Rétság is a small

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Nógrád Nógrád ( sk, Novohrad; german: Neuburg) is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, ...

county, in

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Location

Rétság is located north of

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on the E77 European main road, halfway between

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 ...

and Balassagyarmat. The town is seated at the border of

Cserhát Cserhát () is a mountain range in Hungary, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest and Nógrád counties. Its highest point is the Naszály with an elevation of 654 metres above sea level. Cserhát stretches from Cserhá ...

and

Börzsöny Börzsöny (; sk, Novohradské hory, New City Mountains) is a mountain range in Northern Hungary. Its tallest peak is the Csóványos with . It is the westernmost member of the North Hungarian Mountains, which belongs to the Inner Western Car ...

hills. Its location determines the function of the town.

History

The settlement was property of the Losonczy family in 1393, its name was Réthy Saag. The Ottoman conquest started in the middle of the 16th century (when castle Nógrád was captured by the Ottoman army) and lasted till the middle of the 17th century. During the Ottoman conquest Rétság became near totally desolated.
Big landowners was in Rétság: Mehmed Daud 1562-1563, Ottoman from liva of Hussein pasha 1566-1567, Bosna Hassan 1583-1584, Gábor Lónyai 1656, Paul Sréter and his family 1770, widow count Mrs. Béla Benyovszky, Sándor Rosenbach, Frigyes Herzfeld in 1910. The St. Andrew Roman Catholic church was built in 1726. The railway connection and the railway station was built in 1908. Presidential Council of Hungarian People’s Republic pronounced Rétság to be town in 1989. Pusztaszántó belongs to Rétság was first mentioned in 1299 and was independent village in 1460. It was desolated during the Ottoman conquest, after it was settled again and the population was larger than in Rétság in the 19th century. Now it has only few inhabitants, but the industrial park of the town is here.

Sights

St. Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

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church built in 1726. #Kovács mansion built in neoclassical style in the beginning of the 19th century in Pusztaszántó. #Characteristic buildings of the former armoured trooper caserne can be seen from a great distance. The local regiment took place in battles of the Eastern Front of

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, occupation of

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

in 1968 and was disbanded in 1997 #Grass airfield for microlighters

Famous people

Szabolcs Fényes Szabolcs Fényes (April 30, 1912 in Nagyvárad – October 12, 1986 in Budapest) was a Hungarian composer of film scores. Selected filmography * ''Romance of Ida'' (1934) * ''Emmy'' (1934) * ''Premiere'' (1937) * '' Istvan Bors'' (1939) * ''M ...

(1912 Nagyvárad-1986 Budapest), abroad known as Peter Fényes, Hungarian operetta and musical composer and director of the Budapester Operetta Theatre in the 1940s and the 1950s lived in Rétság between 1927 and 1931 and here composed his first celebrated operetta Maya in 1931, which would be played in twelve European countries later.

Sights in neighbourhood

Bánk Bánk is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, 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 ...

: Lake (beach, fishing place, water-stage), every summer nationality festival #

Nőtincs Nőtincs ( sk, Netejč, german: Nititsch), a pictorial locality looking back on a thousand-year old history is in Nógrád county, Hungary. The village is located north of Budapest near the European route E77, halfway between Vác and Balassagy ...

: Lake (fishing place) #

Diósjenő Diósjenő is a village in Nógrád county, 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, Roman ...

: Lake (fishing place), open-air bath # Tereske: Romanesque-style church built in the 13th century #

: Spectacular ruins of castle Nógrád, which was the centre of Nógrád county between 11th and 13th centuries and gave the name to the county

External links

* in Hungarian
Town mapAbout the airfield in Hungarian language
{{DEFAULTSORT:Retsag Populated places in Nógrád County