Diósjenő is a village in
Nógrád county
Nógrád ( hu, Nógrád megye, ; sk, Novohradská župa) is a county ( hu, megye) of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia.
Description
Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia an ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
. It is surrounded by hills.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1282. Its name comes from ''Jenő'', the name of one of the seven tribes conquering present-day Hungary, while the word "diós" refers to walnut trees. The
Hussites
The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chalice People") were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation.
The Huss ...
built a castle in the village. After the Ottoman era, in 1720 30 houses stood in the village.
Tourist sights
* Roman Catholic church: built in the 15th century in Gothic style; rebuilt in 1788-89 in Baroque and Neoclassical style.
* Protestant church: built around 1850 in late Neoclassical style.
* Five bridges on the Jenő stream, built between 1914 and 1930 of stone, bricks and ferroconcrete.
Famous people
* István Szentgyörgyi, actor (1842–1931)
External links
Official site
Association site
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Populated places in Nógrád County
Neoclassical architecture in Hungary