The castle was built between 1906 and 1909 in neo-baroque style, based on the plans of Viktor Siedek. The owner Széchenyi-Wenckheim family left the castle in 1944.
At present, the cellar and parts of the vertical walls can be found. The park of the castle ruins is beautifully landscaped, can be visited.
Past: The Bélmegyer Hunting Mansion was built by the Kárász family in the 1850’s in romantic-eclectic style, for hunting purposes.
Present: The building is under monument protection. It has 13 hotel rooms and conference rooms, as well as excellent game dishes. Upon request, organizing huntings is possible. (pheasant, rabbit, roe deer buck, mallard.
For a long time, Doboz was the center of the Wenckheim manor. The castle was built between 1805 and 1810. The CastlePark is a nature conservation area. In the nearby a neo-romanesque chapel can be found.
5624 Doboz Kossuth tér 15. Phone number/fax: +36-66-268-298 E-mail: iskola@doboz.hu
Geszt
TiszaCastle (Tisza kastély)
At first it was a one-storey, then a three storey castle of baroque and Louis Seize styles, built around 1760. Based on writings about its building, it is uncertain but likely to have been built around 1760. Based on its façade decoration it shows relationship with the AlmássyCastle in Gyula.
The Castle has a park of 72 hectares, most of which is under supervision of the Körös-MarosNational park.
Gyula
Gyulai Vár (átvenni a szöveget a Műemlékekből. PM)
János György Harruckern started building the castle. After the great fire in 1801, the Wenckheim family rebuilt it. The final owner was the Almássy family, hence its name. The building has seen a lot, it was the venue of numerous historical events. For instance János Damjanich, a leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad was a “guest” here in 1849. From the 1850’s, Erkel Ferenc, born in Gyula often stayed in the castle; according to legend he composed the Bánk Bán and the Brankovics opera here. In the territory of the Gyula Castle Spa, which is established in the former castle park, a field maple without its crown reminds us of this. In 1861, on the first floor of the Castle, the 17 years old Mihály Munkácsy, as a painter apprentice at the time was practicing drawing, for the painter Elek Szamossy restoring the pictures of the ancestry. The riding hall of the castle at present houses the pools of the Gyula Castle Spa. After a long Cinderella dream, as of 2015 the castle serves as a visitor’s center. Exhibitions introduce the world of the nobles, memories of visits of kings, and fate of the servants.
Waters and land relief have played a significant role in the life of the castle. Contemporary maps show that the castle and the manor was located on a peninsula enclosed by the Fehér-Körös. There is a visitor’s center (museum) in the castle and serves as a venue for programs.
5711 Gyula, Széchenyi u. 71. Phone number and fax: +36- 66/639-632 Mobil: +36-30/545-4471 E-mail: info@gyulavarikastely.hu
Kaszaper
Wenckheim mansion (Wenckheim kúria)
In 2004, the old Wenckheim mansion was saved from demolishing and disappearing. Its garden is a park, in which now a retirement home operates.
5948 Kaszaper-Pusztaszőlős Dózsa tér 1. Phone number: +36-68/423-000
Kétegyháza
Andrássy-AlmássyCastle (Andrássy-Almássy Kastély)
The castle was built by Zsigmond Almássy in 1742 in baroque- Louis Seize style, but it has burned down in 1858. Based on the romantic plans of Miklós Ybl, it has been rebuilt between 1858 and 1859, in classical style.
An agricultural collection can be seen in the castle.
Past: Around 1806, the VásárhelyiCastle was built on the sand hill that remained after draining the swamps. The castle is unique not only in Hungary, but in Central-Europe as well due to being a tuscan column castle. Its name was given after its last owner, count Viktor Bréda, who died in 1938, in the castle.
Nowdays the renovated castle awaits its visitors as a tourist attraction and cultural visitor’s center. It offers many attractions and services in the wonderful area, for example the light-painting performance on the façade of the castle, unique in Europe. In the dome room, the 15 meter high Foucault-pendulum shows the rotation of the Earth. Within the rooms, the history and the owner’s history comes to life. The castle and the restaurant are excellent venues for events; weddings and Valentine’s day candle light dinners are held here.
