Zalaháshágy

Zalaháshágy

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Zalaháshágy

Location of Zalaháshágy in Hungary

Coordinates: 46°53′12.55″N 16°37′48.61″E / 46.8868194°N 16.6301694°E / 46.8868194; 16.6301694
Country Hungary
Region Western Transdanubia
County Zala
Subregion Zalaegerszegi
Rank Village
KSH code 23834[1]
Area[2]
  Total 12.13 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2008)[3]
  Total 378
  Density 31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8997
Area code +36 92
Website www.zalahashagy.hu

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.

Setting, geography

Zala-hills form a rivercut hilly region in West Hungary. Zala river cross 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 goes back to the Árpád house kings and the period of coming the Hungarian arrival time in the 8-9th centuries, when 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 asecondary 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

Official website

Zalaháshágy village official website (www.zalahashagy.hu)

Outer links

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Coordinates: 46°53′N 16°38′E / 46.883°N 16.633°E / 46.883; 16.633

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