- Jánoshida
Infobox Settlement
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subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
area_total_km2=34.79
population_as_of=2001
population_total=2725
population_density_km2=78.33
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=5143
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thumb|right|300px|Location_of_Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county inHungary ] Jánoshida is avillage inJász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in theNorthern Great Plain region of centralHungary .Geography
It covers an
area of convert|34.79|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on and has apopulation of 2725 people (2001 ).History
Earliest signs are from archaeologic finds of [bronze age(1800-1700 B. C.). An Avarian flute was found from the 6.-7. c. A. D. In
1186 Béla III of Hungary donated the village to the premontre priests and they built a monastery. The romanesque style of the monastery resembles to those of bishop ofVác , or archbishop ofEsztergom . The patrocinium of the monastery wasJohn the Baptist . The name of the village had been at that time Szentkereszt (The Holy Cross), and later has got the name of Jánoshida (Ther bridge of John). The monastery was the centre of the provostry. In1536 the village and the monastery was destroyed in the Tirkish wars. Only after1688 , the year of liberation from the Turkish occupation could the village and monastery have benn rebuilt. In1715 the village belonged toPest County . The church have been rebuilt in barock style. The monastery has got classicist style facade in1830 . In1854 Jánoshida has been moved toHeves County . Finally, in1876 it was moved toJász-Nagykun-Szolnok County .ightseeings
The church with details remained and preserved in romanesque style is the most attractive tourist sightseeing in Jánoshida. The southern doorway of the chapell is in romanesque style and the monastery can be also visited.
References
* Gerevich Tibor: "Magyarország románkori emlékei", (Romanesque Heritage in Hungary.) Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1938.
* Gerő László (1984): Magyar műemléki ABC. Budapest,
* Henszlmann Imre: "Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése", Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest, 1876.
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