Isaszeg is a town in
Pest county,
Budapest metropolitan area,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. It has a population of 10,979 (2007).
Sightseeing
On the top of the cemetery hill stands the old parochial church of the village. It was last rebuilt in gothic style. However, the foundations of the old
rotunda is visible north and south of the nave of the church. The recent church was built by the eastern extension (apsis) and by western extension (nave and choir) of the original rotunda. The church has western tower with rectangular lower part and octagonal upper part, as in many Hungarian old churches (for example:
Nagymaros
Nagymaros (german: Großmarosch, sk, Veľká Maruša) is a town in Pest county, Hungary.
Etymology
The name comes from ''Maroš'', the Slavic form of Marianus. Nagymaros—"Greater Maros" ( Hungarian). The first written mention is ''Morus'' (1 ...
,
Csurgó
) in Csurgó
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, Aracs,
Somogyvámos,
Szeged
Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...
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Dömötör tower,
Felsőörs)
Twin towns – sister cities
Isaszeg is
twinned with:
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Bojanów, Poland
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Cozmeni
Cozmeni ( hu, Csíkkozmás, Hungarian pronunciation:) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of two villages:
*Cozmeni / Csíkkozmás
*Lăzăre ...
, Romania
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Kechnec
Kechnec (german: Kechnetz; hu, Kenyhec) is a village in eastern Slovakia.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 180 metres and covers an area of 10.211 km². The municipality is part of the administrative units Košice-okolie Distric ...
, Slovakia
*
Sânmartin, Romania
*
Suza (Kneževi Vinogradi), Croatia
*
Trstená
Trstená ( hu, Trsztena or ''Árvanádasd''; pl, Trzciana; Middle German: ''B ngenstadt'') is a town in Tvrdošín District, Žilina Region, central Slovakia.
Location
Trstená is situated on the Orava River at the Orava (reservoir) in the ...
, Slovakia
Isaszeg also cooperates with
Mali Iđoš
Mali Iđoš ( sr-cyrl, Мали Иђош, ; hu, Kishegyes, ) is a village and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality comprises three local communities and has a population ...
, Serbia.
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Notable people
*György Lázár
György Lázár (; 15 September 1924 – 2 October 2014) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1975 to 1987. He retired from politics in 1988.
Early life
He was born into a labour family i ...
(1924–2014), Communist politician
References
* Genthon I. (1959): Magyarország műemlékei. (Architectural Heritage of Hungary). Budapest
* Gerevich Tibor: Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938.
* Gerő, L. (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest
* Gervers-Molnár, V. (1972): A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Rotunda in the Medieval Hungary). Akadémiai, Budapest
* Szőnyi O. (É.n.): Régi magyar templomok. Alte Ungarische Kirchen. Anciennes églises Hongroises. Hungarian Churches of Yore. A Műemlékek Országos Bizottsága. Mirályi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest.
* Henszlmann, I. (1876): ''Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése'', (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest
External links
* in Hungarian
Isaszeg Map
Aerial photography of Isaszeg
Populated places in Pest County
Romanesque architecture in Hungary
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