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Badányi-Szirmay House

Badányi-Szirmay House
Original function:
house
Current function:
house
Settlement:
Késmárk, Kežmarok
Address:
Hlavné námestie 46
Historical Hungarian county:
Szepes
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
49.135076, 20.430709
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History

A late Gothic-Renaissance house from the 17th century. The house was owned by habans before 1669. The habans were Anabaptists driven out of Switzerland, who settled down in Hungary. They lived in working communities and were mainly engaged in pottery. In 1669 the lord of the town, Thököly István II, gave the house to Badányi Ádám. His descendants owned the house until 1973, when Baroness Szirmay Hedvig Mária died. Her rich heritage was taken over by the town museum. The family reconstructed the house in late Baroque-Rococo style in the second half of the 18th century.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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