Gutor, Gútor

Gútor Roman Catholic Church

Building, structure

The village church is the purest Romanesque church in the Upper Csallóköz, built in the mid-13th century. The high tower of the western facade is covered with a pyramid-shaped stone helmet, divided into two or three levels with twin windows. On the south side is the carved Romane... Read More

The grave of Béla Bittera, a Hungarian army lieutenant in 1848/49

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Son of András Bittera, a commoner and Kata Dömös. Bél-Vatta, Pozsony m., 1825. Apr. 24., r. cat. Graduated from high school. Manor clerk in Cseklész. Unmarried. Wife 1858 - Franciska Földes from Guthori, died Gútor, 1907. ; In early June 1848 he became a volunteer at the 4th Home... Read More

Heroic monument (replica of the Bratislava Fortress)

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The heroic monument was erected in Gútor in 1929, and according to the previously known source, it was the work of Alajos Rigele. However, in the report published in August 1939 after the feedback, we can learn that the original statue, unworthy of Hungarians, was replaced with a... Read More

Statue of Saint Donatus in Gutor

Sacral small monument

There is a bit of "confusion" among the saints named Donat, but if we pay attention to their depictions and attributes, we can easily distinguish them. ; Although there are about two dozen (!) saints named Donat, we can only find public depictions of two of them in Hungary. If he... Read More

Oh, how high this prison roof is!

Song

1. Alas, but this prison roof is high; I am buried alive in it. ; Buried alive, I grieve, ; I will never be free from here. ; ; 2. The bottom of my room is like darkness, ; There is nothing in it but the cramped air. ; I can't look out of it at anything, ; Neither the clear nor t... Read More