Csengersima

Csengersima
Csengersima
Coordinates: 47°52′2″N 22°44′52″E
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
• Total	23.8 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	741
• Density	29.71/km2 (76.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4743
Area code	44

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

Geography

It covers an area of 23.8 km² (9 sq mi) and has a population of 741 people (2001).

Sightseengs

The reformed church of Csengersima.

The old romanesque church from the 13th century is famous, mainly because of its coffered ceiling. There are frescoes of the celestial bodies, flowers, old Biblical scenes in a beautiful drawing and coloring manner.

Six ceiling panels from the reformed church of Csengersima.

References

• Balogh J. (1939): A késő-gótikus és a renaissance-kor művészete. (The late-gothic and renaissance age art.) Magyar művelődéstörténet. 2. (Szerk. Domanovszky S.), Budapest
• Bérczi Sz, Bérczi Zs., Bérczi K. (2002): Kazettás mennyezetek. (Coffered ceilings.) Licium-Art, Debrecen
• Kelemen L. (1977): Művészettörténeti tanulmányok. (Studies in Art History.) Bukarest
• 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

External links

• Short description about the church of Csengersima.
• Image from inside the church.
• Photographs of the beautiful church, outside and inside.