Public artworks

Sculptures

Description Material Year of establishment Artist’s name Installation location
Woman stepping into the water Bronze 1967 Zsigmond Kisfaludy Strobl Spa
Tree of Life Wood 1987 Sándor Csutoros Thermal Route
Bird Wood 1989 Nikolai Gepard Thermal Route
Deer Wood 1991 Nikolai Gepard Hunting lodge
Venus Wood 1991 Lieutenant György Thermal Route
War Memorial Marble 1992 János Béres Heroes’ Square
Emese’s dream Wood 1994 Péter Matl Thermal Route
„The past and the future, hope and death” Wood 2012 Zoltán Tislér Cemetery
Orbán Wood 1996 Nikolai Gepard Upper Hill
Árpád Stone 1996 Erzsébet Tőzsér Thermal Route
Lajos Batthyány Bronze 1998 Ferenc Farkas Thermal Route
The ministers of the Batthyány government Bronze, stone 1999 Ferenc Farkas Thermal Route
István and Gizella Bronze 2000 János Béres Sunset Street
Elizabeth Bronze 2003 Erzsébet Tőzsér Erzsébet Square
750th-anniversary monument Marble 2004 Zoltán Toka and Balázs Lenkei Thermal Route

 

Other public artworks

Description Material Year of establishment Artist’s name Installation location
Life on a boat Bronze relief 1982 Ferenc Trischler Danubius Hotel
Nude portrait of a young girl Bronze 1984 Gusztáv Pálfy Spa
Jóska Sobri Wood 1986 Sándor Pápai Community Centre
Karosi Ridge Oil painting 1990 Katalin Orvos School
Twin Town Coat of Arms Plaque Wood 1991 Jenő Rorhrbock Thermal Route
Wooden bridge Wood 1994 Endre Boa Arboretum
Wooden bridge Wood 1994 End of Bodahegyi Road
Press Wood 1996 Bodahegyi Road
Life in full bloom Disc-fired ceramics 1996 János Németh Art Hotel
Millennium carved plaque Wood 1996 Balázs Rónai Thermal Trail, Arboretum
Városkő Stone 1997 Ferenc Farkas Spa Square
Wooden bridge Wood 1997 Endre Boa The start of Bodahegyi Road
Headstone Wood 1997 Park Forest
Headstone Wood 1998 Balázs Rónai School
Babbling brook Ceramics 2005 Spa
Székely Gate Wood 2010 Csaba Gáspár
Tibor Varga
Róbert Farkas
Arboretum
Commemorative plaque on Vilmos Gyimesi Promenade Stone and copper 2012 Thermal Route

 

Description Location Year of construction Note
Residential building 14 Petőfi Street. n.a. Renovated farmhouse
Residential building 20 Kossuth Street. n.a. Renovated farmhouse
Church 56 Fő Street. 1866 It was built on its current site using public donations.
Bell tower Harangláb Street. n.a. It is currently situated on private land and has been refurbished.
Village Cross Main Road 4. 1853 When the road was built, Ferenc Marton took it in; it originally stood at the junction in Zalakomár.
Cemetery cross in the old part of the cemetery 1843 It used to stand in front of the church; it was moved when the church was renovated.
„Vasas” cross Plot No. 2281. n.a. The family of István Nagy had it erected; their estate was located there, and ‘Vasas’ was their nickname.
Stone Cross In front of the church 1891 Erected by the village of Karos to the glory of God
Stone Cross Plot No. 2370/2 1919 József Marton and his wife: Rozália Kozári.
„Gyura” cross 33 Main Street. 1919 It was erected by János Mikola and his wife, Anna Kozári; ‘Gyura’ is the family’s nickname. It originally stood on the hill next to the Freya Hotel, in what was then Alsómező or at the foot of Városi Hill. Rumour has it that the Communists had it torn down so that spa visitors could not see the cross. The perpetrators were not locals.
Ornate stone cross Plot No. 2086. 1920 „Erected to the glory of God by József Németh, his wife Anna Bolhási and their son János.” Appendix No. 3
Stone Cross Panoráma Road, plot no. 2303 1820. (Renovated in 1893.) The area formed part of the Komárváros hill and was once owned by Ferenc Bazsó. The hill community’s „village hall” stood here; it served as the hill warden’s residence, and it was also where the hill community’s officials were elected. The building was still standing as late as 1947.
Stone Cross On the road leading to Garabonc 1908 It was here that Vendel Németh the Younger died in 1945, and it was here that Ferenc Lendvai gave a speech in 1956.
Stone Cross 55 Main Street. 1920 Commissioned by József Soós and his wife, Anna Poklos
Stone Cross 9 Petőfi Street. 1949 It was commissioned by János Arany and Anna Németh. János Arany had vowed that if his loved ones returned safely from the war, he would have a cross erected in gratitude.
Stone Cross Felső-hegy, plot no. 2105. 1942 „Erected to the glory of God and to mark the 50th anniversary of our marriage by János Németh and his wife, Katalin Marton.” 28 June 1942

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