Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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EXCURSIONS AROUND THE TOWN 267 Galgagyörk Galgamácsa ....................................................................................................................... The village is one of the southern settlements of the Palóc/Palots ethnic group with rich folk traditions. Sights: Juli Dudás Memorial House Aszói......................................... Aszód is the centre of the Galga district. A section of the CsörszTrench, a Roman- Sarmatian entrenchment, that served to defend the Empire from the Barbarian attacks, stretches over here. During the Ottoman era the settlement and its neighbourhood were destroyed, but later they were repopulated. The Podmaniczky family, who were Lutheran landowners from Upper Hungary that settled here through marriage, helped the settlement develop into the centre of the district. The owners let it become a trilingual (Hungarian, Slovak, German) town with three denominations (Lutheran, Roman Catholic and Jewish); its Lutheran school was attended by the representatives of each religion. In 1761 it became a market town, so it received the right to hold markets and owned a significant trade guild. Several famous people have attended the local grammar school, one of them was Sándor Petőfi, the poet of the Hungarian War of I ndependence of 1848-49. Roman Catholic church Sights: Podmaniczky Mansion (1767- 1772) extended by József Lung's designs. The ceiling of the banquet-hall is decorated with Johann Lucas Kracker's wallpainting depicting a part of a late Baroque Széchenyi Castle with the Unicorn gate.The building is about to be renovated • singleaisled Baroque Roman Catholic church (1748-1750), the altarpiece made by Johann Lucas Kracker (1777) • Lutheran church built on medieval walls (1719-1722) with rich furniture • Baroque former Lutheran school (1769-1771, enlarged in 1872), turned into Petőfi Museum in 1958 • Schossberger Mausoleum and Martyrs' memorial (1996) in the Jewish cemetery Programmes: St Stephen's Day (20 August) • Aszód Festival (August) Ornament on the facade of Podmaniczky Castle Well in the courtyard of the museum Petőfi Museum Because of its Slovak inhabitants the village used to be called Tótgyörk ("tót" was a common name for Slovak ethnicity), it has been known by its present name since 1900. Sights: Baroque Lutheran church (18th century, enlarged in 1815) • Classicist Kálnoky-Bedő Mansion (1828) • the office of the local government and the Lutheran church community centre are in the single-storey Baroque- Classicist Tahy Mansion • Classicist Ibrányi Mansion (second ha If of the 19th century) Programme: vintage parade
