Ócsa

Hungary

Ócsa is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. 30 kilometers south of Budapest.

Points of interest 

  • The Premontrei monastery is a 13th-century Romanesque , three-aisled, cruciform basilica. Its building has been the Reformed Church of Ócsa since 1560 .

It is noteworthy that some details of the murals of the legend of St. Ladislaus can be seen in the sanctuary, on the north wall. This church is the closest to Budapest, one in which the medieval depiction of the legend of St. Ladislaus can be seen.  It was renovated at the beginning of the 20th century , in 1922 – 1924 , according to the plans of the Budapest architect Ernő Foerk .

History 

Ócsa has been inhabited continuously since the Árpádian era . His name was first mentioned in 1235 as a diploma called Alza . The monastery of the Premontre monastic order, built in honor of the Virgin Mary , was established as a branch of the provostship of Váradelőhegy , which already stood in 1235 . The basilica on the site of the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Romanesque Hungarian architecture .To the left is the country house, to the right is the monastery of Premontre

On September 29, 1307 , King Charles Robert also issued a diploma here.

Its population converted to the Reformed faith around 1600 and they took possession of the church in Premontre . The Reformed received permission from Queen Maria Theresa to restore the church, but many medieval details of the former Premontrei church were destroyed during construction. The traditional Reformed peasantry lived in Alszeg and for a long time were much more modest than the Catholics who later settled around the Catholic church built in the 18th century . The number of Catholics later increased rapidly with the allocation of plots in the barn, the establishment of the landlord’s majors, and the population of the Babád and Alsópakony steppes . After being a Lutheranand Baptist congregations also settled, by the middle of the 20th century the proportion of Catholics and Protestants had leveled off again.

Around 1856 , Ócsa became the district seat.

From the 1950s, a significant part of the people of Ócsa became industrial workers commuting to the capital , and many settled in areas parceled out beyond the railway.

Contact

ÓCSAI MAYOR'S OFFICE
email
pailhiv@ocsa.hu
address
2364 Ócsa, Bajcsy - Zsilinszky u. 2.
phone
+ 36-29 / 378-125