Lajosmizse is a town in Bács-Kiskun County , Kecskemét District .
Sights
- Farm Museum – in 1972 from the German farm No. 625 dr. Under the supervision of ethnographer János Bárth, dr. It was built with the support of László Havasi, chairman of the council, and Pál Romány, István Gajdócsi and Lajos Für. It was the first such institution in the country. In the farm museum you can see the former residential building, barn, summer kitchen, cellar, corn borer, car color, tool chamber, sheds, pigeon house, summer manger, heron well and boiler house. It has undergone several major renovations since its handover and is now owned by the Agricultural Museum.
- Roman Catholic Church – Built in 1895-96, dedicated to St. Louis of France. It suffered damage during World War II , and since then everything has been restored. It has four bells, the largest weighing 615 and the smallest weighing 65 kilograms. Its chime consists of 24 bells. In the church you can see a copy of the Shroud of Turin , the Hungarian Holy Crown and the horn of Lehel (the „Jászkürt“).
- Reformed Church – Built in 1902, but this year is well preceded by the history of the small congregation: the parish was registered as early as 1891. Szucs Kalman (1866-1927) was the founding pastor of the parish Lajosmizse, who is based in the local Protestant cemetery today. Thanks to his work, the Reformed community life in the settlement was strengthened.
- Desert Church (ruin) – the single-nave church, built in the Gothic style, was rebuilt by the Cumans of Mizsei in the 15th century. It is based on the remains of an Árpádian church that was destroyed during the Tartar invasion. The built church also served as the center of the 16th century Mizseszék. Its building material was mainly meadow limestone (waspstone). An open-air mass was also held here during the holidays in the 1990s. [19] The steps taken to reconstruct and renovate it have so far been unsuccessful, only the strengthening of the buttresses.
- Földeáki csárda – its operation has been documented since the beginning of the 1740s, the current building was built in 1827–28 by the town of Jászberény. A post office, a town hall and then a mayor’s office operated here, the latter function was housed until 2003. Today, the building houses a local history collection and exhibition space.
- Cemetery – after the establishment of the village, it is in its present place, with Catholic, Reformed and Jewish parts. Local historical values are represented by the 19th century tombstones and family crypts found here; in the tomb garden there are two chapels (Bartal-, Mihálovits-) and a new funeral home. Today, the small Jewish cemetery now contains only two dozen tombstones, some with 19th-century inscriptions, most of them in Hungarian and Hebrew.
- Ricsováry Mansion – built by Hussar Colonel József Takács Ricsováry in 1941, after 1945 there was a school in it; today it is privately owned, significantly remodeled.
- Mizsey Mansion – Built by Péter Mizsey in the 1890s, after 1945 it was the center of one of the local producer cooperatives, later it became privately owned and is now in ruins.
- Kláber Mansion – a settlement famous for its viticulture and winemaking was founded by Mór Kláber in the early 1900s. After the death of its founder, the company fell victim to a series of panamas and then went bankrupt. After 1945, there was also a school and a kindergarten in the Kláber-telepi mansion, rebuilt, today in a neglected, ruined state.
- Geréby Mansion – The landowner’s mansion of Gyula Geréby was built in the late 1890s, with a small forest and a park. After the family went abroad, the mansion was a tea center for a long time, later a hotel, resort, equestrian yard opened here; today it is privately owned, significantly remodeled.
- Industrial headquarters – The cultural center on Dózsa György út, next to the police building, was built in 1928 on credit. Completely renovated in the early 2000s, a small exhibition capturing the life of the industrial association can be seen in one room, with a Chinese shop in the Great Hall.
- Sípos Mihály utca – on the northern border of the city, one of the few streets named after a local leader. Mihály Sípos (1927–1987) was the founder and director of the home-based cooperative established in 1954 until his death. The factory still stands today, a marble plaque has been placed on the remodeled facade in memory of the founder (Széchenyi út).
- Tarnai Street – a double-width street commemorating the 19th-century Tarnay dynasty (originally called Taczmann). He was born in the village e.g. dr. Lajos Tarnay (1880-1954), orphanage president, one of the first presidents of the Economic Circle. Notable members of the family were Árpád Tarnay, Béla and Tibor.
- Buday mill . The mill of Péter Buday (Jászapáti, 1852−1915) stands in Tarnai Street, which has been operating as a steam mill since 1901. Today it is privately owned, out of use.
- Statue of St. Vendel – stands in front of the Catholic church, erected by Mihály Kollár with a foundation of 131 forints, in 1862.
There are memorial plaques on several buildings, announcing their former owner and the function of the building (Popper shop, Buday mill, Lusztig shop, Ferenczi house, etc.). There are dozens of roadside crosses and sacred statues inside and outside the city. The most notable are: the statue of St. Vendel, the cross of Pintér, the cross of Bessenyi, the cross of Páldeák, the statue of Máriácska. [20] At the entrance to the primary school, a plaque preserves the memory of three Jewish children from Lajosmizse who died in Auschwitz. There are several famous fishing lakes in Lajosmizse.