Boldog (Hungary)
Boldog is a town in Heves county, more precisely in small area Hatvan. It lies between the rivers Zagyva and galga and is located 9 km south of Hatvan.
History
There is a for several millennia throughout inhabited village. Boldog lies between the rivers Zagyva and galga and the intersection of three counties ( Heves, Jasz -Nagykun -Szolnok and Pest ). The town and its boundaries are rich in historical documents. South of the village pass the remains of the connecting erected under the Sarmatians 324-337 and the Danube to the Tisza Limes Sarmatiae.
The first mention of the village dates from the year 1395 back (as Boldogazzonhothvana ). The municipality has developed continuously since 1867 wine is grown here, and since the same time, the melon cultivation was significant. Boldog is one of the most faithful tradition preserving villages in Heves county. The first book on the embroidery of the village in 1942 was issued: in this book the white embroidery Boldogs was presented.
The costumes Boldogs can annually for Jézus Szíve Búcsú be admired ( the third Sunday after Pentecost ) in action. Several groups have been established to preserve the old customs and songs: the Kalaris Folk Dance Group, the Boldoger male chorus and female chorus.
Legend about the origin of the name
As in 1552, during the occupation of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire, Turkish troops penetrated into the area, the residents of the community had to the original position Boldogs leave and settled instead on the present situation of the village (then an island in the swamp area ) down. According to legend, this happened when "moving " during a single night, and as the leader, judge Istvan Bonta, met on the island of his cane into the ground, he exclaimed: " Itt leszünk mi boldogok " ( German for "We are happy, " the Hungarian word boldog here means happy).
In fact, the origin of the name, however, is probably due to Nagyboldogasszony - a Hungarian name for the Virgin Mary.
Population
In 2001, 96 % of the population Magyars, 4 % declared themselves as Roma. The Hungarian residents to the ethnic group of Palóc ( Palócok ) are attributed. 2010, the city had 3041 inhabitants.
Worth mentioning
- Tájház: built in 1871, it now represents a monument of art and introduces the traditional architecture and culture of Palóc.
- Baroque church is in her garden a statue of St. John Nepomuk
- Hero garden with the monument to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars
- Cemetery Chapel with a memorial plaque in honor of Sándor Davidas ( doctor Mihály Táncsics ' ), plus over the Millenium Memorial Park with the statue of Saint Stephen and the Kopjafa in honor of the soldiers Boldoger