Zalaháshágy

Zalaháshágy is a village in Zala County, in Hungary.

Photography of Zalaháshágy village with the famous church
Drawing of the famous Zalaháshágy tympanon in the Árpád age hurch in Hungary. Drawing of Szaniszlo Berczi.
Zalaháshágy
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Zalaháshágy
Location of Zalaháshágy in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°53′12.55″N 16°37′48.61″E
CountryHungary
RegionWestern Transdanubia
CountyZala
SubregionZalaegerszegi
RankVillage
Area
 • Total12.13 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2008)[2]
 • Total378
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8997
Area code+36 92
KSH code23834[1]
Websitewww.zalahashagy.hu

Geography

The Zala-hills form a rivercut hilly region in West Hungary. Zala river crosses over the region. The system of riverbeds and valleys were formed in the Cainozoic geological period.

Sightseeing

The main sightseeing of the village is the parochial church built in the 12th century. Some details of the church go back to the Árpád house kings and the period of coming the Hungarian arrival time in the 8-9th centuries, when the archaic animal style was frequently used in art. The old tympanon of the church can be found inside the church, built into the walls in a secondary position.

The scenario of the tympanon is a fight between two dragons. There very few such stone carvings in Western Eurasia. We know such tympanon in Sopron, St. Jacob chapel and also on the Attila sword, a sword from the Árpád dynasty age, and in exhibition in Vienna.

Notable residents

References
  1. Zalaháshágy at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  2. Zalaháshágy at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2008
  • Henszlmann Imre: Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése, Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1876.
  • Dercsényi D. (1972): Románkori építészet Magyarországon. Corvina, Budapest
  • Bérczi Szaniszló, Bérczi Zsófia, Bérczi Katalin: Románkori templomkapuk: régi és új műveltség egymásrarétegződése a románkori templomok épületszobrászatában, kapukon és oszlopokon, TKTE, Piremon, 1997.
  • Aradi N. (főszerk.) (ész. n.): A művészet története Magyarországon, Gondolat Kiadó, Budapest

Official website

Zalaháshágy village official website (www.zalahashagy.hu)

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