Nagymegyer (Izsap)

The Reformed Church of Izsap

Building, structure

According to historical sources, in the Izsap district, a church dedicated to Saint Clement stood in 1297. The church was used by the population that converted to the new religion at the beginning of the Reformation. The village was destroyed by the raiding Turkish troops at the ... Read More

The Izsap cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The cemetery was formed around the first stone church of the settlement, built in the 16th century. The church was burned down by the Turks, its traces can still be seen on the hill visible in the cemetery today. In 2013, there were 300 graves in the cemetery. In this cemetery, w... Read More

Monument to the Heroes of Izsap during World War I and II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In the Izsap cemetery, there is a grave cross on which the names of 5 Izsap heroes of World War I were inscribed: Imre Fekete, Antal Fekete, Dezső Nagy, János Takács and Jenő Csákány. In World War II, the settlement had three heroic dead: József Lakatos, István Szabó, Ferenc Szab... Read More

The grave of Gergely Bölcskey, a national guard in Izsap

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

In the village of Izsap, a 20-man National Guard was formed in 1848 from men of different ages and occupations from Izsap. One of the National Guards was the Levite teacher Gergely Bölcskey, who was born in 1808 and joined the National Guard at the age of 40. His grave can be fou... Read More

The headstone of the 1848/49 Izsap soldiers

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848/49, three men from the Izsap settlement: Corporal Ferencz Beke, Private János Kovács and Lieutenant József Rédly fought for the defense of the Hungarian homeland in the army of Lajos Kossuth. In their memory, the Izs... Read More

Memorial plaque in memory of the deported population of Izsap

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 1947-48, they also tried to remove the Hungarian population of the village of Izsap from their homeland. On January 15, 1947, some of them were served with the decision on deportation. On January 18, 1947, the people of Izsap, 102 people (adults, children), were transported to... Read More

Gyula Simon's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

Gyula Simon and his wife were teachers in the Izsap settlement between 1939 and 1945. After 1945, he courageously stood up for the rights of the Hungarians in Izsap, protesting against persecution, reslovakization and deportation to the Czech Republic. His punishment was that he ... Read More

Nagymegyer roadside cross

Sacral small monument

A wayside cross (lat. crux viator), a roadside cross: a stone, wooden cross (or tin, sheet metal cross) erected along the road at borders. Its role in daily practice is to help with orientation by indicating the end/beginning of geographical regions. This was probably the role... Read More

Izsapians at the Csemadok district conference

Other - other

Dezső Méry, president of the Izsap grassroots organization. Read More