. George Church, under the tower, a memorial plaque commemorates one of the most influential Catholic Hungarian educators of the 20th century, Mihály Marczell, who was born in Dunaszerdahely. Read More

Roadside picture booth in Tejed

Sacral small monument

In Tejed, at the intersection of Bősi Street and Fürdő Street, there is a roadside image booth, an image column, a small sacred monument, which was erected in 1927. There are small religious statues inside. ; In December 2020, the Pázmaneum Association renovated the image booth o... Read More

Votive cross in front of the Catholic school

Sacral small monument

Very little is known about this votive iron cross, whose corpus is also metal. Its original inscription, which was readable on the stone slab under the feet of the crucified Savior, was completely worn away decades ago. After 1945, the cross, like many other small sacred monument... Read More