Boldva is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county,

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History

The village got its name from the river Bódva. The vicinity had been a settled place since ancient times in the

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and

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

. Written documents mention the village from the 13th century as ''Boldua''. Between 1175 and 1180 the Ordo Saint Benedict built a monastery at Boldva. The monastery church was erected to

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. At the same time a rotunda was used by the village people. The ruins of this rotunda were excavated in the 1980s, during the renovation of the Árpád age church. A famous codex, the so-called Pray codex, The Sacramentarium Bolvense contains one of the oldest Hungarian text: The Speech at the Funeral. During the second Mongolian invasion at 1285 the building was destroyed and burned. The monks escaped to the

Somogyvár Abbey The Somogyvár Abbey (Szent Egyed Abbey) was a Benedictine monastery established at Somogyvár in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1091. It was dedicated to Saint Giles. A Formulary Book of Somogyvár, legal formulary book was compiled there in the secon ...

. Later, during the

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, the church was renewed and reformed.

Sightseeings

* The reformed church and the ruins of the monastery, built in the 12th century. It had been built in romanesque style, in basilica form with 3 naves and 2 towers at the eastern side of the building. * Castle building of the Szathmáry family, from the 19th century.

Neighbour villages

Sajóecseg (5 km),

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(6 km), Ziliz (3 km), and the town of

Edelény Edelény is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of Bódva River, north of the county seat, Miskolc. The historic L'Huillier-Coburg Palace is located there. History The area has been inhabited since ...

and

Sajószentpéter Sajószentpéter (; ) is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Northern Hungary. It lies in the Miskolc–Kazincbarcika agglomeration, 10 kilometres away from the county capital. History The town was mentioned first in 1281 as ''Szentpéter'' ...

also approx. 10 km.

References

* Valter Ilona: Boldva, református templom. (Boldva reformed Church). (TKM) Bp., 1991 * Töltéssy Zoltán (Szerk.) (Ed.) Boldva történeti kronológiája. – (Historical Chronology of Boldva). Boldva, 2000. 16 p. * Gerevich Tibor: Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938. 843 p. --- 32–33. p., LXXXVI. tábla bal alsó kép. * Gervers-Molnár Vera: A középkori Magyarország rotundái. (Romanesque Round Churches of Medieval Hungary.) (Mûvészettörténeti Füzetek, 4.) Akadémiai Kiadó. Budapest, 1972. * Gerő, L. (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. (Hungarian Architectural Heritage ABC.) Budapest * Henszlmann, I. (1876): ''Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése'', (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest

External links

Boldva village homepage

Aerial views of Boldva

Street map
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