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Drégelypalánk is a village in
Nógrád County Nógrád (, ; ) is a counties of Hungary, county () of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest ( ...
,
Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. It was first recorded in 1274 and was created as a merger of two settlements named Drégely and Palánk. The
river Ipoly A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
flows past the Börzsöny hills here. The village features a primary school, a cultural centre, a library, a sports ground and a gallery.


History

Drégelypalánk has a medieval fortress that was erected by the
Hont-Pázmány Hont-Pázmány (Hunt-Poznan) was the name of a ''gens'' ("clan") in the Kingdom of Hungary. The ''Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum'' mentions that the ancestors of the family, the brothers Hont (Hunt) and Pázmány (Pazman), originally from the Duchy ...
dynasty in the 13th century. In 1552 the fortification were defended against the advancing Turkish Army. Drégely is recorded as the site of a church dedicated to St. Elizabeth. During the Turkish Rule, South Slavic settlers came to the area while German immigrants arrived in the 18th century. The centuries-old economic relations to the neighbouring countries were lost after
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
.


Sights

Sights of Drégelypalánk include the late Baroque (1734)
Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
church with relics of Saint Elizabeth (), the Baroque chapel of St. Vendel (1857) and the ruins of Drégely Castle.


References


Drégelypalánk's website


Falling Rain Genomics


External links


Drégelypalánk's website

Szondi Tourist Center

Drégely Castle

Drégely Castle Foundation
Populated places in Nógrád County {{Nograd-geo-stub