Boldva Explained

Official Name:Boldva
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Boldva
Coordinates:48.2173°N 20.7885°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Hungary
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén}}
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Edelény
Area Total Km2:28.34
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:3794
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+36) 46

Boldva is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.

History

The village got its name from the river Bódva. The vicinity had been a settled place since ancient times in the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Written documents mention the village from the 13th century as Boldua.

Between 1175 and 1180 the Ordo Saint Benedict built a monastery at Boldva. The monastery church was erected to Saint John the Baptist. At the same time a rotunda was used by the village people. The ruins of this rotunda were excavated in the 1980s, during the renovation of the Árpád age church.

A famous codex, the so-called Pray codex, The Sacramentarium Bolvense contains one of the oldest Hungarian text: The Speech at the Funeral. During the second Mongolian invasion at 1285 the building was destroyed and burned. The monks escaped to the Somogyvár Abbey. Later, during the Turkish Wars, the church was renewed and reformed.

Sightseeings

Neighbour villages

Sajóecseg (5 km), Sajósenye (6 km), Ziliz (3 km), and the town of Edelény and Sajószentpéter also approx. 10 km.

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