Veresegyház is a town in

Gödöllő district Gödöllő () is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. ''Gödöllő'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Gödöllő District ...

, Pest county,

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Location

This village first appeared as Vesereghatz in maps made by Hungarian clerk Lazarus Secretarius between 1510 and 1520. The town lies in the Gödöllő-Hills near

Cserhát Cserhát () is a mountain range in Hungary, part of the North Hungarian Mountains, divided between Pest and Nógrád counties. Its highest point is the Karancs with an elevation of 729 metres above sea level. Cserhát stretches from Cserh ...

. The nearest neighbour is Szada. It is directly bordered by

Őrbottyán Őrbottyán is a town in Pest (county), Pest county, Hungary. Name ''Bottyán (disambiguation), Bottyán'' is an old Hungarian given name for boys, meaning mace (bludgeon), mace.János Ladó - Ágnes Bíró: Magyar utónévkönyv ("Book of Hungar ...

to the north,

Erdőkertes Erdőkertes is a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, 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 th ...

and

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to the northeast,

Gödöllő Gödöllő, officially the City of Gödöllő, is a city in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can b ...

and Szada to the southeast,

Mogyoród Mogyoród is a small traditional village in Pest County, Hungary. The Battle of Mogyoród took place here on 14 March 1074, between Solomon, King of Hungary and his cousins Géza and Ladislaus, who were claiming rights to the throne. To commemo ...

to the southwest and

Csomád Csomád is a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, 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 n ...

to the west.

Attractions

*Roman Catholic Church: Built in 1777 by

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in the style of

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. *The parish buildings and monuments from the lake not far from the stone crosses, there are pedestals to Mary Magdalene and St. John the Evangelist. *Roman Catholic cemetery: in 1806 and 1849 with red marble headstones *Reformed Church: was built in 1786. *Bear and wolf shelters: On November 24, 1998, Central Europe's only bear shelter was opened, covering . There are wolves in the park as well.

Twin towns – sister cities

Veresegyház is twinned with: * Atia (Corund), Romania *

Šahy Šahy (, rarely ) is a town in southern Slovakia, The town has an ethnic Hungarian majority and its population is 7,238 people (2018), with an average age of 42.5. Geography It is located at the eastern reaches of the Danubian Lowland on the riv ...

, Slovakia * Schneeberg, Germany

Notable people

Zoltán Bánföldi Zoltán Bánföldi (born 27 July 1971) is a former Hungarian footballer. He played for Békéscsabai Előre FC as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield ...

, footballer * József Darányi, athlete * Zoltán Joó, painter * Zoltán Téglás, American-Hungarian singer, songwriter and producer *

István Sipeki István Sipeki (born 17 February 1979 in Eger) is a Hungarian football player who last played for Vác FC Vác FC is a Hungarian football club based in Vác, north of Budapest. The club of the fourth division of the Hungarian football lea ...

, footballer * Norbert Palásthy, footballer * István Kövesfalvi, footballer *

, footballer

Resources

*Lajos Horváth: Veresegyház. Local history and village plans. Veresegyház, 1977. 251 p.

External links

Street map

Documentary film about the city

Veresegyház Official Website

Facebook page

Website of the Roman Catholic Church

Photos of Veresegyház

References

Populated places in Pest County {{Pest-geo-stub