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18. August, 2020

Romanesque church in Csempeszkopács

It is one of the Hungarian masterpieces of Romanesque rural architecture. Both architectural mass and detailing of the one-nave church are evoking the elements of the Ják church on a smaller scale. On the northern wall of the ship there is István Dorfmeister's Trinity picture in a rococo frame. A wooden statue of St. Michael…
18. August, 2020

Roman Catholic church of St. Peter and Paul apostles from Szentpéterfa

The 14th-century church was expanded in the 15th century, by adding a nave and a sacristy. The nave has four sections, the sacristy has a polygonal closure, and is stellar-vaulted. On its south side there are two seat cubicles, on the north side there is a richly sectioned tabernacle. The he top-stones of the ribbed…
18. August, 2020

Kühár Memorial House in Felsőszölnök

The memorial house was named after the Slovenian priest János Kühár (1901-1987) , the parish priest of the village for fifty years (1936-1987). He was born in Gradišče. He went to high school in Kőszeg and Szombathely, studied theology in Szombathely, where he was ordained a priest in 1924. In 1938 he headed the reconstruction…
18. August, 2020

Lutheran church in Nemescsó

According to the decision of the Sopron National Assembly in 1681, Protestants were allowed to practice their religion, build churches and schools in two places in each county. These were the articular places: In Vas County: Nemescsó, Nemesdömölk. The German and Slovenian villages beyond the frontier zone also belonged to Nemescsó. The village had two…
18. August, 2020

Church in Felsőszölnök

The chapel of Felsőszölnök, named after St. John the Baptist is known from the 14th century (1377). We can read about the restoration of the church in the 1794 visitation report. In 1915 it consisted of a lower part and a taller part, surrounded by a wooden fence, its tower covered with shingles and the…
18. August, 2020

Catholic church in Nemeskolta

Kolta settlement’s ruined medieval church was demolished in 1633 and replaced by a new one. The new church is mentioned as early as in 1644. It may have been the same size as the present one, but it was located a few meters away. Following the Reformation, the church was used by the Lutherans. It…
18. August, 2020

The castle of Őrimagyarósd

Late medieval castle site. It is located on a hilltop on the western side of the village, behind the houses of Petőfi Street. On its eastern side lies a deep valley. It is the remnant of the medieval castle of the Darabos family in Nádasd, which was turned into a fortress against the Turks. The…
18. August, 2020

Roman Catholic Calvary chapel in Sitke

On the outskirts of the village of Sitke, on the Köves hillside surrounding the village, the chapel was built in 1871. Its builders were the owners of the village castle at that time, Sándor Felsőbüki Nagy and his wife, Teréz Weidgang. The chapel was consecrated on February 4, 1872. The small chapel is built in…
18. August, 2020

Calvary in Kenyeri

Countess Cziráky József and Borbála Barkóczy erected this Calvary on an artificial hill. When Count Cziráky married her she was not a noblewoman, and she made a promise of building the Calvary hoping for ennoblement in return. After being accepted in the Order of the Starry Cross, she built the Calvary in 1731. Sandstone was…
18. August, 2020

World War I memorial in Nagysimonyi

World War I memorial monuments were built under a 1917 law, at the time of Bethlen's Consolidation and according to the financial strength of the given settlement. In Nagysimonyi, the Civic Reading Circle and the Volunteer Fire Brigade raised the money in 1924 to build the monument. The consecration was held on July 4, 1926.…
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