Rakacaszend is a village in
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county,
Hungary
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. It is located in the hilly
Cserehát region. The village is famous for its medieval church.
History
The old name of the village was ''Szend'', occurring as "Zenth" in old charters, meaning saint. Its church was first mentioned in the 14th century. The landowner of the village was the Szendi family. The village was destroyed after the capture of
Buda
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in the Turkish wars in the 16th century. In the early years of the 17th century it was repopulated by the new landowners, the Lorántffy and the Rákóczi family.
Sights
The building of the church happened in two periods. In the 12th century the northern nave was built, which later was destroyed and the new building was built by the southern wall of the old church in the 13th century. Such double church can be found in ruin form at
Dörgicse
Dörgicse is a village in Veszprém (county), Veszprém county, Hungary.
It consists of three hamlets (Felsõdörgicse, Alsódörgicse and Kisdörgicse) built on separate hills 4.3 km (2.7 m) north of Lake Balaton. Dörgicse is famous f ...
, Balaton-highland. In the Rakacaszend church old murals were found from the 15th century. During Reformation the church was transformed to the needs of the Calvinist requests and a new tower was built in 1820. The ceiling cassettes were painted in 1657. The furniture is from the 17th century, the Moses-chair was carved in 1824.
References
*H. Szabó B. (1979): Árpád-kori emlékek Borsodban. (Árpád Age Heritage in Borsod County). Miskolc
* Gerő, L. (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest
* Gerevich T. (1938): Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest
* Dercsényi D. (1972): Románkori építészet Magyarországon. Corvina, Budapest
External links
Street map
A Vendégváró article of the churchRakacaszend in the Vendégváró homepage
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Romanesque architecture in Hungary
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