Ipolybalog

The central cross of the new cemetery

Sacral small monument

The central cross of today's cemetery, with a decorated stem, brown iron body, and white artificial stone, is dedicated as follows: "Established / for the glory of God / by / György Molnár / and his wife / Lídia Petrovics" in 1905. According to the narrators, they had a "defectiv... Read More

Monument to the dead of the two world wars

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The cemetery houses a monument to the dead of the two world wars, a work by sculptor János Nagy entitled Entombment. The names of the fallen are inscribed on bronze plaques on both sides of the road leading to the monument. Read More

Ipolybalog belfry

Building, structure

It was built on a masonry foundation of natural stone in the 18th century, its skirt part is supported by eight columns, and the tower body is made up of five columns. The skirt part and the helmet are covered with shingles. Its tower helmet is pyramid-shaped, and its top decorat... Read More

Holy Trinity Chapel in Ipolybalog

Building, structure

The Holy Trinity Chapel stands on the edge of the village. Written sources about the construction of the very simple, rectangular, gabled, tiled-roofed building differ in the year of its construction. (If 1842 or 1871 is the real date, it is certainly closer to reality than some ... Read More

The old cemetery cross in Ipolybalog

Sacral small monument

I found the oldest information about crosses in Ipolybalog in the Historia Domus. For example, the parish priest recorded the following in 1849: “On July 22, three cross trees were blessed in Balog. 1. in the cemetery. 2. in front of Skerlecz’s house, 3. on the edge of Imre Balog... Read More

Crown, place of mass

Building, structure

It stands in the area behind the chapel and serves as a place for Masses. On the hill - between the crown and the chapel - there was an old, now abandoned cemetery, some of whose tombstones can still be found around the chapel today. Read More

Millencentennial Monument

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The richly decorated 2.5 m high headstone was consecrated in August 1996. Read More

Ksomószentek

Sacral small monument

A rare iconographically speaking, late Baroque sculpture group in the center of the village, carved from soft stone, with a colored surface. On the simple, square-based, columnar pedestal decorated with cornices, there are three full-figure, approximately half-life-size statues w... Read More

Roadside cross or Molnár cross

Sacral small monument

Máté Molnár erected a black marble cross in his garden in gratitude for his return from captivity. He had this inscribed on the cross: “NEVER / FORGET / THAT I DIED / FOR YOU! / BLESS ME, LORD, / BECAUSE YOU HELPED ME! / (MIK.67)”. Read More

Roadside cross or cross in front of the Csákys' house

Sacral small monument

There are also a few crucifixes in the village centre. The one in front of the Csákys was made of white artificial marble with a white iron body with a blue loincloth. It reads: "For the glory of God / it was erected / by Kálmán Skerlec /and his wife / Emera Gyurász /1914." Read More