Kóvár

Haraszti Cross

Sacral small monument

The Haraszti Street cross stands in the northern part of the village. István Cseri erected a crucifix there in the late 1800s. In its old place stands today's three-lobed brown wooden cross with a white iron body. Christ turns his head towards the sky, his body is covered with a ... Read More

Brick chapel along the Haraszti road

Sacral small monument

In the northern part of the village, along the main road leading to Haraszti (on the right and left sides), there are two chapels. The one on the right was built by Miklós Cseri in the early 1900s. The brick structure is similar in design to the image column in the churchyard. To... Read More

Central cemetery cross

Sacral small monument

The Central Cemetery Cross was originally made of wood. The current one was erected in the early sixties of the 20th century. It is made of gray artificial stone with straight stem ends, with a white iron body under the INRI inscription. The brown crowns of thorns are turned to t... Read More

Gresina Cross

Sacral small monument

It stood in the garden of a family house in the southern part of the old village, from where the owners took it away. Today it is located in the cemetery, in a small garden formed from old tombstones. ; The cross with the INRI inscription, made of gray artificial stone with a rou... Read More

Ferenc Kubinyi's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The memorial plaque was erected by the Palóc Society in 1996 in honor of Ferenc Kubinyi, the later well-known historian, writer and linguist, who was born in Kóvár in 1836. Read More

Belfry

Building, structure

Near the part of the village that extends towards Ipoly, next to the main road, stands the tower-like, stone belfry. This is a similar classicist building to the one in Ipolyszécsényké. The entrance door is on the lower level, and a semicircular window on the upper level. Rectang... Read More

The grave of Ferenc Kubinyi

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The Lutheran cemetery was the burial place of the prominent native of the village at the beginning of the 20th century, the historian Ference Kubinyi. His tombstone was recently repaired by the municipality of the village. On the black marble tombstone, under the carved cross, th... Read More

Holy Trinity Statue

Sacral small monument

The Holy Trinity statue, placed on a tall column along the main road leading to Tótgyarmat, is a folk stone sculpture from the late 19th century. On the ornate capital of the column, you can see the sandstone statue of Jesus and God the Father. Between them is a dove representing... Read More

Statue of Saint Wendel

Sacral small monument

Not far from the Holy Trinity statue, also in the garden of one of the houses, we see the statue of Saint Vendel. The statue, made of sandstone, stands on a higher pedestal and is decorated with a zinc cover. According to the difficult-to-read dedication, the monument to the patr... Read More

Kóvár Lutheran Cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Kóvár once had a significant Lutheran population. In the Lutheran cemetery opposite the church, you can still see some beautiful gravestones of noblemen from the time. In 1846, the child of one of the village’s landowners, the Horváthy family, who died young, was buried here. The... Read More