National Cemetery in Martin
Cemetery in Slovakia
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The National Cemetery (Slovak: Národný cintorín) in Martin, Slovakia, is the final resting place of many important personalities of Slovak history. The list includes writers, poets, national activists, pedagogues, etc.
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 Interactive map of National Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1780 |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49°03′38″N 18°55′33″E |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Slovak National Literary Museum |
| Website | Official Site |
List of notable burials
- Juraj Antal – doctor-physiologist
- Július Barč-Ivan – writer
- Martin Benka – painter
- Ján Bodenek – writer
- Emanuel Teodor Bohm – supporter of Slovak literature in the United States
- Mária Bohmová-Dziaková – supporter of Slovak literature in the United States
- Ján Bulík – chairman of Matica Slovenská in Yugoslavia
- Blažej Bulla – architect and folklorist
- Juraj J. Cincík – sacral painter
- Jozef Cíger Hronský – writer
- Samuel Czambel – linguist
- Ferdinand Čatloš – generál, minister
- Štefan Marko Daxner – activist
- Matúš Dula – politician
- Mikuláš Štefan Ferienčík – journalist and writer
- Ján Francisci-Rimavský – activist
- Mikuláš Galanda – painter
- Michal Gašparík – author of chronicles
- Želmíra Gašparíková – translator
- Janka Guzová-Becková – singer, collector of folk songs
- Andrej Halaša – national and cultural worker
- Maša Haľamová – poet
- František Hečko – writer
- Mária Jančová-Hečková – writer
- Naďa Hejná – actress
- Milan Hodža – politician, prime minister of the ČSR, acting president of ČSR
- Ferdinand Hoffmann – theatrician
- Emil Horváth – actor
- Ján Hrušovský – writer and journalist
- Svetozár Hurban Vajanský – writer
- Anna Hurbanová-Jurkovičová – first Slovak actress
- A. Ilečka – sculptor
- Janko Jesenský – writer
- Ferdinand Juriga – activist
- Ján Kadavý – activist, publisher and composer
- František Kalina – editor and translator
- František Kalina Jr. – visual artist
- Ján Kalinčiak – writer
- Štefan Kvietik, actor
- Andrej Kmeť – collector, organizer of scientific life
- Jozef Kohút – organizer of the fire-brigade movement[citation needed]
- Janko Kráľ – poet
- Štefan Krčméry – poet
- Martin Kukučín – poet
- Karol Kuzmány – writer
- Andrej Lettrich – director and screenplay writer
- Jozef Lettrich – politician
- Cyprián Majerník – painter
- Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová – writer
- Ján Meličko – composer
- Hana Meličková – actress
- Danko Michaelli – actor
- Milan Mitrovský – painter and writer
- Pavol Mudroň – representative of the Slovak National Movement
- Štefan Nemčok – painter
- Karol Novák – conductor
- Jozef Pajtaš – eye surgeon
- Viliam Pauliny-Tóth – writer, journalist, politician
- P. Peressenyi – architect
- Ján Petrikovich – doctor
- Ambro Pietor – journalist, national activist
- Karol Plicka – photographer
- Belo Polla – historian
- Daniel Rapant – historian
- Vladimír Roy – poet
- Viliam Ruttkay-Nedecký – painter
- Miloslav Schmidt – organizer of the fire-brigade movement
- Ján Smrek – poet
- Blanka Smreková – poet
- Ivan Stodola – writer
- Ján Šikura – historian
- Jozef Škultéty – administrator of Matica slovenská
- Pavol Socháň - writer and photographer
- Miloš Štefanovič – politician
- Fraňo Štefunko – sculptor
- Ivan Štubňa – painter
- Dušan Šulc – book graphic artist
- Izabela Textorisová – botany expert
- Ľudmila Turzová – author of an Atlas of Healing Plants
- Eduard Tvarožek – translator
- Marián Váross – artistic historian
- Jaroslav Vlček – literary historian
- Gorazd Zvonický – translator
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Cemetery in Martin.
- Frantisek Zboray's Home Page
- Zdenko Ďuriška: Národný cintorín v Martine, Pomníky a osobnosti, MS, 2007