Csengersima

Csengersima is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Csengersima
Csengersima
Coordinates: 47°52′2″N 22°44′52″E
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 • Total23.8 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total741
 • Density29.71/km2 (76.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4743
Area code(s)44

Geography

It covers an area of 23.8 km2 (9 sq mi) and has a population of 741 people (2001).

Sightseengs
The reformed church of Csengersima.

The old romanesquechurch from the 13th century is famous, mainly because of its coffered ceiling. There are frescoes of the celestial bodies, flowers, old Biblical scenes in a beautiful drawing and coloring manner.

Six ceiling panels from the reformed church of Csengersima.
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References
  • Balogh J. (1939): A késő-gótikus és a renaissance-kor művészete. (The late-gothic and renaissance age art.) Magyar művelődéstörténet. 2. (Szerk. Domanovszky S.), Budapest
  • Bérczi Sz, Bérczi Zs., Bérczi K. (2002): Kazettás mennyezetek. (Coffered ceilings.) Licium-Art, Debrecen
  • Kelemen L. (1977): Művészettörténeti tanulmányok. (Studies in Art History.) Bukarest
  • Tombor I. (1968): Magyarországi festett famennyezetek és rokonemlékek a XV-XIX. századból. (Painted Coffered Ceilings from Hungary from the 15-16th Century.) Akadémiai K. Budapest



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