Zalaháshágy is a village in
Zala County
Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia ( Lend ...
, in Hungary.
Geography
The Zala-hills form a rivercut hilly region in West Hungary. Zala river crosses over the region. The system of riverbeds and valleys were formed in the Cainozoic geological period.
Sightseeing
The main sightseeing of the village is the parochial church built in the 12th century. Some details of the church go back to the Árpád house kings and the period of coming the Hungarian arrival time in the 8-9th centuries, when the archaic animal style was frequently used in art. The old tympanon of the church can be found inside the church, built into the walls in a secondary position.
The scenario of the tympanon is a fight between two dragons. There very few such stone carvings in Western
Eurasia
Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago ...
. We know such tympanon in
Sopron
Sopron (; german: Ödenburg, ; sl, Šopron) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.
History
Ancient times-13th century
When the area that is today Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire, a ...
, St. Jacob chapel and also on the
Attila sword, a sword from the
Árpád dynasty
The Árpád dynasty, consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds ( hu, Árpádok, hr, Arpadovići). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the King ...
age, and in exhibition in Vienna.
Notable residents
*
Antal Stevanecz Antal Števanecz or ''Steffanecz'' ( sl, Anton Števanec) (December 29, 1861 – April 12, 1921) was a Slovene teacher and writer in Hungary.
He was born in Vanča Vas, near Tišina (now in Prekmurje). His parents were Mátyás Stevanécz and Zs ...
, Slovene teacher and writer
References
*Henszlmann Imre: ''Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése'', Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1876.
*Dercsényi D. (1972): Románkori építészet Magyarországon. Corvina, Budapest
*Bérczi Szaniszló, Bérczi Zsófia, Bérczi Katalin: ''Románkori templomkapuk: régi és új műveltség egymásrarétegződése a románkori templomok épületszobrászatában, kapukon és oszlopokon'', TKTE, Piremon, 1997.
*Aradi N. (főszerk.) (ész. n.): A művészet története Magyarországon, Gondolat Kiadó, Budapest
Official websiteZalaháshágy village official website (www.zalahashagy.hu)
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