It is located in the territory of the former Szomoróc. The bell is placed on a fork (“ágas”) carved from a single oak log above the tent roof. The walls of the rectangular building were made of beams. The skirted roof not only has a support function but also protects the bell tower. This kind…

The church was built in honor of the 2000-year Christian anniversary and the 1000-year-old Hungarian Christianity, and was designed by architect László Mangliár. Patron saint: St. Anna, St. Stephen. It is a single-nave church, with a gallery, a sanctuary, a sacristy, a confession room, and sanitary unit. The engraved windows depict 20th century “saints”: József…

Built in the 13th century, the church is the oldest building in the village. It served as a fortress in the Middle Ages, surrounded by a still existing moat built in the 16th century. For a time it belonged to the Calvinists, and from 1730 it became a Catholic church again. Its interior walls are…

Built on the remains of a Roman building in the 16th-17thcentury, the castle is a late Renaissance-Baroque manor house from 1614. Its present form was established in 1815. The arched gateway has a special architectural value. The ground floor rooms have with barrel vaulted ceilings. Its hallway exhibits the life of the last owner, Dr.…

A Roman Catholic church, formerly a Benedictine church. The church and the monastery were founded in 1214 by Márton Jáki Nagy, a rich nobleman. The church was completed in 1256 in Romanesque style with Gothic elements. In the 17th century, after a lightning damage, it was rebuilt by abbey Ferenc Folnay. In 1896-1904 it was…

One of the largest prison camps of the First World War in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was located here (1915-1918).  The “barrack town” of 40-50,000 Serbian, Italian, Russian and Romanian prisoners of war has since disappeared without a trace, and is replaced by a forest. The memory of the camp's prisoners is preserved in the former…

Sándor Weöres, the poet spent his childhood in this house. In the year of his death (1989), a memorial room was created in the building. Since 2006, all rooms have exhibitions. His wife, the poetess Any Károlyi's oeuvre is also presented, as well as the couple’s furniture, books, and manuscripts. In the park next to…

This country house with longitudinal layout and with a chimneyless kitchen was built in 1850 and serves as an open air museum house since 1970. The pantry and the stables were rebuilt in 1983. The walls of the house are made of pine beams, the roof is covered with rye straw. The façade has a…

The settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1322 as Rekythe. Along the road or settlement there was a fortress in the Middle Ages, as a 1431 record testifies. The castle was constantly strengthened as it was an important defense point. The castle was fortified again during the Batthyány era, especially in the first…

The Baroque Church of St. Ladislaus was built in 1742, commissioned by General László Ebergényi. The church was named after King Ladislaus I of Hungary, who was born in 1041. From 1077 he was the king of Hungary. The church is 34 meters long, 16 meters wide and 10 meters high. In 1894, the side…

Following Joseph II's edict of tolerance in 1781, the region’s first Lutheran parish was established in Puconci on August 4, 1783. The first church was much smaller and more modest than the present one, and it was built on December 8, 1784, on a plot donated by Count Miksa Batthyány. It was named after Alexander…

The Lutheran parish of Hodoš was established as the third in the row on November 1, 1783, after the edict of tolerance of 1781. The first church was built in the same year. As time passed, it began to decay, and the construction of a new church began, which was completed in 1823. The third…