DEUTSCH-KASTÉLY

Something started ...

No guarding, broken fence

It was once a beautiful place, unfortunately now in a state of horror! You deserve a renovation! ???

It is very sad that such a building is going bankrupt, I gave the 1 * because of its condition! I look forward to what will happen.

Poor, in very poor condition. The roof is dilapidated or even torn in several places. That's why the attic is soaking wet. From here it is only down if it is not put in order, because over time the walls will also get soaked.

If you walk through the shady street leading to the train station in Hatvan, you can see a beautiful small castle from the left, which mysteriously hides among the lianas, towering trees and wild bushes. On the walls, which suggest a wonderful German influence, the former windows open without glass and the inscription Kristály Hotel sways in the wind over the former entrance. Many of the long-rooted, older locals still remember this former sugar factory small castle, which in the Kádár era was used as a kindergarten and a house of culture. But far fewer know that the building is also due to the Hatvany-Deutsch family, who owned the magnificent Grassalkovich Castle, home to today's hunting museum, in the 19th century. from the middle of the century in Hatvan. Hatvany-Deutsch family, who could claim one third of the Hungarian sugar industry at that time. The wealth was founded by Abraham Deutsch with his father's grocery store and financial loans to noble circles in the first half of the 1800s. He also allegedly created the Hungarian insurance business, and together with his wife they owned various interests in various steam mills throughout the country, as well as in the domestic railway network being built at that time. The money from the businesses was invested mainly in land holdings where they could start growing sugar beets. In 1867 they bought the manor of Hatvan, where 20 years later their sons set up a sugar factory. It was built in 1906 on behalf of Sándor Deutsch and József Deutsch (sons of Abraham, mentioned above). The shape of the structure was given by a wooden frame structure reinforced by diagonal beams and the gaps between the beams simply walled up with bricks. The two-tower mansion, which copied the German pattern, was originally intended as a guest house and casino, according to official announcements. This was the purpose of the comfortable rooms and suites, as well as the event and theater hall, which is also suitable for larger gatherings. Surprisingly, the small factory in the sugar factory was less damaged in the fighting, so there was nothing to prevent a 600-person factory kitchen from being set up here after the nationalizations, which operated for 13 years. Of course, both the party at the time and the sugar factory management saw that the magnificent building should not be wasted for such purposes, so they decided to renovate the building to its original function. In 1966, the factory kitchen was replaced by a daycare home. It has been uninhabited and untapped since the early 2000s, not knowing if there will ever be someone breathing life back into the slightly worn walls.

It is a great pity that this wonderful building has been left to be destroyed!