Nagymegyer

The Nagymegyer Prisoner of War Cemetery

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The cemetery was established in the autumn of 1914 by the corps guarding the Nagymegyer POW camp and the Hungarian authorities of the time, after the city did not allow the burial of a large number of prisoners of war who had died of infectious diseases prevalent in the camp. The... Read More

The Jewish Cemetery of Nagymegyer

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The most significant monument of the former Jewish community in Nagymegyer today is the Nagymegyer Jewish Cemetery. The cemetery is located north of the city, next to the Nagymegyer Evangelical and former prisoner of war cemeteries, the so-called “Serbian cemetery”. A dirt road l... Read More

The Matthias tree in Nagymegyer

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At the end of Vadász Street in Nagymegyer stands an old oak tree. According to a historical legend still alive in the city, King Matthias tied his horse to this tree and had his tent pitched when he visited Nagymegyer to investigate the complaint of the Nagymegyer people. The Nag... Read More

Bust of painter József Janiga

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

József Janiga, known as the landscape painter of Csallóköz, was born in Párkány in 1946. In 1984, he moved with his family to Nagymegyer, where he became a teacher at the elementary school of art. In the meantime, a series of solo and group exhibitions mark each stage of his care... Read More

National flag of Nagymegyer

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The local authorities had already dealt with the issue of the national flag on December 2, 1938, which Tápiógyörgye.  A settlement in Pest county intended for Nagymegyer. This ultimately did not materialize, because at the turn of the year 1938/39, the board of the Kelenvölgyi Ca... Read More

Clean Source Settlement Memorial Plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In 2014, the "Clean Source Settlement" program was launched in cooperation with the Ethnographic Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, within the framework of which the Hungarian Academy of Arts awards the title... Read More

Tibor Ág's memorial room in Nagymegyer

Country house, craft house

In 2014, the "Clean Source Settlement" program was launched in cooperation with the Ethnographic Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, within the framework of which the Hungarian Academy of Arts awards the title... Read More

Historical Memorial Park - Headstone erected on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Csemads

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

It was erected by the Nagymegyer organization of the Csemadok on August 21, 2004. ; ; The memorial park located at the end of Szent István Street was gradually developed by the Nagymegyer Organization of the Csemadok between 1996 and 2010. There are five headstones in the memoria... Read More

Historical Memorial Park - Headstone erected for the 10th anniversary of the reorganization of the Nagymegyer Scout Movement

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The 23rd Arany János Arany János Scout Troop of Nagymegyer was erected on the 10th anniversary of the reorganization of the city's scout movement, on August 24, 2002. ; ; The memorial park located at the end of Szent István Street was gradually developed by the Nagymegyer Organiz... Read More

Historical Memorial Park - Headstone of the first written mention of the city

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

It was erected by the local organization of the Csemadok on August 22, 1998. ; ; The memorial park located at the end of Szent István Street was gradually developed by the Csemadok Nagymegyer Organization between 1996-2010. There are five headstones in the memorial park: ; - a he... Read More