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

Zebegény.........................................................................................................

Zebegény was first mentioned in 1295 in a charter related to the Benedictine Convent in the valley of the Malom Brook. Around 1735 German settlers arrived from Mainz, the village was considered a German-Hungarian-Slovak settlement for a long time. There were busy watermills working on the brook, and the inhabitants were also famous for the excellent fruits they grew. With the opening of the railway line between Vác and Párkánynána the village was directly linked with Budapest. Its viaduct, which is the second biggest of its kind in the country, was built ini 851. From the beginning of the 1900s onwards the village became more and more popular among the holidaymakers because of its location and fine air. Summer cottages and villas were built, civil servants and artists moved here. After World War II most of the villas were nationalized and turned into company resorts.

Sights: on Calvary Hill Classicist chapel (1853) with nine Station houses by the road leading up there •

Franz Joseph Children's Colony • Art Nouveau-style Roman Catholic parish church designed by Károly Kós and Béla Jánszky (1906-1910), with frescos by

Roman Catholic church

Peasant houses in Upper Hungarian Style

The nave of the Roman Catholic Church I

Aladár Kriesch Kőrösfői and his students • memorial place in the home of the artist, István Szőnyi Museum (1894-1960) • peasant houses built in the pattern of those of Upper Hungary by Countess Károlyi • Károlyi Mansion • Géza Maróti industrial designer's Country Flag Memorial • Géza Maróti's former house (former maternity home) Programmes: Zebegény Days (August) • Danube Bend Arts Weeks (June-July)

István Szőnyi's study