New Public Cemetery (Hungarian: ''Új köztemető'' or ''Rákoskeresztúri sírkert'') is the largest cemetery in
Budapest
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and one of the largest in Europe with an area of about 2.07 km² and 3 million burials since its opening in 1886. It is adjacent to the
Kozma Street Cemetery
The Kozma Street Cemetery is the biggest Jewish cemetery of Budapest, Hungary. It is located next to the New Public Cemetery (Újköztemető).
Jewish cemetery
The Jewish cemetery, one of the largest in Europe, is well known for its unusual ...
; the largest
Jewish cemetery in
Hungary
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. Its main building, which was constructed in 1903, has a 26-meter-high bell tower. In addition to its rich vegetation and wide avenues, the cemetery is famous for plot 301, where the martyrs of the 1956 revolution were buried. Today, an enormous modern monument by György Jovánovics marks their graves.
History and description
The New Cemetery opened on May 1, 1886. The first funeral took place on August 6, 1886 when Victoria Závoly; the widow of a laborer was buried. The cemetery was expanded five times and now covers around more than 2 km². To date, approximately 3 million people have been interred at the New Public Cemetery of Budapest.
Plot 301
Imre Nagy, the Prime Minister of Hungary and 260 others executed by the
Soviet
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s in 1958, were buried in an unmarked grave in the New Public Cemetery. Nagy was disinterred and given a state funeral in 1989.
Notable interments
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Imre Nagy (1896-1958),
Hungarian communist politician who was appointed
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions
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Pál Maléter
Pál Maléter (4 September 1917 – 16 June 1958) was the military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Maléter was born to Hungarian parents in Eperjes, a city in Sáros County, in the northern part of Historical Hungary, today Prešov ...
(1917-1958),
Hungarian general executed along with
Imre Nagy
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Gyula Aggházy (1850-1919),
Hungarian painter and
teacher
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''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
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Jenő Brandi (1913-1980),
Hungarian water polo
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player who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics and in the
1948 Summer Olympics
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Lajos Keresztes (1900-1978),
Hungarian wrestler
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and Olympic champion in
Greco-Roman wrestling
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István Kozma (1939-1970),
Hungarian wrestler
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, Olympic champion and world champion in
Greco-Roman wrestling
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Béla Goldoványi
Béla Goldoványi (20 December 1925 in Budapest – 16 November 1972 in Budapest) was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.
He competed for Hungary in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics he ...
(1925-1972),
Hungarian athlete
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Márton Bukovi
Márton Bukovi (10 December 1903 – 2 February 1985) was a Hungarian association football player and manager. After playing for Ferencvárosi TC, FC Sète and Hungary he became a coach, most notably with Građanski Zagreb, MTK Hungária, O ...
(1903-1985),
Hungarian association football player and manager
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Gábor Bódy
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(1946-1985),
Hungarian film director, screenwriter, theoretic
Gallery
File:Nagy Imre politikus sírja.jpg
File:Czeyda-Pommersheim Ferenc sírja.jpg
File:Új köztemető, 1848–49-es szabadságharcosok, Budapest.jpg
File:Szovjet katonai parcella.jpg
File:Román katonai parcella.jpg
File:Gromon Dezső sírja.jpg
See also
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Kozma Street Cemetery
The Kozma Street Cemetery is the biggest Jewish cemetery of Budapest, Hungary. It is located next to the New Public Cemetery (Újköztemető).
Jewish cemetery
The Jewish cemetery, one of the largest in Europe, is well known for its unusual ...
Source and references
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Cemeteries in Budapest
1886 establishments in Austria-Hungary