Gyügye Explained

Subdivision Type:	Country
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Official Name:	Gyügye
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area Total Km2:	4.33
Population As Of:	2001
Population Total:	271
Population Density Km2:	62.59
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	4733
Area Code:	44

Gyügye is a small village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 4.330NaN0 and has a population of 271 people (2001).

Sightseeings

The old reformed church is worth visiting because of its beautiful and renowned coffered ceiling decorated in the church's inner space. The church was built in the 13th century in the romanesque style.

References

• Bérczi Sz, Bérczi Zs., Bérczi K. (2002): Kazettás mennyezetek. (Coffered ceilings.) Licium-Art, Debrecen
• Tombor I. (1968): Magyarországi festett famennyezetek és rokonemlékek a XV-XIX. századból. (Painted Coffered Ceilings from Hungary from the 15-16th Century.) Akadémiai K. Budapest
• Balogh J. (1939): A késő-gótikus és a renaissance-kor művészete. (Art of the Late-Gothic and Renaissance Age in Hungary.) Magyar művelődéstörténet. 2. (Szerk. Domanovszky S., Ed.), Budapest

Outer links

• Images of the church.
• Details about the art of the church.
• Article about the coffered ceiling of Gyügye.