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Memorial plaque on the site of the former Jewish cemetery
In 1999, a commemorative plaque was installed on the site of the former Jewish cemetery in Modra. The last surviving tombstone commemorates its turbulent history. During World War II, Modran Jews were taken to fascist concentration camps, where almost all perished, only a few returned. In 1960, there was only one Jewish family left in Modra to take care of maintaining the graves in the cemetery.
Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk
The statue of St. John of Nepomuck was probably also originally located by the stream in Modra. Today it is located near the Roman Catholic Church of St. Stephen the King in Modra. Saint John of Nepomuk is venerated as a martyr of the confessional secret and a patron in natural disasters and floods. Depictions of him can be found in various places, especially on bridges.
The Schnell House
Town house in Modra, where Ľudovít Štúr lived during the last five years of his life. In 1924, a bronze memorial plaque dedicated to Ľudovít Štúr was installed on the facade of the house.
Emresz House
The Renaissance burgher's vineyard house belonged to the Emresz family in the 19th century. After the death of her husband Karol Štúr, Rosina, née Emreszová, moved here with her seven children. Ľudovít Štúr lived here for the last three weeks of his life after his injury. In 1956, the Ľudovít Štúr Memorial Room was opened here. Today, the Emreszovský house is the seat of the SNM – Museum of Ľudovít Štúr.
Evangelical Orphanage
The building of the evangelical orphanage was ceremoniously opened in May 1913 according to the projects of the architect Dušan Jurkovič, who incorporated the building of the orphanage into the construction of the former mill.
The money for the construction of the orphanage also flowed from the all-Slovak collection, which was instigated by Pavel and Samuel Zochovci. The orphanage was built in a simple style, with a wide staircase leading from the main entrance to the upper floor, where there were children's bedrooms. In 1951, the General Episcopal Office of the Evangelical Church and the Faculty of Theology took over the management of the building. From 1964, the former orphanage was a dormitory for the Secondary Pedagogical School in Modra. The orphanage building was returned to the Evangelical Church in Modra in 1993.
The building of the former evangelical gymnasium
The classicist building of the former evangelical gymnasium was built in 1826 on the site of the original gymnasium from the 17th century. In the years 1839 – 1846, Ľudovít Štúr's older brother Karol Štúr worked as rector here. After his departure, the writer Janko Kalinčiak took over the position of rector of the gymnasium.
The Modran grammar school was very popular, because in addition to Latin and German, students also learned Slovak. Due to lack of funds, the gymnasium closed in 1870. Later, the gymnasium building served the needs of elementary and kindergarten, and is now almost unused. There are three memorial plaques on the building.
Synagogue
The original building representing historicism was built in 1902 together with the mikveh, a ritual bath. After the Second World War, the sacral function of the synagogue was replaced by a pottery factory, when it was rebuilt by building a second floor. Currently, the building serves as a private studio.
Golgotha sculpture
The Golgotha stone sculpture is an important sacred and artistic work presenting the late Baroque. It features the crucified Jesus Christ, figures of the Virgin Mary, St. John the Evangelist and St. Mary Magdalene in larger-than-life sizes.
Roman Catholic parish office
Old Evangelical Rectory
The building of the old evangelical rectory is connected with the work of Karol Štúr as an evangelical priest in Modra in the years 1846-1851. In May 1848, his brother Ľudovít Štúr found refuge here, who was hiding here from an arrest warrant issued for him by the Hungarian government.
New Evangelical Rectory
A one-story classicist building with an L-shaped floor plan built at the end of the 19th century. Samuel Zoch worked here as a parish priest and later bishop of the Western District of the Slovak Evangelical Church in 1907 – 1927. He was at the birth of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918.
At the parish in Modra, he drafted the basic text of the Martin Declaration, by which Slovak politicians signed up for the new state. Samuel Zoch was also the first Bratislava robe. The well-known recreation facility on Pieska – Zochova chata is named after him. In the years 1928 – 1933, Dušan Fajnor, the general bishop of the Slovak Evangelical Church, also worked at the Modranská parish. The writer Martin Rázus worked here as a young evangelical chaplain in 1911 – 1912.
Monastery of the Order of Saint Ursula Claudianum
The monastery used to educate Roman Catholic girls was built in 1901 by the city abbot Ľudovít Erney. The Trnava Ursulines founded the Monastery of the Order of St. Ursula. Its staff ran a folk school, a children's daycare, a girls' burgh school and a boarding school.
The monastery was confiscated by the state in 1950, and in 1951 the sisters were forcibly taken to a textile factory in Hanušovice. The monastery was subsequently renamed „charity domov“, its cancellation took place in September 1952 and the sisters were transferred to Jasov. The Ursulines returned to their monastery only after 1990.
Chapel of St. Michael on Kráľová
Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Michael was built in Modra – Kráľová in 1863.
Roman Catholic Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows
Baroque rotunda building from. 1760. It was situated near the now defunct Lower Gate and near the present-day Catholic rectory, which it was used to perform baptism. The chapel is built of brick, its dome-shaped roof is closed by a small tower in the shape of a lantern.
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Chapel
The Baroque chapel from the middle of the 18th century is a separate small building located at the southeastern end of the city.
Its expression proves its connection with popular feeling, it has an interesting stepped gable of the facade.
Evangelical church of av na Kráľová
The foundation stone of the Evangelical church on Kráľová was laid in 1868, despite many obstacles, the church was completed in 1875.
The church building is built in a historicizing style with elements of the Romanesque style.
German Evangelical Church and.
Built in 1866 in the classicist style on the site of its older predecessor built in 1696 – 1715. The interior of the church has three naves with a sanctuary. The tower is stepped, ending with a small tower with a roof, on top with a Latin cross. The side parts of the church are divided into two floors by emporiums, and an organ is placed on the back emporium.
Slovak Evangelical Church and.
It was built next to the German Evangelical Church in 1825-1835 on the site of an older church dating from 1715. The church originally did not have a tower, it was only built in 1866. A stone baptistery has been preserved from the original church. The facades of the church have a neo-Romanesque expression, a tower clock is located above the bell openings of the tower.
Roman Catholic Church of St. Stephen the King
It was built in the years 1873 - 1876 by German colonists on the site of the original Gothic church of St. Barbara from the 14th century.
It also includes the town tower, built before 1632, which originally stood in front of the church near the town hall. In architectural terms, the church of St. Stephen the King presents historicism.
Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist
The oldest sacral monument of Modra, whose origins date back to the Romanesque period in the 13th century. The church underwent several structural modifications in the 17th and 18th centuries. The interior is dominated by decoration in the Baroque style, his early Gothic wall paintings were recently discovered. A Renaissance bell tower from the 17th century is built into the original fortifications of the church.