Pográny

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Pográny springs and wells

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The location of Pográny is one of the lowest in the entire Zoboralja. A large amount of karst water, but also water from other, younger sediments, emerges to the surface here. The most famous, the so-called Nagypatak, which is also fed by warm water, is treated as a special value... Read More

Memories of quarrying

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Pográny is rich in mineral resources. In the past, there were several significant mining and quarrying activities on Mál Hill, and quarrying is still ongoing here today. Its Triassic and Jurassic limestone provided excellent building stone for decades. In the parts bordering Kolo... Read More

Pográny vineyards and cellar rows

Building, structure

The first mention of viticulture in Pográny was in 1075, when Géza I saw the Garamszentbenedek Abbey with estates (the same document also mentions the vineyards of Garamszőlős in Bars). This is the first known written mention of viticulture in the entire territory of Slovakia. Th... Read More

Ruins of the Benedictine branch monastery of Pográny

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We have very little information about the monastery of Pográny, which ceased to exist in the Middle Ages. It belonged to the Garamszentbenedek abbey and, according to the Monasteriologia Regni Hungariae, was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the Millennium County... Read More

Pogrányi pigeons – relics of the Kuruc era

Cultural heritage

From 1703 to 1708, the armies of Ferenc Rákóczi II ruled the castle of Nitra, after their expulsion the city fell into the hands of the Labanci. The Kurucs of Érsekújvár often raided it, and clashes were the order of the day. One of the best-known clashes here was the Battle of N... Read More

Benedek Pogrányi, the life of the Turkish beater

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The first known person to use the surname Pográny from the village of Pográny was Baroness Anna Pogrányi (1299), but some only indicate Balázs Pogrányi (1471) as the proven ancestor. The family, which gave many famous personalities to the Hungarians, later split into two branches... Read More

Processional Mass of the Heart of Jesus

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The origin of the local veneration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is obscure; before the official Pográny feast was recognized, the venerators of the Sacred Heart of Jesus organized significant celebrations here around 1910. The origin of the official celebration can be traced back... Read More

Pogrányi's forty-eighters

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The heroes of the Pográny War of Independence lived in the settlement of Egeri puszta or Nemesülés, which was still part of the village at that time. Today, the settlement is part of Kislapás. Originally, it belonged to the Pográny family, later to the Nyáryas (still in the 17th ... Read More