Andocs
| Andocs | |
|---|---|
  Andocs Location of Andocs | |
| Coordinates: 46°38′59″N 17°55′16″E / 46.64980°N 17.92111°ECoordinates: 46°38′59″N 17°55′16″E / 46.64980°N 17.92111°E | |
| Country |
 Hungary |
| County | Somogy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.27 km2 (16.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,094 |
| • Density | 27.31/km2 (70.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 8675 |
| Area code(s) | 84 |
Andocs is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. An impoverished village in a largely rural area, it has high unemployment, though it has a venerable history and is still a site of pilgrimage.[1]
Already mentioned in the 1332-37 papal tithe records is a parish in the village. During the Turkish occupation, the Jesuit All Saints' church (also known as the church of Our Lady, "Nagyboldogasszony") and the parish were forsaken, and all that remained intact was the statue of the Virgin Mary. This was recognized as a miraculous preservation by the Jesuit priest Miklós Horváth, who developed Andocs into a place of pilgrimage between 1665 and 1681. Originally Gothic, the church was expanded with a Baroque nave in the 18th century.
In the 17th century already several miraculous incidents involving the "Mary of Andocs" were recorded; to this day, the statue is dressed every second Friday of the month. Many of the donated cloaks, following the 1747 example of Countess Katalin Széchenyi, are on display in the "Museum of the Cloaks."[2]
A Franciscan monastery was built in 1721 but burned down a few years later, though the Gothic chapel next to it survived intact. This was another miraculous phenomenon and the chapel became the sanctuary of the current church, which was extended with a Baroque nave and consecrated in 1747, the occasion of Countess Széchenyi's donation.[3] It was restored in the 20th century.[4]
The chapel and the church have been a pilgrimage place for over almost four centuries. The parish feast is held on 15 August, the Feast of the Assumption; nine other feasts attract pilgrims to the village.[1][5]
References
- 1 2 "Andocs (The County of Somogy)". National and Historical Symbols of Hungary. Prime Minister's Office, Hungarian Government. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ↑ "Museum of the Cloaks of the Virgin Mary (Mária-ruhák Múzeuma), Andocs". Vendegvaro: Hungary Starts Here. 2000–2007. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ↑ "Andocs, Franciscan Friary". http://www.kolostorok.hu/, Ministry of Cultural Heritage (Hungary). Retrieved 2008-12-01. Note: corrupted webpage; mirror at http://aerialphotography.blogter.hu/149333/andocs_franciscan_friary.
- ↑ Draper, Phil (2001-09-28). "Some Abbeys and Pilgrimage Churches in Western Hungary". Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ↑ "Roman Catholic church of Our Lady (Nagyboldogasszony), Andocs". Vendegvaro: Hungary Starts Here. 2000–2007. Retrieved 2008-12-01.