Tornalja

Andras Fay

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* Kohanóc, 30 May 1786 – † Pest, 26 July 1864 / writer, lawyer, economist, politician ; ; Some sources mistakenly list Felsőkohány, formerly also known as Kohanócz, as his birthplace, which is located near Homonna. He spent his childhood in Gombá, Pest County, and on his maternal... Read More

Gyula Svehla

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* Ipolyberzence, December 19, 1888 – July 30, 1968 / chemist ; ; He obtained a teaching certificate from the University of Budapest in 1912. He fought on the fronts during the World War, obtained his doctorate in 1919, and was employed at the Clay and Fireclay Factory. In 1921, h... Read More

Ignaz Füredi, Führer

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* Ladmóc, 15 August 1837 – † Budapest, 16 January 1906 / teacher, linguistics ; writer ; ; Ref. attended both school and cheder, then studied at the yeshivas of Dunaszerdahely, Kismarton, Bratislava and Nikolsburg. In 1858 he graduated from a teacher training course in Pest. From... Read More

Alajos Mednyanszky

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* Prékopa, April 20, 1784 – † Galgóc, June 17, 1844 / Hungarian royal inner privy councilor, one of the reformers of the education system, geographical travelogue, ethnographic collector, honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; ; From 1797 he studied at the Theresia... Read More

Bela Grunwald

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* Szentantal, December 2, 1839 – † Courbevoie/Franciao., May 4, 1891 / politician, publicist, historian, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1888) ; ; His father was a farm officer of the Coburg princely family. He completed secondary school in Selmecbánya ... Read More

János Kósa, Creamer

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* Tornalja, August 19, 1914 – † New York, April 1973 / sociologist, historian, writer, university professor ; ; He graduated from the Piarist Gymnasium in Budapest, then studied history at the Pázmány Péter University and received his doctorate there in 1937. In 1937–1938 he was ... Read More

Joseph Varga

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* Tótpelsőc, October 27, 1903 – † Budapest, July 21, 1991 / mechanical engineer, university professor, writer on the history of science ; ; He graduated from the Újpest High School in 1921. He obtained his mechanical engineering diploma in 1925 at the József Nádor Technical Unive... Read More

Mother mourning her child statue

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The statue tombstone originally stood in the Reformed cemetery. It was made by Barnabás Sonkoly's brother, who was settled in Putnok. The new owner of the cemetery threw the statue into the garbage dump, which György Kiss had taken to the "outside" cemetery, to its current locati... Read More

Cemetery cross

Sacral small monument

The Grand Cross was awarded to the widowed István Hegyi in 1934. Read More

Hámos family tomb

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

They were a landowning family, one of the most prominent families in the town, alongside the Tornallyay family. They owned one of the town's castles (now a children's home). Read More