Drégelypalánk is a village in

Nógrád County Nógrád ( hu, Nógrád megye, ; sk, Novohradská župa) is a counties of Hungary, 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 bor ...

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. It was first recorded in 1274 and was created as a merger of two settlements named Drégely and Palánk. The

river Ipoly A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wat ...

flows past the Börzsöny hills here. The village features a primary school, a cultural centre, a library, a sports ground and a gallery.

History

Drégelypalánk has a medieval fortress that was erected by the

Hont-Pázmány Hont-Pázmány (Hunt-Poznan) was the name of a ''gens'' ("clan") in the Kingdom of Hungary. The ''Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum''mentions that the ancestors of the family, the brothers Hont (Hunt) and Pázmány (Pazman), originally from the Duchy o ...

dynasty in the 13th century. In 1552 the fortification were defended against the advancing Turkish Army. Drégely is recorded as the site of a church dedicated to St. Elizabeth. During the Turkish Rule, South Slavic settlers came to the area while German immigrants arrived in the 18th century. The centuries-old economic relations to the neighbouring countries were lost after

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Sights

Sights of Drégelypalánk include the late Baroque (1734)

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church with relics of Saint Elizabeth ( hu, Árpádházi Szent Erzsébet), the Baroque chapel of St. Vendel (1857) and the ruins of

Drégely Castle Drégely Castle ( hu, Drégely vára) is a 13th-century hilltop castle in Nógrád County, Hungary. It is in ruins, but being restored. Geography The ruin of Drégely Castle sits on a peak of the Börzsöny mountains in Hungary. The area is i ...

References

Drégelypalánk's website

Falling Rain Genomics

External links

Drégelypalánk's website

Szondi Tourist Center

Drégely Castle

Drégely Castle Foundation
Populated places in Nógrád County {{Nograd-geo-stub