Csengersima

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Csengersima
Country  Hungary
County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 • Total 23.8 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 741
 • Density 29.71/km2 (76.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4743
Area code(s) 44
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary

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

The reformed church of Csengersima.

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[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Sightseengs

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

Six ceiling cassettes from the reformed church of Csengersima.

[edit] 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. (Casetted 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 Casetted Ceilings from Hungary from the 15-16th Century.) Akadémiai K. Budapest

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Coordinates: 47°52′N 22°44′E / 47.867°N 22.733°E / 47.867; 22.733


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