Semsey Castle

If you come to Balmazújváros, check out the castle, downtown. I want the Silk Lake and the migratory bird resting next to it for everyone. At the end of the walk, have a good splash at the Spa ???

Although only the lower level could be seen, compared to the adult 500 HUF and the student 250 HUF entrance, many beautiful things can be seen in the castle. Clearly excellent value for money.

A visit to the museum is a great place to relax in the great heat. On the ground floor is a museum where I got to know the lives of the people of the Great Plain and then the history of the Semsey family. They also created the pleasant spa near. Upstairs is a picture exhibition.

The largest and most valuable Semsey estate was in Balmazújváros. From the beginning of the 18th century, Balmazújváros was owned by the Andrássys of Siklós. There were also three sons and a daughter in the Andrássy family, but in 1794 the last son died after the death of the seedless. In the second half of the 18th century, the most significant member of the Semsey family was András Semsey, who was related to the Andrássy family in the new town, so With a letter of donation dated July 30, 1798, King Francis I had already donated to him the estates of Andrássyak in Balmazújváros, who had died out on the branch. Already in the late 1780s, the Andrássys intended to build a new mansion instead of their crumbling, almost uninhabitable residence. This was already prevented by the death of the Andrássy boys. The castle was already built by the Semseyes, sometime in the 1840s. Its architectural style is classicist. In the middle of the Debrecen street facade there is a tympanum with the common coat of arms of the family. In keeping with the character of the old manor houses, the main entrance to the castle was designed from the courtyard, with a carriage underpass on a rectangular stone pillar with a terrace above. Today, the museum is named after Semsey Andor, who was born on December 22, 1833 in Kassa, a mineralogist and one of the greatest patrons of Hungarian science and culture. Andor Semsey, who had reached the age of majority, inherited a estate burdened with debts and troubles after his father's death in 1856. He did not get along with busy everyday life and decided to lease the estates and move to Budapest. Puritan lived a life, but the tenants provided a stable and growing income, he supported the construction of the aviary of the capital's zoo, the Hungarian State Geological Institute, the Eötvös and torsion-pendulum experiments. On the ground floor of the museum is a settlement history, an exhibition on the life of Andsey Semsey and a presentation of local crafts.