Farkasréti Cemetery

Farkasréti Cemetery

Farkasréti Cemetery or Farkasrét Cemetery ( _hu. Farkasréti temető) is one of the most famous cemeteries in Budapest. It was opened in 1894 and is noted for its spectacular sight towards the city (several people wanted it more to be a resort area than a cemetery).

It comprises tombs of numerous Hungarian notabilities and it is the most preferred place for actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets). It also includes the tombs of several scientists, academicians and sportspeople.

Graves are often decorated with noteworthy sculptures. It was provided with parks in the 1950s, when it received its today's sight. The mortuary hall and the new chapel was built in the 1980s by the plans of Imre Makovecz.

In the Socialist era, church funeral was forbidden in Kerepesi Cemetery, so it became the only place for those who wanted a religious funeral.

It is located in Buda (the Western part of Budapest), approx. 3 km away from the downtown.

Its oldest grave that is still located at the original place is that of the mechanical engineer Ferenc Cathry Szaléz, the designer of the Rack railway in Budapest and the original Mária Valéria bridge in Esztergom.

Partial list of celebrities resting there

*Károly Kernstok (painter)
*Lajos Gulácsi (painter)
*Vilmos Aba Novák (painter)
*Aladár Árkai (architect)
*Csinszka, Endre Ady's wife
*Zoltán Kodály (composer, the sculpture made by Pál Pátzai)
*Béla Bartók (composer, the sculpture made by Miklós Borsos)
*Dénes Berinkey (Prime Minister)
*Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (Prime Minister)
*Gyula Szekfü (historian)
*Pál Jávor (a very popular actor)
*Pál Szécsi (an extremely popular singer; his fans kept bringing articles for his tomb for years and some wanted to spend the night beside it)
*Lajos Kassák (poet and painter)
*László Lajtha (composer)
*Zoltán Tildy (President)
*Ervin Baktay (orientalist)
*Gusztáv Bárczi (remedial teacher)
*Zsigmond Reményik (writer)
*Lajos Hatvany (Maecenas of the arts)
*Mátyás Rákosi (Communist leader; now only his initials are visible to avoid vandalism)
*András Hegedűs (Socialist Prime Minister)
*Árpád Szakasits (Socialist leader)
*Sári Fedák (actress)
*Pál Molnár C. (painter)
*Béla Kondor (painter)
*Margit Kovács (sculptor)
*Béla Czóbel (painter)
*Aurél Bernáth (painter and poet)
*Georg Solti (conductor)
*János Ferencsik (conductor)
*László Németh (writer)
*Zoltán Zelk (poet)
*János Pilinszky (poet)
*Miklós Mészöly (writer)
*László Nagy (poet)
*János Kodolányi (writer)
*Sándor Weöres (poet)
*Ágnes Nemes Nagy (poet)
*Éva Janikovszky (writer of children's books)
*István Medgyaszay (architect)
*László Papp (three-times olympic champion sportsman)
*János Csonka (inventor)
*Donát Bánki (inventor)
*Károly Zipernovszky (inventor)
*Gyula Germanus (orientalist)
*Kálmán Kittenberger (Africa researcher, naturalist)
*Count Zsigmond Széchenyi (Africa researcher, hunter, writer)
*József Dobos C. (the inventor of the Dobos Cake, a Hungarian speciality)
*István Fekete (writer)
*Ferenc Deák (footballer)
*Sándor Bíró (footballer)
*Béla Egresi (footballer)
*Béla Volentik (footballer)
*Miklós Fehér (footballer)

:"Note:" This list is very far from complete: the number of notabilities buried here exceeds 10,000.

ee also

*Kerepesi Cemetery

Resources

* [http://www.mult-kor.hu/cikk.php?article=8036&page=3] (in Hungarian)

External links

* [http://www.btirt.hu/ Budapest Funeral Institute] , including
** [http://www.btirt.hu/temeto_farkasreti.html an overview of the cemetery]
* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/staff_h/varga/foto/farkasreti/farkasreti.html List of celebrities with biographies who rest in this cemetery] (with pictures):"(The above pages are only in Hungarian.)"
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=639593 Farkasréti Cemetery at Find-A-Grave.com]


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