Sajószentkirály, Szentkirály

Ardamica Zoran

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* Losonc, 1970. Nov. 4. / poet, translator, critic, editor ; ; He obtained a teaching certificate in the Hungarian-music department of the Pedagogical College of Nitra in 1993. Between 1994 and 2002, he was a teacher and then deputy director of the Hungarian elementary school in ... Read More

Elemer Balogh

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* Székesfehérvár, 6 Feb. 1866 – 16 Apr. 1938 / Reformed bishop, church historian; ; He completed his high school in Budapest, and his theological studies in the same place and in Edinburgh. For 3 years he was an assistant pastor at the Scottish Mission in Budapest, and during thi... Read More

Alexander Berko

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* Losonc, 1918. Feb. 13. – † Ukraine, 1943. ? / poet, publicist, translator ; ; He wrote poems as a student. His first writings were published in the local newspapers of Losonc (Indulás, Losonci Hírlap, Magyar Híradó). He was initiated as a poet by Korunk, where he sent his poems... Read More

Tibor Huszar

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* Réte, June 16, 1952 † Modor, September 11, 2013 / Hungarian photographer from Slovakia. ; ; He began to take up photography in 1964. From 1971 to 1974 he worked as a photojournalist for the Bratislava magazine Nő. Between 1976 and 1983 he studied at the Film and Television Depa... Read More

Paul Rázga

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* 10 December 1798, Bazin – † 18 June 1849, Bratislava / Lutheran pastor, one of the martyrs of Bratislava in 1848. ; ; He attended high school in Modor, then continued his studies in Bratislava and graduated in theology in Vienna. He did not get a job back home, so he went to Pl... Read More

Charles Kanka

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* 17 October 1817. Modor – † 1910. Bratislava, / physician, ophthalmologist ; ; Born in Modor. He completed his medical studies in Vienna, where from 1842 to 1848 he was an assistant to the then famous ophthalmologist and university professor of ophthalmology, Antal Rózsás, and a... Read More

Imre Janoky

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* Pográny-Egerpuszta, November 2, 1830, - †  Törökbecse, August 25, 1849 / Forty-eight lieutenant, martyr ; ; He was the brother of Viktor Jánoky, also forty-eight, and came from Egerpuszta, which belongs to Pográny. He served in the 4th Home Guard Battalion and later became a se... Read More

Ilona Szomolanyi

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* August 16, 1931, Pográny - † August 1, 2010, Pográny / Folk singer, folklore organizer ; ; The enthusiastic folk singer with an excellent voice was also the founder (1972) and leader of the local folklore group for almost four decades. In addition to folk songs and ballads, Aun... Read More

Palkovics (Palkovich) Janos

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* 1764 - † unknown / priest, local history writer ; ; No one has yet worked out his activities in detail, but the Palkovics of Slovak origin have given our history many worthy church figures in Vienna, Bratislava, Nagyszombat, Esztergom and elsewhere (Márton Palkovics, Gyögy I, G... Read More

Viktor Janoky

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* July 5, 1828, Pográny - †  1885, Pográny / Forty-eighth lieutenant, artillery commander ; ; Viktor Jánoky emerged from their castle in Egerpuszta, which once belonged to Pográny, and became a hero of the War of Independence. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and worked as an ar... Read More