5743 Lőkösháza, Bréda major Phone number: +36 30/963-3088 E-mail: info@bredakastely.hu
Medgyesegyháza
BánkútCastle (Bánkúti kastély)
The castle serves as a community house, it has a library and an exhibition room, as well as László Baross wheat breeder’s memorial room.
The manorial castle of the Wenckheim family was built at the beginning of the 1800’s in Louis Seize-empire style. From 1838 to 1840, Júlia Szendrey, later wife of Sándor Petőfi the great poet attended to the school operating in this castle. Sándor Petőfi was a friend and relative of Soma Orlai Petrics who lived here. He was a special character of Hungarian historical painting. The one-storied building has a 5 ha park.
At present the Orlai Petrics Soma Museum Collection can be seen here.
5650 Mezőberény, Fő út 1-3. Phone number: +36 (66) 515-553 E-mail: opskk@mezobereny.hu
Orosháza-Gáspártelek
GeistGáspárCastle (Geist Gáspár kastély)
The hunting castle was probably planned by Ybl Miklós, for Gáspár Geist jr. The wooden ceiling is very special. It has a private owner, therefore CAN NOT BE VISITED.
Sarkad
Almássy-mansion (Almásy kúria)
The classical mansion was built in 1829. The Almássy family also built a chapel and established a zoo in the town. Nowadays the castle serves as a school, but there is also a school and post history exhibition, and an Ady collection (Endre Ady, great Hungarian poet lived from 1877 to 1919)
The castle along with the park was built between 1875 and 1879 by the plans of Miklós Ybl. The castle was consecrated on 19 July 1882. The builders were the wealthy squires of the time: count Frigyes Wenckheim and his wife, Krisztina Wenckheim. At the time it was the brightest and most modern castle, with supreme interior. There is an artificial water spring in front of the building opposite the chapel, the so-called Zsigmond spring, drilled in 1894. Unfortunately it only operates in an artificial way, not natural. In the central section of the French garden, there is a very nice pool with a fountain, as well as the biggest sycamore tree in Békés county.
From 1945 to 2011 (for 66 years) a school also operated in the castle.
The castle park can be visited every day until dark, visiting the castle only after prior appointment.
Built between 1810 and 1820 in classical style, with romantic and eclectic details. In front of the entrance there is collonade with tympanum, with the coats of arms of the Bolza and Batthyány families, carved from stone. The stairs lead to the Holt-Körös. Here we can see a statue, the wolf suckling Romolus and Remus, founders of Rome. The statue is the one and only genuine in detail and same size copy of the one in the Capitolium of Rome, placing it was only possible with prior permission of the Italian government. The statue recalls Italian origin of the Bolza family.
The castle serves as an office house.
5540 Szarvas, Szabadság út 2. Phone number: +36-66/216-581
Szarvas
Lengyel mansion (Lengyel palota)
Built in eclectic style, as a mansion of freeholder Sándor Lengyel.
Serves as a community house, can only be visited outdoor.
5540 Szarvas, Szabadság út 36. Phone number: +36-66/311-122
The mansion was built around 1800 by the Wenckheim family, in classical-romantic style. Emil D’Orsay, who married the granddaughter of count Wenckheim had it reshaped many times, expanded its style with romantic elements. A notable cellar system was under the castle.
It is the home of the City Library and the collection of the SárrétMuseum.
5520 Szeghalom, Nagy Miklós utca 2. Phone number: +36-66/371-561
Tarhos (Békés-Tarhos)
WenckheimCastle and Bandstand (Wenckheim kastély és Zenepavilon)
The former Wenckheim castle and its 23 ha arboretum was finished in the 19th Century. In 1946, György Gulyás Hungarian composer and conductor opened a singing school in the nationalized castle. The high standard Bandstand was built in 1953. The Békés-Tarhos Music Days, organized from 1976 based on the traditions of the former schools brought nationwide fame again.
