Vágújhely - Értéktár

The most interesting and notable Renaissance building in Vágújhely, the Nádasdy House, was built in the 14th century. It became the property of the Nádasdy family at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Palatine György Thurzó wrote the charter here on December 30, 1610, based... Read More

Ghillány Castle

Building, structure

The building of the Vágújhely city museum was once the castle of the Ghillányi family, built in 1740 by Baron János Ghillányi (1686-1752), general of Maria Theresa. It has been operating as a museum since 1953. Read More

Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Building, structure

The defining building of Vágújhely is the Gothic parish church of the Little Assumption, which stands on the hilltop and is surrounded by a protective wall. Only the lower part of the tower and the stone gate remain from the church's Romanesque predecessor. The provostship was fo... Read More

Statue of Saint Florian

Sacral small monument

Based on his connection with fire, Saint Florian is the patron saint of chimney sweeps, brewers (the former joking name for beer in Szeged was: floriánvíz), potters, blacksmiths, and bakers. The statue of Saint Florian in Vágújhely, made in 1762 and declared a monument in 1963, s... Read More

Marian column

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The Marian Column, declared a monument in 1963, is located in the historic center of the city. The column was started by Jakab Haskó, the provost of Vágújhely, in memory of the plague epidemic of 1694, but was completed by Miklós Lippay, the provost, due to his death. The baroque... Read More

Grave of Sándor Jeszenszky, a Hungarian army lieutenant from 1848

Cemeteries, tombstones, graves

Jeszenszky Sándor, son of István Jeszenszky, a public landowner, farmer and Teréz Pratser, younger brother of Zsigmond Jeszenszky (his grave is in Csejte), captain of the '48 Hungarian Army. Born in Galgóc in 1825. Baptized in Felsőzéllé on Oct. 16 (evangelical). His wife was Fra... Read More

Bumblebees

Tale

Note: Tót tale. The tale was told to the teacher B. M. of Vágújhely in December 1918 by an old woodcutter, saying that he had heard it from the master's boys when he was a child. ; Type number: MNK 2028B* Read More