Vágsellye

János Feketeházy Hungarian House

Building, structure

The Hungarian House in Vágsellyei has been serving cultural purposes since 2004. The house, built in 1928, was purchased, renovated and expanded by the Csemadok foundation with the financial support of the Rákóczi Association. The building's spacious hall is used for meetings and... Read More

Central cross

Sacral small monument

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The tomb of Zsigmond Szentiványi

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

"The Vágjobbparti flood relief association merged with the Lower Dudvágvölgy flood relief and inland water drainage association in 1897, when the government commission also ceased to exist, and currently continues its public service operations as an autonomous organization. - Its... Read More

Chapel of the Fekete and Feketeházy families

Cemeteries, headstones, tombs

The family chapel in Vágsellye, built by Domonkos Feketeházy and his father-in-law, József Feketeházy, is the resting place of János Feketeházy, an engineer, bridge designer, and a true master of iron structures, who died on October 31, 1927. At the time of his death, his three b... Read More

Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch in Vágsellye

Building, structure

The city's Roman Catholic Church of St. Margaret of Antioch was built in 1828 in the classicist style, on the site of an earlier church dating back to the 16th century at the latest. Its architect was György Schwarz. Read More

The grave of parish priest József Ürge

Cemeteries, tombstones, grave sites

He was born in Verebély, Bars County, on September 5, 1889. He was ordained a priest on May 16, 1915. He served as a reserve camp chaplain from 1916 to 1918. ; As chaplain of Vágsellye, he blessed the World War I and national flag monuments inaugurated on November 10, 1940. ; He ... Read More

Churchyard cross in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

The stone cross in the churchyard dates from 1724. Read More

Pázmány Castle in Vágsellye

Building, structure

In the Middle Ages, the Bohemian road (Via Bohemica) led here. Béla IV donated Vágsellyé and its surroundings to the Premontre monastery of Turóc. In 1522, the settlement received privileges from the provost of Turóc, Uriel Majthényi. In 1536, Ferdinand I raised it to the rank of... Read More

Holy Trinity statue in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

On July 4, 1886, during the litany, a ball of lightning struck the Catholic church in Vágsellye. In memory of the escape from the elemental blow, the survivors and the city erected a Holy Trinity Column, which was completed in 1895. ; In 1974, when the statue was damaged due to a... Read More

Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in Vágsellye

Sacral small monument

Saint John of Nepomuk is the patron saint of Bohemia, one of the heavenly protectors of the Society of Jesus, and at the same time a privileged figure of Central European and Hungarian Baroque piety and folk religiosity (1340–1383). Baroque statues of the martyr of the secret of ... Read More