György Bernády (

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, 10 April 1864 –

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, 22 October 1938) was the mayor of

(Marosvásárhely) twice, 1900–1912 and 1926–1929. Prior to this, in 1896, he was elected as representative of Târgu Mureș in the National Assembly. In this period the

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and the Cultural Palace in Târgu Mureș on the Roses Square were both built. His name is associated with public illumination and sewerage in the city. In this period many schools, libraries and art galleries were also built.

Biography

He was born to Hungarian parents. His father, Dániel Bernády was an apothecary. György Bernády studied in Marosvásárhely and

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. He had a daughter, Györgyike, born in 1919 in his fourth marriage, but he lost her very quickly, after 17 years. Bernády's statue is located in front of the Teleki house, in a place named after him. The statue's creator is Vince Bocskay, from

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Modernization

Bernády was the first initiator of the town

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. He had many goals such as sewerage, roads asphalting, building of the power and water station, building of several bridges, regularization of the Mureș stream and building of public buildings such as the City Hall, the Cultural Palace in Târgu Mureș. He founded and settled the Academy of Music, the Municipal Library and the Art Galleries. There were constructed several buildings to host

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, secondary

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and

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Works

* "Az erdélyrészi földgáz kérdésről" (Questions about Transylvanian natural gas) (Târgu Mureş, 1913) * "Intelmek" (Remonstrances) (

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, 1916) * "Nyílt levél" (Open letter) (Târgu Mureş, 1920)

References

* A. Todea, F. Maria, M. Avram, ''Oameni de știință mureșeni - Dicționar biobibliografic'', CJ Mureș Biblioteca Județeană Mureș, tipografia Mediaprint SRL, 2004

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20150711205531/http://www.voceatransilvaniei.ro/cum-a-ajuns-targu-mures-de-la-un-targ-de-provincie-un-oras-elitist-povestea-incepe-in-urma-cu-111-ani/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20071013010200/http://www.mures.ro/article.php/The-history-of-Tirgu-Mures/113/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernady, Gyorgy 1864 births 1938 deaths 19th-century Hungarian people 20th-century Hungarian people 20th-century Romanian people Mayors of places in Romania People from Târgu Mureș Romanian politicians of Hungarian descent Hungarian Calvinist and Reformed Christians Romanian Calvinist and Reformed Christians People from Beclean 20th-century Romanian politicians