Szepesbéla (Nagyőr)

Horváth-Stansith Castle in Nagyőr

Building, structure

The village of Nagyőr, located by the Poprad River, was mentioned as a fortified place as early as 1256. One of the northernmost Árpád-era grassland castles stood here, as the name of the settlement suggests. The first owner of the village, the Warkotsch family, who settled here ... Read More

St. Anne's Church in Nagyőr

Building, structure

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Anne was built in the 15th century in the Gothic style. According to German sources, a fortress church serving the guards stood on this site as early as the 12th century. The church is a single-nave church without a tower. It faces east, presumabl... Read More

Nagyőr bell tower

Building, structure

This type (square, with a platband, white with sgraffito decoration) is very common in the Spiš region. The one in Nagyőr is the most beautiful after the one in Keszthely. Since the church does not have, nor did it have its own tower, it was probably built on the site of a wooden... Read More

The resting place of Istvánné Czóbel, Margit Mednyánszky

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

The daughter of Ede Mednyánszky and Mária Anna Szirmai, she is the sister of the painter László. She was born in Beczkó, spent her childhood here and in the Nagyőr castle. In her memoirs, she always writes with great love about this time spent with her beloved brother. ; When the... Read More

The resting place of István Czóbel

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

István Czóbel (Ottó, Albert, Imre) was born in Anarcs on September 18, 1847. He completed his studies in Bratislava and Zurich, studied law and economics, and graduated from the Academy of Economics in Magyaróvár in 1876. From the mid-1970s, he began to take on the difficult role... Read More

Resting place of Edéné Mednyánszky and Mária Anna Szirmay

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Szirmai and Szirmabessenyői Szirmay Mária Anna (1823-1883), her parents were Boldizsár Szirmay (1790-1856) from Szirmai and Szirmabessenyői and Mária Sturmann (1799–1831) from Ózd. ; In 1850 she married Baron Ede Mednyánszky (1823-1895) from Aranyosmedgyes. ; Born in Beczkó, Ede ... Read More