Veszprém – Church of St. Ladislaus

Patronal festival

06-27

Történeti leírás

Medieval church construction era and reconstruction

This site was formerly occupied by the mediaeval church of St. Margaret of Antioch, the parish church of the Szentmargitszeg district. The first known written record of this is from 1082, and stone carvings possibly from the 11th-12th centuries have been found through archaeological research.

16-17 th century history

This church was in ruins during the Turkish period.

Historical description 1701-1945

The custodian canon Mihály Pöstyéni built a small chapel on the apse in 1740. The previous structures were completely demolished when the present church was built. It was built in 1902 by commission of the prelate canon Dr. József Fejérvári, according to the plans of Kálmán Jüttner, and under the supervision of Kálmán Csomay, Sr. The high altar was made by József Hudetz (Kaposvár), the figural paintings were made by Ede Graits (Pécs), the Lourdes scene was painted by Rudolf Steiner (Székesfehérv...Read more

The custodian canon Mihály Pöstyéni built a small chapel on the apse in 1740. The previous structures were completely demolished when the present church was built. It was built in 1902 by commission of the prelate canon Dr. József Fejérvári, according to the plans of Kálmán Jüttner, and under the supervision of Kálmán Csomay, Sr. The high altar was made by József Hudetz (Kaposvár), the figural paintings were made by Ede Graits (Pécs), the Lourdes scene was painted by Rudolf Steiner (Székesfehérvár), and the ornamental decorations were created by Altenbuchner (Budapest). It was promoted to the rank of a parish church in 1941 by the bishop Gyula Czapik. A renovation was begun in 1943, which included the rearrangement of the apse and a marble sculpture of St. Ladislaus (by Lajos Krasznai) was placed on the altar. Read less

Historical description 1945-

There was a fire in 1956 and figural mural paintings were made (Gy. Károly, 1959) during the subsequent renovation. Miksa Róth’s stained-glass window, which formerly had functioned as the original altarpiece, was found and inserted into the window of the southern sacristy. The façade was renovated in 1966 and medieval and 18th century carvings were placed in the walls (a 12th century ribbon braid carving was placed in a museum). There have been no archaeological investigations on the medieval ch...Read more

There was a fire in 1956 and figural mural paintings were made (Gy. Károly, 1959) during the subsequent renovation. Miksa Róth’s stained-glass window, which formerly had functioned as the original altarpiece, was found and inserted into the window of the southern sacristy. The façade was renovated in 1966 and medieval and 18th century carvings were placed in the walls (a 12th century ribbon braid carving was placed in a museum). There have been no archaeological investigations on the medieval church. The remodeling of the apse furnishings, its painting, the removal of the sculpture of St. Ladislaus, and the reinstallation of the central glass window took place in December 2021. Read less

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Name

Roman Catholic church

Location

Veszprém, Völgyhíd tér 6.

Map

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Level of protection

Not protected

Recommended for protection

Recommended for national protection

Original style

chapel

Current defining style

Historicist (Romanesque Revival)

Position in the church organization

Parish

Supporting parish

Veszprém, St. Ladislaus parish

General characteristics

This church stands on the former Temetőhegy (Cemetery Hill), north of the Castle Hill, and has a reverse orientation. It has a single nave and a lower, narrower, elongated polygonal apse with buttresses, to which even lower sacristies are connected. The tower has an octagonal pyramidal spire, and the roof has a gable on the front façade and is hipped over the nave and the apse. There are three simple portals on the main façade, and lesenes with arcaded molding between them divide the façades. Th...Read more

This church stands on the former Temetőhegy (Cemetery Hill), north of the Castle Hill, and has a reverse orientation. It has a single nave and a lower, narrower, elongated polygonal apse with buttresses, to which even lower sacristies are connected. The tower has an octagonal pyramidal spire, and the roof has a gable on the front façade and is hipped over the nave and the apse. There are three simple portals on the main façade, and lesenes with arcaded molding between them divide the façades. The divisions of the façades are simpler than originally. The nave has three bays of groin vaulting separated by transverse arches and each bay has double windows on the side walls. On the northern side, there are blind windows with modern figural paintings on the wall surface behind them, which depict scenes with saints from the Árpád dynasty. The entrance opens from the slightly protruding steeple into the area below the gallery, which has 2x3 bays of vaulting. There are modern paintings on the front of the semicircular chancel arch. In front of this, there are two side altars with white marble sculptures of the Virgin Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus (by Lajos Krasznai). The front side of the gallery and the sides of the apse are enriched with colorful artificial marble columns and stucco ornaments. The high altar has a baldachin, white marble with gilding, and stained glass in its windows. The center window depicts St. Ladislaus drawing water (made by Miksa Róth in 1903) and the two side windows depict St. Elizabeth and St. Margaret (1954). The baroque tombstone from 1798 of parish priest István Hajas is on the exterior back wall of the apse. Read less

Veszprém – Church of St. Ladislaus

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