{"id":5173,"date":"2025-05-31T17:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T16:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2025-05-31T17:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T16:59:35","slug":"memorial-walk-for-vitez-imre-csengeri-in-vaja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/memorial-walk-for-vitez-imre-csengeri-in-vaja\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Walk for Vit\u00e9z Imre Csengeri in Vaja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 31, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Author: Dr. Vit\u00e9z Gyula Sz\u0171cs Lieutenant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On behalf of the Order of Vit\u00e9z\u2019s Northeast Hungary Region Seat Captaincy, Dr. Vit\u00e9z Gyula Sz\u0171cs, Vit\u00e9z Istv\u00e1n F\u00fcl\u00f6p, and Vit\u00e9z J\u00f3zsef Erdei participated in the Memorial Walk for Vit\u00e9z Imre Csengeri on May 22, 2025, in the town of Vaja, organized by the Vay \u00c1d\u00e1m Museum Collection of the Hungarian National Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vit\u00e9z Imre Csengeri was born in 1888 in Hajd\u00fan\u00e1n\u00e1s. During World War I, he served as a non-commissioned officer in the Imperial and Royal 39th Infantry Regiment, in the 1st Battalion\u2019s machine gun unit. He took part in all major battles of his regiment and saw combat on the Serbian, Russian, and Italian fronts. He was wounded thirteen times, sustaining injuries from swords, bullets, and shrapnel. He was a masterful machine gunner, and due to his heroism and injuries, he was awarded the following honours: the Gold Medal for Bravery (Vit\u00e9zs\u00e9gi) twice, the 1st Class (Large) Silver Medal for Bravery, the 2nd Class (Small) Silver Medal for Bravery, the Bronze Medal for Bravery, the Karl Troop Cross, the Hungarian War Memorial Medal, and the Wounded Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the armistice, he fought against the Romanians as a member of the Sz\u00e9kely (Sekler) Division. In June 1919, he joined the National Army and eventually laid down arms in November 1920. He was the first among the enlisted ranks to be inducted into the Order of Vit\u00e9z, thus taking part in the very first investiture ceremony on August 21, 1921. As part of this, he received 15 acres of land in Vaja as a vit\u00e9z’s grant, offered by Mrs. \u00c1d\u00e1m Vay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He remarried in Vaja (his first wife had passed away) and had four children. He spent his life farming, while also serving as a youth instructor (Levente). His war wounds caused ongoing health problems, which ultimately led to his death on September 4, 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was widely respected by the people of Vaja even during his lifetime, so it is no surprise that his memory is preserved not only by his family. At the museum\u2019s initiative, interested attendees gathered at 2:00 PM on May 22 in the square in front of the castle, where patriotic music was performed by a military band and t\u00e1rogat\u00f3 artist Csaba Nagy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following this, participants walked to Vit\u00e9z Imre Csengeri\u2019s former residence (which he later purchased in the town center, as the vit\u00e9z land was in the countryside\u2014an area locals still call \u201cCsengeri-d\u0171l\u0151\u201d), and then to the cemetery, where a wreath was placed at his grave, which had been restored and is maintained by his family. The commemoration included a speech by S\u00e1ndor Moln\u00e1r, head of the institution, who recounted the life of the heroic soldier. During the wreath-laying, Csaba Nagy once again played the t\u00e1rogat\u00f3, and at his invitation, the event concluded with a recitation by Vit\u00e9z J\u00f3zsef Erdei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 31, 2025 Author: Dr. Vit\u00e9z Gyula Sz\u0171cs Lieutenant On behalf of the Order of Vit\u00e9z\u2019s Northeast Hungary Region Seat Captaincy, Dr. Vit\u00e9z Gyula Sz\u0171cs, Vit\u00e9z Istv\u00e1n F\u00fcl\u00f6p, and Vit\u00e9z J\u00f3zsef Erdei participated in the Memorial Walk for Vit\u00e9z Imre Csengeri on May 22, 2025, in the town of Vaja, organized by the Vay \u00c1d\u00e1m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5178,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5173\/revisions\/5178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitezi-rend.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}