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Csaroda | |
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| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.68 km2 (9.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 654 |
| • Density | 26.5/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4844 |
| Area code | 45 |
Csaroda is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Geography
[edit]It covers an area of 24.68 km2 (10 sq mi) and has a population of 654 people (2001).
Setting
[edit]Csaroda is in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, on the Beregi-plane, near to Nyíregyháza (73 km) and to Vásárosnamény (12 km).
History
[edit]Csaroda and its vicinity was mentioned first in written form in 1299 (sacerdos de Charnawoda).[1] Its name came from the river name Čierna (Čarná) voda - in Slavic languages "Black water" where it is setting (1270 fluv. Chernauoda).[1] In the 13th century the Káta family was the landowner of the village. In the 14th century the Csaroda family was the landowner, a leading family of Bereg county. In 1446 Vetési family, from 1461 to 1476 the Tegzes, Drágfy, Daróczy and Újhelyi families are the landowners, later the Lónyai, Rédey and Bay family, finally the Teleky counts.
Jews lived in Csaroda for many years[2] until they were murdered in The Holocaust[3]
Sightseeings
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Csaroda has its beautiful little 13th-century Romanesque village church with 14th-century Gothic frescos, 17th-century paintings and wood-carvings. An old wooden bell-tower stands by the church (13th century)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Varsik, Branislav (1990). Slovanské (slovenské) názvy riek na Slovensku a ich prevzatie Maďarmi v 10.-12. storočí (in Slovak). Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied. p. 168. ISBN 80-224-0163-3.
- ^ Hungarian Jewish census
- ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
Bibliography
[edit]- Dercsényi D. (1972): Románkori építészet Magyarországon. Corvina, Budapest
- Gerevich T. (1938): Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest
- Gerő, L. (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest
- Henszlmann, I. (1876): Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése, (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest
External links
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48°10′N 22°28′E / 48.167°N 22.467°E
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