Dobrossy István szerk.: A miskolci Avas (Miskolc, 1993)

A miskolci Avas (összegezés angolul) (Dobrossy István)

János Szendrei was the first to deal with the Avas-hill and the buildings on the hill with scientific preparations in his town-historical monography of five volumes published between 1886. and 1991. Everything he wrote on the flora and fauna of the Avas may be edificatory even with the passing of 100 years. In the fifth volume of the monography a separate chapter is devoted to the latest results in the reasearch of neolithic age. Having discovered the so-called clets of Bársony house (1891) serious heed was payed to the Avas. The elaboration and implementation of the Avas-planning concept developing from the beginning of the years of 1880 and serving primarily the aims of tourism, put the activity of the Bükk Association of Borsod and the Committee for Avas-planning in the centre of interest. These are the two directions: one in the service of science, the other, the so-called Avas concept, in the service of tourism - producing significant press historical materials. The latest proved to be a material of source value for the researchers of today. The Avas concept - where implemented even partially - promoted the scientific research and excavation works. The attempts for the renovation and restauration of the Church of Avas, as well as the excavations and renewals carried out in 1941 and especially in 1976-82 can serve as good examples. The matter of geological conditions came into prominence after the first decade of the century, in the years of 1930. All this was in connection with the serious cellar crashes. With using the data of Lajos Marjalaki Kiss historian, the reasons of the mentioned cellar crashes were discovered by Zoltán Scbréter, in his work published in 1933-35. The building-geographical atlas of Miskolc and its explanatory notes published in 1979 as the result of the activity of a working team can be considered to be its continuation. Lajos Marjalaki Kiss (1887-1972) was a versatile researcher dealing with the history of Avas. His scientific activity involved the history of the Church of Avas and the tour, he was the committed researcher of the Calvinist Church, but owing to his good personal contacts he mentioned the hospitality and the wine cellars as well. Concerning the subjects of research, the Church of Avas was investigated in the most comprehensive way. The excavations of 1941 are attached to Géza Megay. The discovered findings had been placed in the museum, but he could not published anymore the results of investigation. His posthumus work was corrected for printing by Katalin K. Végh, and published in 1970. 1972 is considered to be the most succesful year of research works carried out concerning the history of the Church. This year new data were published in connection with the chapels and the tin-room of the Church. Ilona Ceglédi compiled the entire documentation of the excavations. The history, the objects of art of the Church of Avas, the history of the bell-tower and the graveyard were summarized by Gyula Novotny in his work published in 1982. The embroideries and the Turkish carpets belonging to the rich art treasure of the Church were published is 1937 and 1979 respectively. The cellars, taverns and cave-dwellings are characteristic patches of colour in the building on the Avas-hill. This subject - i.e. the slumhouses to be eliminated - has extensive contemporary press-material. In connection with the planned reconstruction of the Avas which is still possible to be implemented, the experts of the Institute for Architectural History and Theory working within the frame of the Technical University of Budapest carried out exploring work of inestimable value in 1989. That's what we can tell to summarize the investigations and the results of the research work attained in