Pozsony - Pozsonypüspöki

The funeral of composer Jenő Szíjjártó

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Jenő Szíjjártó was born on July 17, 1919 in Gölnicbánya. His musical talent manifested itself early, and the difficult years of his childhood and youth, as well as the historical and political lows that characterized Czechoslovakia at the time, did not deter him from dedicating h... Read More

Tombstone of László Dobos, writer

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Born in Királyhelmec on October 28, 1930. ; After graduating from the Királyhelmec elementary and civic school, he was a student of the Sárospatak teacher training college in 1945–1949. He taught in Királyhelmec in 1950–1951. From 1951 to 1955, he was a student at the Bratislava ... Read More

Grave of Árpád Ozsvald, poet

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

(Nemesoroszi, January 28, 1932 – Bratislava, June 15, 2003) He completed his schooling in his native village and in Csurgó, Somogy County. He began his poetic career in the early 1950s. In 1957, he earned a teaching certificate in Hungarian language and literature at the Pedagogi... Read More

Holy Trinity statue

Sacral small monument

The population of Bratislava was often decimated by epidemics. The plague devastated it several times, the last time in 1714-15. Its memory is preserved by the statue of the Holy Trinity erected from a vow in the center of the village. Read More

Bratislava Bishop's World War II Memorial

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

During the 4 years of the First World War, according to the marble plaque on the right side of the monument in the main square, 99 young men from Episkopi fell in battle. If we consider that the population of the entire village at that time was around two and a half thousand (the... Read More

St. Nicholas Parish Church

Building, structure

It was built in 1221, mostly from natural stone from the Bratislava mines and locally fired bricks. Its great past is confirmed by the charter of Pope Innocent IV from 1254, in which he granted the parish of the episcopal church of St. Nicholas to Gerhard of Parma. ; The building... Read More

Tomb of Papal Prelate Gyula Koller

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Mons. Gyula Koller, papal prelate, church writer, editor, was born on April 1, 1921 in Pozsony. He completed his high school studies in Pozsony, Komárom and Esztergom (1941). He then studied at the Theological College in Esztergom and then in Bratislava. He was ordained a priest ... Read More

Headstone commemorating the deportation

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The headstone was erected for the 60th anniversary of the deportation by the Bratislava Bishops' Foundation of the Csemads, and Katalin Szili, the then President of the Hungarian Parliament, also attended the unveiling of the headstone. It was made by a woodcarver from Vargyas, S... Read More

Tomb of József Kucsera

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

A soldier of 1848 lies buried in the Bishop's Cemetery. József Kucsera, of Polish origin, participated in the War of Independence and later settled in Püspöki. His grave is one of the central places for commemorations, held every year on March 15. Here, the residents of the distr... Read More

Gellert Reicher

Other - other

The organizing secretary of Szőttes, an employee of Csemadok. Read More