Jánoshida is a village in
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the
Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
It covers an area of and has a population of 2,394 people (2015).
History
The earliest signs are from archaeologic finds of
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...
(1800-1700 BC). An Avarian flute was found from c. 6-7 AD. In 1186
Béla III of Hungary
Béla III ( hu, III. Béla, hr, Bela III, sk, Belo III; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a ...
donated the village to the premontre priests and they built a church. The romanesque style of the church resembles to those of bishop of
Vác
Vác (; german: Waitzen; sk, Vacov; yi, ווייצען) is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spelling of the name is ''Vácz''.
Location
Vác is located north of Budapest on the eastern bank o ...
, or archbishop of
Esztergom
Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Dan ...
. The patrocinium of the church was
John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
. The name of the village had been at that time ''Szentkereszt'' (The Holy Cross), and later has got the name of ''Jánoshida'' (The bridge of John). The church was the centre of the provostry. In 1536 the village and the church was destroyed in the Turkish wars. Only after 1688, the year of liberation from the Turkish occupation could the village and church have been rebuilt. In 1715 the village belonged to
Pest County. The church have been rebuilt in barock style. The church has got classicist style facade in 1830. In 1854 Jánoshida has been moved to
Heves County
Heves county ( hu, Heves megye, ) lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun ...
. Finally, in 1876 it was moved to
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok ( hu, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye, ) is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye'') in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zempl ...
.
Sightseeings
The church with details remained and preserved in romanesque style is the most attractive tourist sightseeing in Jánoshida. The southern doorway of the chapel is in romanesque style and the monastery can be also visited.
References
Further reading
* Gerevich Tibor: ''Magyarország románkori emlékei'', (Romanesque Heritage in Hungary.) Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1938.
* Gerő László (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. Budapest,
* Henszlmann Imre: ''Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése'', Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1876.
External links
Official sitein Hungarian
Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Jászság
Romanesque architecture in Hungary
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