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New Lutheran Church and the Tomb of Thököly Imre

Nový evanjelický kostol v Kežmarku
New Lutheran Church and the Tomb of Thököly Imre
Nový evanjelický kostol v Kežmarku
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Lutheran
Address:
Hviezdoslavova 199/14, 060 01 Kežmarok
Historical Hungarian county:
Szepes
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
49.133753, 20.428637
Google map:

History

It was built between 1872 and 1896 in neo-Byzantine style according to the plans of the Danish architect Teofil von Hansen from Vienna. The earthly remains of Prince Thököly Imre (1657-1705) of Upper Hungary, brought home in 1906 from Nicodemia (now Izmit, Turkey), rest in the mausoleum built in 1909.

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