A replica of St. István's crown made of iron was erected by the local foundation organization of the Csemads in Zzelíz, Garam. The Holy Crown was placed on top of the First World War memorial in connection with August 20, in the Heroes' Memorial Garden next to Esterházy Park.
Before its installation, the work was blessed together with the new bread by Zoltán Fóthy (from Zselíz), a Catholic from Párkán and ft. Tibor Révész, a Reformed priest from Zelíz, in the framework of the 56th National Folk Art Festival.
"We have long planned to add some cultic element to the monument. Previously, we wanted to place a statue of Turul on the conical object, but we did not manage to find sufficient resources for a bronze statue, so we chose the sacred symbol that embodies Hungarian statehood. The work was made by László Vörös, a handyman from Izsap, who is well-known in the ranks of the DAC as a flag bearer in the highlands, and who himself erected several public memorials. The monument was realized with the cooperation of the National Strategic Research Institute in Budapest with the contribution of the Csemads and Zzelíz DAC-druckers and YBS members," said Ákos Csonka , the initiator of the monument's establishment.
The First World War monument was erected in the years after Trianon. It features all the Želíz soldiers who died in the first great world fire. was renovated in 1993 by the local foundation organization of Csemadok and Gyula Tóth Endre , who are committed supporters of Hungarian monuments, realized the current addition with the Holy Crown.
"With this project, we paid tribute to our past with another worthy symbol, but we have not given up on restoring our Turul statue, which was toppled in 1945, in the future, if we find a supporter," Csonka added .
Source and title image: felvidék.ma/Ákos Csonka
