Turi Remety
Тур'ї Ремети | |
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 Church at Turi Remety | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Turi Remety  Turi Remety | |
| Coordinates: 48°42′51″N 22°35′38″E / 48.71417°N 22.59389°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Zakarpattia Oblast |
| Raion | Uzhhorod Raion |
| First mentioned | 1541 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,340 |
| Area code | +380-3145 |
Turi Remety or Tur'i Remety (Ukrainian: Тур'ї Ремети; Hungarian: Turja-Remete; Slovak: Turie Remety; Czech: Remetské Hámre or Turjanský Remety) is a village in the Uzhhorod Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the river Turichka.
Until 18 July 2020, Turi Remety belonged to Perechyn Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast to six. The area of Perechyn Raion was merged into Uzhhorod Raion.[1][2]
The population of the village is 3,340. It stands at 240 meters above sea level.
The church at Turi Remety has on its outer wall a memorial to Fedor Feketa (c. 1789-1838), who regularly carried the post on foot between the village and the town of Uzhorod for over 30 years.[3] It is believed to be the oldest monument to a postman in the world.
History
Turi Remety was first mentioned in written sources in 1451.
In the 1830s and 1870s, there was a small metallurgical plant here. In the 1830s and 1840s, the products of a small iron foundry on the Turya or Turychka rivers were famous. The iron foundry that operated in Turi Remety in the 1830s and 1870s. The plant also worked for export. That is why the products were stamped with the inscription "Ungvar" (Uzhhorod), not "Turje Remete" — for prestige. The plant also produced grave monuments: several of them still stand in the cemetery around the church. A metallurgical iron foundry operated in the village in the nineteenth century. At that time, specialists from Austria, Germany, and Hungary began to settle in Remete, improving the village life and bringing their own traditions.
The cast-iron statues of Hercules and Hermes, which are now in Uzhhorod Castle, were cast in the village.
Famous people
The writer and scholar, pastor Ivan Murani (1881-1945) was born in the village.
On 15 October 1925, Magda Adam, a world-renowned historian and doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, was born in the village.
References
- ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ↑ "About Fedor Feketa", in The Sub-Carpathian Messenger Newsletter of the Study Circle for the Postal History of the Carpatho-Ukraine Number 2 – January 2009, p.2. Accessed 28 April 2015.