Vága

Seal of the Great Municipality of Vága

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The family names of Vága in March 1982 (based on the records of the Municipal Office), in order of frequency: Forró, Zsigó, Szabó, Kamenár, Takács, Bakó, Józsa, Adamkó, Jalsovszky, Kozmér, Gyeváth, Horváth, Karácsony, Kiss, Czakó, Eliás, Kubica, Lukács, Majerník, Renács, Puskás, ... Read More

In the middle of the village Culture House

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Vága, August 1979 ; Standing from left to right: Darina Forró, Vilmos Bugyinszky, Erzsébet Simkó, Lajos Vedrődi, Ilona Forró. ; First row: Mária Józsa and Ildikó Lelovics. ; In the past, according to tradition, a harvest festival was held after the harvest was finished. On this d... Read More

Church procession from the old world

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Vága, in the first half of the 20th century; In the first half of the 20th century, the believers of the village held nine church processions. By the beginning of the 21st century, the Wheat Blessing Procession (April 25), the Days of the Cross (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday before ... Read More

The immortalized past

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Vága, 1940s; The house of the Hulák family is close to the Vág River, at the embankment (as they say in Vága: tőtísné), and today it is number 51. At one time, the Vág River also flowed at the end of the garden, the old riverbed has since been overgrown with acacia, and that part... Read More

The back of an old postcard from the Hungarian world

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Vága, at the end of March 1944; Vága municipality belonged to Hungary again between March 14, 1939 and January 20, 1945. Then it was annexed to Czechoslovakia, and the years of statelessness came... ; Community statistical data: ; In 1910, out of 2036 inhabitants of Vága, 2030 we... Read More

A Tale of the Flood of the Váh

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The floods of the Váh were part of life here. To prevent the flood from damaging the village, great efforts were in vain. The natural disasters were stronger than human capabilities at that time. Many new discoveries, many nationwide works were needed to complete the embankment a... Read More

The groom and the others

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Vága, early 1960s; Standing from left to right: Péter Mahely, László Farkas, Ernő Jalsovszky, Ferenc Recht, Gyula Farkas, György Kulcsár, Miklós Recht, Ernő Bakó, János Kertész, József Kertész. ; Sitting from left to right: István Sztoklasz, József Sztoklasz, László Karácsony (be... Read More

Amateur actors from 1984

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Vága, from the first half of the 1980s; Back row from left to right: László Dubnicska and András Józsa. ; Standing from left to right: Aladár Juhász, Anna Forró, Ferenc Zsigó, Péter Adamkó, Éva Szabó, Eleonóra Karácsony, Judit Károly, Tibor Éliás. ; In front of them from left to ... Read More

At the truncated Heroes' Monument

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Vága, early 1970s; In the photo: Miklós Recht, Jenő Hulák, Gyula Farkas, Jenő Forró, József Knézel, Ernő Knézel, Róbika Knézel, Magdika Knézel...; In 1992, the residents of the village of Vága declared the renovation and expansion of the monument with 811 signatures, with a plaqu... Read More

Church procession from ancient times

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Vága, 1940s; The Lord's Day is a major Catholic holiday in honor of the Eucharist, in full the Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord. It is celebrated two weeks after Pentecost Sunday, which concludes the Easter season. It is typically accompanied by a procession. A procession ... Read More