Dunaszerdahely
Memorial plaque on the wall of the town hall
Statue, monument, memorial plaque
On October 10, 1944, the extreme right-wing Arrow Cross party came to power in Dunaszerdahely, who executed seven people. Their memory is preserved by the memorial plaque next to the entrance to the town hall. ; Previously, from 1954, this memorial plaque stood on an obelisk-like...
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Kisudvarnok Road Cemetery
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
In the late 1950s, in parallel with the drastic closure of the former cemetery in Dunaszerdahely, citing “urban planning reasons”, a new four-hectare cemetery was established on today’s Kisudvarnok Road. Several families from the former Újfalu cemetery, which operated between 178...
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The Jewish cemetery in Dunaszerdahely
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
The Orthodox Jewish cemetery, which has existed since the 1740s, is the oldest functioning cemetery in our city. Its establishment is essentially the same age as the appearance of Judaism in Szerdahely, since, together with the rights received from the Pálffys, the landlord also ...
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The grave of Bishop József Haskó
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
Two former recognized figures of public life, József Haskó (1828–1901) and József Vázsonyi (1847–1923), Catholic parish priests, rest next to each other in the Dunaszerdahely public cemetery. ; ; As one of the most active presidents of the Csallóköz Szerdahely Casino, Haskó was a...
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Zipszer Lake – Gloserpark
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was still a lake on the site of today's Szent István (formerly Május 1.) Square, with a row of thatched houses on its northern side and a cemetery at its corner. This lake was known as Zipszer Lake from the 1890s. Its name is linked to ...
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The Kondé–Biró tombstone
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
In the public cemetery on Kisudvarnoki Street in Dunaszerdahely, not far from the priest's graves, we find the oldest grave in the public cemetery in Dunaszerdahely, and one of the most important in the history of our city, in a neglected and undignified condition. ; The inscript...
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The grave of Bishop József Vázsonyi
Sacral small monument
Two former recognized figures of public life, József Haskó (1828–1901) and József Vázsonyi (1847–1923), Catholic parish priests, rest next to each other in the Dunaszerdahely public cemetery. ; ; Vázsonyi was also an outstanding personality of the city, so much so that he was awa...
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The grave of Bishop Ödön Janovits
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
The grave of the former parish priest of Dunaszerdahely is located not far from the other two priest graves in the public cemetery. ; As one of the presidents of the Dunaszerdahely Catholic Boys' Association, he also worked a lot in public life. Among other things, he was the arc...
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The Pirk family tomb
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
The grave of the old Pirk family from Szerdahely
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The Szentfundus – the “Szerdahely Castle” – the “old cemetery”
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
In the former (Danube) Szerdahely, changing the early pagan customs, but certainly from the time of King Saint Ladislaus, the ancestors were buried around the church. The oldest Christian cemetery in the settlement was this cemetery surrounding the Church of Saint George. Documen...
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