Garamkálna, Kálna
Nagykálna Reformed Church
Building, structure
The church was built in 1888, but World War II, like many other buildings with a long history in the region, did not spare it. The retreating German army stopped the advancing Soviet troops at the Garam line for three months, a period that caused enormous destruction along the Lo...
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The tomb of Ignácz Alesper of Buda
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
In the tomb rest Franciska Buda and her brother, alesperes Buda Ignácz, the parish priest of the village for 44 years.
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Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Building, structure
Nagykálna is a large village located 9 km from Léva in the direction of Verebély. It lies on the right bank of the Garam River, and the first written document about the village dates back to 1209. According to contemporary records, it once belonged to the Garambenedek Abbey. Its ...
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The grave of parish priest Ferenc Epölyi
Cemeteries, tombstones, graves
Ferenc Epölyi (Eipl) (1854–1925) was a prolific parish priest from Nagykálna who remained in Czechoslovakia after 1920. Under the pseudonym "Tatai", his writings were regularly published in the illustrated children's magazine "Őrangyal", which was published twice a month: on the ...
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