Memorial of the 6th Württemberg Hussar Regiment
Memorial of the 6th Württemberg Hussar Regiment
Historical Hungarian county:
Máramaros
GPS coordinates:
47.9285067681, 23.8838720639
In the Calvinist Church.
History
A relief commemorating one of the best Hussar regiments of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-49. It was placed on 31 May 2008 in memory of the 131 Hussars of the 6th Württemberg Hussar Regiment who arrived on Máramarossziget on 31 May 1848 and their commanders General Lenkey János and Lieutenant Fiáth Pompejus, who sacrificed their lives.
The 2nd Company, stationed in Galicia during the Hungarian revolution, led by Lenkey János, Lieutenant Fiáth Pompejus and Sergeant Harsányi Bálint, escaped to Hungary under adventurous circumstances. The Austrian Ministry of War demanded Lenkey's punishment, but the Hungarian public enthusiastically supported the escaped soldiers. The company was eventually assigned to the army that was being raised against the Serbian rebels supporting the Habsburg oppressors. The company fought through the war in southern Hungary with honour, and as a reward, Lenkey János was promoted to colonel in October and appointed commander of the 13th Hunyadi Hussar Regiment, the first Hussar regiment to be formed.
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