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Szegvár

Szegvári falumúzeum
Szegvári falumúzeum

Szegvár is the village of waters: the Kurca and Kórógy rivers flow through it. The Tisza River sur¬rounded by its beautiful oxbow lakes winds along its outskirts. The abundant aquatic, plant and animal life of the surroundings had already persuaded the people of the Kőrös Culture to settle down and live here 7-8 thousand years ago.

The interesting idol of a God with a Sickle unearthed in the Tűzköves border area bears witness to the rich culture here in the second half of the Neolithic age, and maybe seen in the Village Museum. From 1506 the town was in the estates ofJános Dóczy, chamberlain to King János, who constructed a fortress surrounded by a strong wall on the banks of the Kurca. This is where the town got the second half of its name (vár = fortress). In 1722 Count Sándor Károlyi purchased the deserted area, and built a palace in place of the Dóczy manor house. In the 1760s Csongrád County built a beautiful Baroque county hall out of the Károlyi Palace, which was already in ruins. From 1776-1883 Szegvár was the seat of Csongrád County.

The Roman Catholic church built in the Baroque style was consecrated in 1739. The Village Museum found next to it received a home in the former Károlyi-era Bailiff’s house. The windmill was erected in 1865, and its fully intact inner workings are a marvelous sight. All of these enjoy protection as historic monuments, just as the Baroque style statue of Saint John standing in front of the Kurca bridge does, which the village’s first schoolmaster and cantor had erected in 1795.

Szegvár has grown more beautiful and well managed in recent years. The people living here pay great attention to promoting and preserving traditions, and to the protection of its sights and natural assets.

Bővebb információ: www.szegvar.hu