Telekes is a village in
,
Hungary
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.
Geography
Telekes sits alongside the Sárvíz stream, in the Vas hills.
There are two parts to the village: Alsótelekes (Lower Telekes) and Felsőtelekes (Upper Telekes), which were amalgamated at the beginning of the 20th century.
History
The first written record of the village is in 1255 as la, Tekus. The name originated from the noun meaning "area of fertile soil". The name of the village varied during the centuries. In 1282 it is recorded as ''Thelekus'', in 1293 as ''Telukus'', in 1408 as ''Thelekes'', in 1454 as ''Thelekws'', and in 1475 as ''Thelekews''.
The village was owned by the Telekes family (Szepetki, biki Basó, ollári Tompa).
According to
András Vályi:
According to
Elek Fényes
Elek (, ) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Jews lived in the city as early as the 19th century and in 1944 many of them were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.
Geography
The town covers ...
The ''Vas County Records'' says:
In 1910 there were 709 Hungarian inhabitants. The village was part of
Vasvár
Vasvár (, , Latin: (formerly) ), is a town in Vas County, Hungary.
History
While the Ottomans occupied most of central Europe, the region north of lake Balaton remained in the Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867) (captaincy between Balaton and D ...
, the
shire county
A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a county-level entity in England that is not a metropolitan county. The counties typically have populations of 300,000 to 1.8 million. The term ''shire county'' is, however, an unoffi ...
of Vas.
Landmarks
There are two Roman Catholic churches: one built around 1700 and the other in 1800. The church in Alsótelekes is the Church of the
Holy Trinity, the other in Felsőtelkes is the Church of
Our Lady.
Gallery
File:Telekes01.jpg, alt=Photograph of the church in Alsótelekes, The church in Alsótelekes
File:Telekes_felső_temp.jpg, alt=Photograph of the church in Felsőtelekes, The church in Felsőtelekes
References
External links
Street map (Hungarian)
Populated places in Vas County
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