Nagymegyer

Statue of King St. Stephen

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The statue was erected in Szent István Street on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the formation of the Hungarian state by the Csemadok Nagymegyer Organization. The creator of the statue was Ferenc Király, a Hungarian sculptor from Lendava (Muravidék, Slovenia). Its cerem... Read More

Historical Memorial Park - Headstone of the 1100th Anniversary of the Conquest

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In memory of the millecentenary, a gift from the Transylvanian Szentegyháza Children's Philharmonic to Nagymegyer, on August 15, 1996. ; ; The memorial park located at the end of Szent István Street was gradually developed by the Nagymegyer Organization of the Csemadok between 19... Read More

Nagymegyer Country House

Country house, craft house

The initiator of the development of the city country house was the Nagymegyer Organization of the Csemadok, after the high school students of Nagymegyer collected a significant number of ethnographic objects between 1978-80, and the then Municipal Local National Committee purchas... Read More

Statue of Béla Bartók

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The statue was erected in the town's main square in 1992, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Bárdos Lajos Mixed Choir. It was created by György Lipcsey, a sculptor from Dunaszerdahely. The initiator of the creation of the statue was the Nagymegye... Read More

Statue of King Árpád

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The city of Nagymegyer was named after the conquering Hungarian tribe, Megyer, whose leader was Prince Árpád. In memory of this, the Nagymegyer Organization of the Csemads and the Nagymegyer City Government had it erected on the occasion of the 740th anniversary of the first writ... Read More

Monument to Urban Privileges

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On December 15, 1466, King Matthias granted the settlements of Nagyszombat and Izsap market town privileges. This ensured the exercise of local government and pallos rights for the two settlements. In addition, they were allowed to hold three national fairs a year and paid taxes ... Read More

Memorial column to the heroes of World War II in Nagymegyer

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 1991, the Csemadok Nagymegyer Organization initiated the erection of a monument in memory of the heroes of Nagymegyer during World War II. A fundraiser was launched on the back of the initiative, as a result of which the original idea had to be modified. Instead of the monumen... Read More

Monument to the Heroes of World War I in Nagymegyeri

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During World War I, the city of Nagymegyer had 125 heroic martyrs. After the end of the war, the Czechoslovak state did not allow the city to erect a monument in their memory. Only twenty years after the end of the war, in the last year of the first Czechoslovak state, did this o... Read More

Monument to the Heroes of Nagymegyer in World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

After 1991, the family members of the heroes of World War II in Nagymegyer initiated the city to erect a monument to their former family members on Heroes' Square, similar to the monument erected in 1938 to the heroes of World War I. The civil initiative, which lasted several yea... Read More

Memorial plaque to the Jewish citizens of Nagymegyer

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During World War II, 418 citizens of Jewish origin from Nagymegyer died in concentration camps or in labor camps. Of these, 229 were adults and 189 were children. Of those deported, only 110 survived the horrors. In their memory, in 2004, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary o... Read More