Tornanádaska (formerly simply Nádaska; means '
reedy place in
Torna County') is a village in the ''
Edelényi kistérség'',
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary.
Etymology
The name of the village comes from the former Torna County and the
Hungarian ('reedy'). In the Middle Ages, the name of the village was ''Nádasd''.
History
The village was inhabited first by Slavic people in the early 13th century and first documented in 1280. Originally called ''Nádasd'', the name was later changed to ''Nádaska'' to distinguish it from other settlements with the same name. The name was given the ''Torna-'' prefix in 1905 to represent the county
Abaúj-Torna.
The population fled in 1570 from the Ottoman conquests, but was repopulated in the 17th century.
The village has a
Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
church in
Baroque
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style, which was most likely built on the ruins of the previous church in 1776. The only remaining part of the
Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
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church is its bell tower.
Sights
*
Hadik Castle ( hu, Hadik-kastély) – castle of the
Hadik Hadik is a surname.
Notable people from the noble Hungarian Hadik de Futak family include:
*András Hadik
Count András Hadik de Futak ( hu, gróf futaki Hadik András; german: Andreas Graf Hadik von Futak; sk, Andrej Hadík; 16 October 1710 ...
family: Baroque-style castle from the Middle Ages, renovated several times, a foster home nowadays.
*
Kecskevár – the former castle of Tornanádaska, it lies on the Hungarian-Slovak border, and is therefore divided between Tornanádaska and
Dvorníky-Včeláre.
* Roman Catholic Church () – built between 1776 and 1779, in Baroque style.
* – the bell tower of the defunct Reformed church.
* Statue of
Saint Stephen of Hungary
Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the f ...
István, a szobor: másfél száz változat
– HVG
References
External links
Légifotók Tornanádaskáról
Tornanádaska a Vendégvárón
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Romani communities in Hungary
1280 establishments in Europe
13th-century establishments in Hungary
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