Telekes is a village in
,
Hungary
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.
Geography
Telekes sits alongside the Sárvíz stream, in the Vas hills.
There are two parts to the village: Alsótelekes (Lower Telekes) and Felsőtelekes (Upper Telekes), which were amalgamated at the beginning of the 20th century.
History
The first written record of the village is in 1255 as . The name originated from the noun meaning "area of fertile soil". The name of the village varied during the centuries. In 1282 it is recorded as ''Thelekus'', in 1293 as ''Telukus'', in 1408 as ''Thelekes'', in 1454 as ''Thelekws'', and in 1475 as ''Thelekews''.
The village was owned by the Telekes family (Szepetki, biki Basó, ollári Tompa).
According to
András Vályi:
According to
Elek Fényes
Elek (, ) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Until the World War II, Second World War, the town was home to the largest concentration of Germans of Hungary, Germans in the county, with its popu ...
The ''Vas County Records'' says:
In 1910 there were 709 Hungarian inhabitants. The village was part of
Vasvár
Vasvár (, , Latin language, Latin: (formerly) ), is a town in Vas County, Hungary. It was the county seat of Vas County.
History
While the Ottomans occupied most of central Europe, the region north of lake Balaton remained in the Kingdom of H ...
, the
shire county
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The non-metropolitan counties were originally created in 1974 as part of a reform of local government in England and Wales, and ...
of Vas.
Landmarks
There are two Roman Catholic churches: one built around 1700 and the other in 1800. The church in Alsótelekes is the Church of the
Holy Trinity
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, the other in Felsőtelkes is the Church of
Our Lady.
Gallery
File:Telekes01.jpg, alt=Photograph of the church in Alsótelekes, The church in Alsótelekes
File:Telekes_felső_temp.jpg, alt=Photograph of the church in Felsőtelekes, The church in Felsőtelekes
References
External links
Street map (Hungarian)
Populated places in Vas County
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