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New Public Cemetery, Budapest

Cemetery in Hungary

Field	Value
name	Új köztemető
image	Uj koztemeto final.svg
imagesize	260
caption	Map of the Cemetery
established	1886
country	Hungary
location	Budapest
coordinates
type	Public
size	207 ha
interments	approximately 3 million

New Public Cemetery (Hungarian: Új köztemető or Rákoskeresztúri sírkert) is the largest cemetery in Budapest and one of the largest in Europe with an area of about 2.07 km2 and 3 million burials since its opening in 1886. It is adjacent to the Kozma Street Cemetery; the largest Jewish cemetery in Hungary. Its main building, which was constructed in 1903, has a 26-meter-high bell tower. In addition to its rich vegetation and wide avenues, the cemetery is famous for plot 301, where the martyrs of the 1956 revolution were buried. Today, an enormous modern monument by György Jovánovics marks their graves.

History and description

The New Cemetery opened on May 1, 1886. The first funeral took place on August 6, 1886, when Victoria Závoly; the widow of a laborer was buried. The cemetery was expanded five times and now covers around more than 2 km2. To date, approximately 3 million people have been interred at the New Public Cemetery of Budapest.

Plot 301

Imre Nagy, the Prime Minister of Hungary and 260 others executed by the Soviets in 1958, were buried in an unmarked grave in the New Public Cemetery. Nagy was disinterred and given a state funeral in 1989.

Notable interments

Imre Nagy (1896-1958), Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions
Pál Maléter (1917-1958), Hungarian general executed along with Imre Nagy
Gyula Aggházy (1850-1919), Hungarian painter and teacher
Gyula Balog (1959-2025), Hungarian homelessness activist
Jenő Brandi (1913-1980), Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics
Lajos Keresztes (1900-1978), Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
István Kozma (1939-1970), Hungarian wrestler, Olympic champion and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
Béla Goldoványi (1925-1972), Hungarian athlete
Márton Bukovi (1903-1985), Hungarian association football player and manager
Gábor Bódy (1946-1985), Hungarian film director, screenwriter, theoretic

Gallery

File:Nagy Imre politikus sírja.jpg File:Czeyda-Pommersheim Ferenc sírja.jpg File:Új köztemető, 1848–49-es szabadságharcosok, Budapest.jpg File:Szovjet katonai parcella.jpg File:Román katonai parcella.jpg File:Gromon Dezső sírja.jpg

Source and references

References

[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D8143FF93BA35751C0A96F948260 Budapest Journal; The Lasting Pain of '56: Can the Past Be Reburied?], ''[[New York Times]]''.
(16 June 1989). "1989: Hungary reburies fallen hero Imre Nagy".

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