Chapel of Virgin Mary

The Chapel of Virgin Mary is a classic building situated in the only cemetery in Snina. A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. Snina (Szinna is a town in Slovakia placed at the confluence of the Cirocha river and the small river Pčolinka in the valley between the Beskydy It was built by Stefan Rholl in 1842.

Because his family had concealed roots in Snina, he built a tomb with chapel for the deceased relatives. A former cemetery, which was made on the decline created by the backing-up of river Pčolinka, was not suitable as Pčolinka posed a threat when it flooded, even for a single cemetery. The most suitable solution was to sacrifice his vineyard to produce a cemetery.

Render of model of Chapel of Virgin Mary

In 1832, Stefan Rholl built a chapel of saint Jan Nepomucky in Snina between two bridges across the river Cirocha. John of Nepomuk or John Nepomucene (Jan Nepomucký (c1345 – March 20, 1393) Basic biographical information Jan Velflín (Welflin Cirocha is a 566 km long river and tributary of Laborec in eastern Slovakia. This chapel was destroyed in 1935, when the two wooden bridges were taken down to build one beton bridge. Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag

Roots of Rholls in Snina began in 1799 when businessman Jozef Rholl bought the lordship of Snina from the sons of countess Terézia van Dernáthová, an important event in Snina's history. Jozef Rholl came from a family which was undertaking metallurgy in Gemer and Spis. The article is about the historical region for the village in Slovakia, see Gemer (village. In 1809, Jozef Rholl built iron-works with attached walled houses for the workers.

Under the chapel was the family tomb of Rholl, which was robbed during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including On a wall inside this chapel, a table with the tomb title in Hungarian is well preserved:

"Here lies Katherine, wife of respectable and courageous Jozef Rholl, born Uszfalvai. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. She sleeps forever 24. , on the day of Saint Michael in the year 1803, in the 55th year of her life. With the feeling of thanks and deep regard son of Stefan, built in 1842. "

See also

• Snina

References

• autori. Snina (Szinna is a town in Slovakia placed at the confluence of the Cirocha river and the small river Pčolinka in the valley between the Beskydy : Snina.

External links

• Domáca stránka Sniny (Slovak)