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Upper Hungary / Slovakia

Singing Fountain

Spievajúca fontána (zvonkohra)
Singing Fountain
Spievajúca fontána (zvonkohra)
Original function:
fountain
Current function:
fountain
Address:
Hlavné námestie
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.721191, 21.257691
Google map:

History

The construction of the new building for the directorate of the Kassa-Oderberg railway started in 1913. The railway company connected the Prussian Silesia with Hungary.

The company's seat was located in Budapest, while its directorates were in Kassa and Teschen (Silesia). The western wing of the eclectic palace was completed in 1915, while its eastern wing was only finished in 1927.

After Kassa returned to Hungary in 1938, the National Hungarian Technical Museum was opened in the building on 11 November 1943. Its collection remained in Kassa after the Soviet invasion and the recreation of Czechoslovakia in 1945. The Hungarian town of Kassa was again taken from Hungary, the museum was renamed to Slovak Technical Museum, and the Hungarians were driven away from the town.

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