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The grave of János Pettkó in Upper Driethoma

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

János Pettkó of Upper-Driethoma (11 November 1812 – 20 October 1890) was an imperial and royal mining councillor, geologist and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ; Son of Dániel Pettkó, landowner, county magistrate and Krisztina Hradszky. He completed his... Read More

The grave of Kálmán Thaly

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Kálmán Thaly was born on January 3, 1839, in Csép, Komárom County, into an impoverished noble family. He attended the Lutheran Lyceum in Bratislava and the Reformed Gymnasium in Pápa. His father, Lajos Thaly, was a lawyer graduated in Debrecen, who tried to provide his family wit... Read More

Tomb of Stephen Tamasko

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István Tamaskó (Bratislava, February 15, 1801 – Bratislava, January 26, 1881) was an orientalist, philologist, literary translator and Sanskritologist, and a teacher at the Lutheran Lyceum. ; Born to bourgeois parents, he studied at the Lutheran Lyceum in Bratislava. In 1822, he ... Read More

The grave of Paul is shaking.

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Pál Rázga (* December 10, 1798, Bazin – + June 18, 1849, Bratislava), Lutheran pastor, one of the martyrs of Bratislava in 1848. The martyr's grave was renovated in 2009 by the Petőfi Sándor Memorial Committee and the Pro Patria Homeland Knowledge Association with the support of ... Read More

The grave of Gustav Heckenast

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His father, Mihály Heckenast, was a pastor of the German Evangelicals of Košice. He completed his schooling in Prešov, but had to interrupt his studies due to the family's poor financial situation. He then engaged in the spice trade. In 1826, he went to Pest and found a job with ... Read More

Urban workers' houses (Ten-houses, Zehnhaus)

Building, structure

In the Health Care chapter of the volume Counties and Cities of Hungary, Bratislava County, Dr. Gábor Pávay Vajna writes: ; "As an important health improvement, we must also mention the workers' houses. The city has 10 workers' houses on Kárpát-utcza, which were built in 1900 in ... Read More

The grave of László Stromp

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László Stromp (Rozsnyó, February 27, 1860 – Bratislava, May 12, 1907) was a Lutheran theological teacher, pedagogical writer, and church writer. ; He studied in Rozsnyó and after completing his secondary school course, he enrolled in law at the University of Budapest in 1878, but... Read More

Tomb of Károly Kanka

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Károly Kanka (Modor, 17 Oct. 1817 – Bratislava, 1910) was a physician and ophthalmologist. He obtained his doctorate in medicine, surgery and obstetrics in Vienna in 1842, and later his ophthalmology degree. From 1842 to 1848, he was an assistant at the ophthalmology clinic of Pr... Read More

Julius Schmidt family tombstone

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Julius Schmidt (Gyula Schmidt) was a wine merchant who, in addition to his daily occupation, also took on social duties (member of the Medical and Natural Sciences Association of Poznan, 1904). Around the turn of the century, he was also a member of the city council and the leade... Read More

The resting place of Károly Grüneberg and his family

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The Károly Grüneberg Brush Factory in Bratislava is one of the oldest companies, existing since 1834. The factory was founded by Károly and József Grüneberg. The factory covers an area of 12,000 square meters, with 17 buildings. In 1904, the factory expanded its operations to inc... Read More