Somorja

The Somorja Municipal House of Local History

Building, structure

At the initiative of the Somorja Foundation of the Csemadok, primarily Lajos Presinszky, the House of Local Knowledge was opened in 1976 as a branch of the Csallóközi Museum. ; In the House of Local Knowledge, visitors can see Somorja's medieval chartered relics, documents illust... Read More

Sculpture Park in Somorja

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In the early 1990s, a few young music lovers from Somorja had the idea of a place in the city where they could gather and remember the greats of music by lighting candles. They started looking for a suitable place, and enthusiastically approached the city leaders, who at first fo... Read More

Assumption of the Virgin Mary Catholic Church

Building, structure

The church and monastery were built according to the plans of J. G. Altenburger, according to the surviving documents, between 1722 and 1778. The church and monastery built by the Paulaners are an outstanding work of late Baroque architecture. ; The church building has a single n... Read More

Memorial plaque in memory of those who were deported

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

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Coronation Column of the Virgin Mary

Sacral small monument

In the square in front of the Catholic parish church in Róka, there is the Holy Trinity, combined with the coronation of Mary, standing on top of a square column that tapers upwards from a square pedestal. At the four corners of the square pedestal are statues of saints: Saint Jo... Read More

Statue of King St. Stephen

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The life-size statue of our King St. Stephen was erected by the Immortal Civic Association in front of the VMK building in Somorja in 2000. Since its inauguration, a wreath-laying ceremony has been held every year on August 20 in front of the monument to commemorate the founding ... Read More

Tomb of Peter Limpar

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

He is the president of the Somorja organization of the Csemads. Read More

Memorial plaque of Count János Esterházy

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Voice of Somorja – Vox Samariae civic association organized the ceremonial unveiling and consecration of the memorial plaque of Count János Esterházy during a mass on June 25, 2014, in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Somorja. ; ; It was not by chance that June ... Read More

The cemetery of the Italian prisoner of war camp in Somorja

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The prisoners of war who died in the Somorja prisoner of war camp were buried in the prisoner of war cemetery established on 706 square meters of free land seized from the Somorja public cemetery as a military service, based on Act LXVIII of 1912. ; The first deceased in the pris... Read More

The grave of Lajos Presinszky

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Lajos Presinszky (Nagycétény, December 10, 1939 – April 3, 2010) was a writer, local historian, teacher, head of the Somorjai Honismereti Ház, and one of the founders of the Somorjai Bibliotheca Hungarica. ; ; He completed primary school in his native village and secondary school... Read More