Nové Zámky

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Nové Zámky
Town
From the top, Hlavné Námestie, Nové Zámky Synagogue, Czuczor Gergely's school Main square of Nové Zámky
Car plate		NZ
Website	www.novezamky.sk

Nové Zámky (pronunciation

The town has a distinguished history. From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the

The Ottomans failed to conquer it six times (except

The saying "Strong as an Ottoman in front of Nové Zámky", which means working with determination and stability, reflects the memory of conquest determination of the Ottomans.

In 1685 it was

The town also played an important role in many anti-

After the break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918/1920, the town became part of the newly created Czechoslovakia. As a result of the First Vienna Award, it was occupied by Hungary between 1938 and 1945.

After the Germans occupied Hungary in March 1944, the deportation of Hungarian Jewry to Auschwitz began.^[8] The town’s Jews were concentrated in a temporary ghetto.^[8] On June 12 and 15, 1944, two transports of Jews were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.^[8] The entire local Jewry was deported; few survived.^[8]

During World War II (1944), the town was heavily damaged by bombings of the Allies.^[9] Only small parts of the fortress are still standing today. It is, however, still depicted on the city's coat of arms.

Culture

Museums

The Ernest Zmeták Art Gallery on Björnsonova Street has two permanent exhibitions. The first one, called "European Art of the 16th to 20th Century″, is based on the donation of a local painter and collector, Ernest Zmeták. The second one presents the works of art of a local Hungarian avant-garde artist and writer, Lajos Kassák.^[10]

Synagogue

The orthodox synagogue is located at Česká bašta and dates from 1880.^[11] After reconstruction in 1992 it was registered as a historic landmark of Slovakia. It is one of only four synagogues in Slovakia (in Bratislava, Košice, Bardejov and Nové Zámky) that are used for religious purposes by the local Jewish community.

Franciscan church and monastery

see Franciscan church and monastery, Nové Zámky

The Franciscan church and monastery was built in the early baroque style in the middle of the 17th century. The complex was renovated in the 18th and at the end of the 19th century.

Demographics

The 2001 census recorded a population of 42,262 people, with 69.67% of them being

• Lucien Aigner – photographer
• Etienne Aigner – fashion designer
• Anton Bernolák – linguist
• Ayrton Cable – social activist
• graphic artist
• Tombstone
  , AZ, USA
• Lajos Kassák – writer, critic, poet, publisher
• Ernest Klein - linguist, author, and rabbi
• Samuel Klein - rabbi, historian, and historical geographer in Mandatory Palestine.
• Henrieta Nagyová – tennis player
• Peter Ölvecký – professional ice hockey player
• sports scientist, athletics coach, masters athletics
  champion
• canon
  , librarian, historian
• Miriam Roth – Israeli pioneer of preschool education, author and scholar of children's literature
• Martina Suchá – tennis player
• Yaakov Weiss - member of the Irgun in Mandatory Palestine

Twin towns – sister cities

Nové Zámky is

See also

• Nové Zámky Roman Catholic Church
• Stadium in Nové Zámky

References

External links

• Official website
• Map of Nové Zámky
• Nové Zámky Fotoalbum