Dunaszerdahely

Martyr's monument, military graves

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Martyr's Memorial (also known as the Memorial to the Victims of Fascism or the Memorial to the Martyrs), a sculpture group made of welded copper plates, created by the Komárom sculptor János Nagy, was inaugurated on May 7, 1971, following a competition announced by the Counci... Read More

Relief of János Esterházy

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The relief, created by György Munkácsy Award-winning sculptor Lipszewski, commemorating the former political leader of the Hungarian community in the Uplands, placed on the wall of the building next to the Dunaszerdahely city cultural center, was commissioned by the Pázmaneum Civ... Read More

Monument to the displaced Hungarians of the Upper Hungary

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The monument erected in honor of the Hungarians from (Czechoslovakia) who were deported in the years after World War II based on the Beneš decrees was inaugurated on April 20, 2013. The work, located in the city's leisure park, was commissioned by the Association for the Preserva... Read More

Memento

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During the Second World War, on June 15, 1944 – as a culmination of the Jewish laws previously enacted in the city – the ghetto that had been set up in the area of the former Fő Street synagogue, Bacsák Street and Csillag Street, with approximately 3,000 Jewish citizens crowded t... Read More

Monument to the 1848–49 War of Independence

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The almost five-meter-high 1848/49 monument, located in Vámbéry Square, a central location in the town, pays tribute to the events of the former civil revolution and war of independence – the city’s 1848/49 commemorations are held here every year. The work of sculptor György Lipc... Read More

Monument to the victims of dictatorships

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

With the memento erected next to the town hall, inaugurated on October 31, 2006, Dunaszerdahely commemorated the victims of dictatorships on the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The work was created by sculptor János Nagy. Read More

Saint Stephen's Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The statue, created by sculptor György Lipcsey, commemorating our founding king, Saint Stephen, and Hungarian unity and statehood, was inaugurated on August 20, 2004, in Szent István Square in Dunaszerdahely. Read More

Statue of a pelican feeding its chicks

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

It was erected by the Slovak Reformed Christian Church to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ, the 1000th anniversary of constitutional Hungarian Christianity, and the 325th anniversary of the liberation of the Galley Arab preachers. The statue was created b... Read More

Roma Holocaust Memorial

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Slovakia's second Roma Holocaust memorial was inaugurated in 2006, with a grand ceremony. The work, which is set up along the section of Fő Street towards Komárom, imitates a stone wall with a barred window and a crouching Roma figure within the walls. It was created at the initi... Read More

Trianon headstone

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The headstone monument symbolizing national unity, unveiled on November 1, 2008, erected next to the city playground, is a gift from the Trianon Museum in Várpalota. Read More