Velemér
| Velemér | ||
|---|---|---|
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  Velemér Location of Velemér in Hungary | ||
| Coordinates: 46°44′15.83″N 16°22′40.08″E / 46.7377306°N 16.3778000°E | ||
| Country | Hungary | |
| Region | Western Transdanubia | |
| County | Vas | |
| Subregion | Őriszentpéteri | |
| Rank | Village | |
| KSH code | 18430[1] | |
| Area[2] | ||
| • Total | 9.55 km2 (3.69 sq mi) | |
| Population (1 January 2008)[3] | ||
| • Total | 89 | |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 9946 | |
| Area code | +36 94 | |
| Website | www.velemer.hu | |
Velemér (Slovene: Velemer) is a village in Vas county, Hungary.
Parochial church
Old mural painting in the Velemér church: the artist was Johannes Aquila. Detail from the cover of the field work book about this landscape.
The beautiful building can be found in the forest at the end of the village. Its murals of late Árpád-age was painted by Aquila János. It was destroyed by fire in the late 19th century. Earlier it was measured and described by Rómer Flóris, member of the Hungarian Academy of Science. The artist also painted Nagytótlak rotunda in this region.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Velemér at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
- ↑ Velemér at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
- ↑ Velemér at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2008
Sources
- Genthon István: Magyarország műemlékei. I. Dunántúl. Budapest, 1959. 444 p.
- Gerevich Tibor: Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest, 1938. 843 p.
- Dercsényi Dezsõ: Árpád-kori műemlékeink Vas megyében. (Vas County Heritage from the Árpád age). Vasi Szemle 1959. 2. sz., 57-67. p.
- Magyarország, Panoráma, Budapest, 1980.
- Aerial photographs of Velemér
Coordinates: 46°44′N 16°23′E / 46.733°N 16.383°E
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