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Visk (Pronounced Veeshk) was established early on in 1200 AD as a center for the active mining and forestry interests in the Carpathian Mountains. In 1270 AD. King Istvan V. had a school and church built. It was at this time that Visk was declared a "Crown Town".
This church still stands today as the oldest and largest Reformed Evangelical Church in the Carpathian Mountains. This is a fortified Gothic Church with a wooden bell tower. A tour thru the church will reveal that it is held together by wooden pegs with no nails. The church was first a Catholic Church and it is said the Martin Luther himself preached from the pulpit here one time. In the 1500's for a short period the church became a Lutheran Church. After that it became and still is an Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Famous Hungarians born is Visk were the famous statistician and geographer István Lassú (1797-1850), and the chief-abbot of Pannonhalma Kálmán Fehér Ipoly (1842-1909).
Visk remained under Hungary until the unfortunate treaty of 1921 when Hungary lost more than two thirds of its territories. The county of Máramaros was split in two with part going to Czechoslovakia and part going to Romania. Visk became part of Czechoslovakia. After World War II Visk changed countrys again and became part of the USSR. Now Visk called Vyshkovo is part of the Ukraine.
In 1913 there was a great flood on the Tizsa River that caused great damage in Visk. The Church survived but many homes were destroyed. This coupled with the looming of World War I were probably the main reasons so many left Visk.
Many Hungarians from Visk settled in the Carroll Avenue Neighborhood of Chicago's West Side and Missouri Valley Iowa. U.S.A. This tragedy has occured again with the horrific flooding of the Tizsa
 Özönvíz Visken 1998 Visk Flood |
 Özönvíz Visken 1998 Visk Flood |
Present day Visk is still an important Hungarian enclave. It's village architecture is of Saxon and Székely origin. Other points of interest in Visk is the plaque of István Lassú, the Saján bath: spa, the famous mineral spring, and the mercury mine .
For a comprehensive look at the region click on this link. This is an article on The Hungarian Minorites in the Carpathian Basin by Karoly Kocsis and Eszter Hodsi. This also includes a study on some of the towns with a sizable Hungarian population such as Visk.
 A gravestone in Missouri Valley Iowa U.S.A. of one of the many that left Visk |
 1715 Tax Document Visk .. A Viski Adó Dokument 1715 |
 Visk Map Today A Mai Viski Térkép |
 Carpathian Mountains Kárpátalja |
 Visk Map ca. 1870 A Viski Térkép Kb. 1870 |
 Visk 1995 |
Present Day Visk is now called Vyshkovo, Ukraine
Kivonat: A Viski Református Egyház Története
by Peleskey Sandor 1925 local link MAGYARUL Hungarian
Excerpts: From The History of the Reformed Church of Visk
by Peleskey Sandor 1925 local link ENGLISH Angolul
A Viski Református Egyház Családnév Kb. 1920-1925.
Surnames gleaned from Reformed Church Records of the Visk Calvinist Church Congregation ca. 1920-1925
Almádi, Alenyuk, Ambrus, Bacsi, Balázs, Becske, Bekker, Béni, Berki, Berecz, Botos, Burez, Csik, Csajkovics, Csákai, Cébely, Czébely, Dadi, Dakos, Daubner, Darvai, Dömöcs, Elek, Ernyei, Farkas, Fekete, Fésüs, Flóra, Fodó, Fodor, Fogt, Géczi, Gódi, Groszhardt, Gyapjas, Gyorgyos, Halama, Hánka, Hari, Heczel, Héder, Horváth, Hozás, Huber, Imre, Igyártó, Jancsó, Jenei, Jőrös, Kádár, Kanóc, Karikás, Kaszó, Kelemen, Kereszturi, Kertzka, Kis, Kölcsei, Koós, Kordik, Kovács, Kranjnicky, Krüzsel, Krüzsely, Kun, Kurpe, Lamincer, Lator, László, Lassu, Lator, Lingvai, Lőrincz, Lőke, Mali, Mandrik, Máté, Márkus, Méhes, Mészáros, Mezei, Molnár, Nagy, Néma, Nemes, Ötvös, Pál, Pajzos, Peleskey, Petrécs, Píkolcz, Ponc, Profoncsik, Pufler, Reif, Rudi, Sari, Seres, Simon, Skretyuk, Stark, Steinberger, Stók, Sütő, Szabó, Szirmai, Szász, Szépi, Szlávik, Szilágyi, Szijjus, Szirmai, Sztojka, Tolnai, Tóth, Ujaki, Varga, Virag
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 Templom..Church 1925 |
 Sanctuary |
 Communion Goblets |
 Templom..Church Gate |
 Templom..Church 1995 |
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 Templom..Church Organ |
 Templom..Church 1995 |
 Templom.. Church Bell Tower |
 Templom.. Church 1995 |
 Templom..Church Rectory |
 Visk School ca.1921 kb. 1921 |
 Visk School ca.1921 kb.1921 |
 Visk School ca.1921 kb.1921 |
 Tisza by Visk |
 House of Pal Botos |
Picture of Hungarian House from Visk at the Carpatho-Rusyn Web Page
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