Diósjenő

Diósjenő is a village in Nógrád county, Hungary. It is surrounded by hills and beautiful landscape.

Diósjenő
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Diósjenő
Coordinates: 47°57′N 19°03′E
Country Hungary
CountyNógrád
Area
  Total57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total2,803
  Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2643
Area code(s)35

History

The village was first mentioned in 1282. Its name comes from Jenő, the name of one of the seven tribes conquering present-day Hungary, while the word "diós" refers to walnut trees. The Hussites built a castle in the village. After the Ottoman era, in 1720 30 houses stood in the village.

Tourist sights

  • Roman Catholic church: built in the 15th century in Gothic style; rebuilt in 1788-89 in Baroque and Neoclassical style.
  • Protestant church: built around 1850 in late Neoclassical style.
  • Five bridges on the Jenő stream, built between 1914 and 1930 of stone, bricks and ferroconcrete.

Famous people

  • István Szentgyörgyi, actor (1842–1931)
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gollark: > actually working on my own biologyWhat does this even mean?
gollark: Humans can define our own values, and mine don't include "maximize quantity of humans at all costs".
gollark: > maximizing the number of your species is always good"Good" how? Good isn't objective.
gollark: But I think this is missing the major point that what's "good" in terms of maximizing the amount of humans or something (in the short term, anyway) is *not* necessarily good for literally any other values whatsoever.

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