Tornanádaska (formerly simply Nádaska; means '
reedy place in
Torna County
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') 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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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
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Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
Places
* Reform, Al ...
church is its bell tower.
Sights
* Hadik Castle () – castle of the
Hadik 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
Dvorníky-Včeláre () is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia.
Genealogical resources
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.
* 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
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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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