Rakacaszend is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. It is located in the hilly Cserehát region. The village is famous for its medieval church.
The old name of the village was Szend, occurring as "Zenth" in old charters, meaning saint. Its church was first mentioned in the 14th century. The landowner of the village was the Szendi family. The village was destroyed after the capture of Buda in the Turkish wars in the 16th century. In the early years of the 17th century it was repopulated by the new landowners, the Lorántffy and the Rákóczi family.
Sightsedit
The building of the church happened in two periods. In the 12th century the northern nave was built, which later was destroyed and the new building was built by the southern wall of the old church in the 13th century. Such double church can be found in ruin form at Dörgicse, Balaton-highland. In the Rakacaszend church old murals were found from the 15th century. During Reformation the church was transformed to the needs of the Calvinist requests and a new tower was built in 1820. The ceiling cassettes were painted in 1657. The furniture is from the 17th century, the Moses-chair was carved in 1824.
Referencesedit
H. Szabó B. (1979): Árpád-kori emlékek Borsodban. (Árpád Age Heritage in Borsod County). Miskolc
Gerő, L. (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest
Gerevich T. (1938): Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest
Dercsényi D. (1972): Románkori építészet Magyarországon. Corvina, Budapest
rakacaszend, village, borsod, abaúj, zemplén, county, hungary, located, hilly, cserehát, region, village, famous, medieval, church, location, coordinates, 46088, 83764, 46088, 83764country, hungarycountyborsod, abaúj, zemplénarea, total15, population, 2004, to. Rakacaszend is a village in Borsod Abauj Zemplen county Hungary It is located in the hilly Cserehat region The village is famous for its medieval church RakacaszendRakacaszendLocation of RakacaszendCoordinates 48 27 39 N 20 50 16 E 48 46088 N 20 83764 E 48 46088 20 83764Country HungaryCountyBorsod Abauj ZemplenArea Total15 71 km2 6 07 sq mi Population 2004 Total368 Density23 42 km2 60 7 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code3826Area code48 Rakacaszend with the medieval church Contents 1 History 2 Sights 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe old name of the village was Szend occurring as Zenth in old charters meaning saint Its church was first mentioned in the 14th century The landowner of the village was the Szendi family The village was destroyed after the capture of Buda in the Turkish wars in the 16th century In the early years of the 17th century it was repopulated by the new landowners the Lorantffy and the Rakoczi family Sights editThe building of the church happened in two periods In the 12th century the northern nave was built which later was destroyed and the new building was built by the southern wall of the old church in the 13th century Such double church can be found in ruin form at Dorgicse Balaton highland In the Rakacaszend church old murals were found from the 15th century During Reformation the church was transformed to the needs of the Calvinist requests and a new tower was built in 1820 The ceiling cassettes were painted in 1657 The furniture is from the 17th century the Moses chair was carved in 1824 References editH Szabo B 1979 Arpad kori emlekek Borsodban Arpad Age Heritage in Borsod County Miskolc Gero L 1984 Magyar muemleki ABC Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC Budapest Gerevich T 1938 Magyarorszag romankori emlekei Die romanische Denkmaler Ungarns Egyetemi nyomda Budapest Dercsenyi D 1972 Romankori epiteszet Magyarorszagon Corvina BudapestExternal links editStreet map in Hungarian A Vendegvaro article of the church Rakacaszend in the Vendegvaro homepage nbsp This Borsod Abauj Zemplen location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rakacaszend amp oldid 974278530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
