As part of our non-industrial June trip to Hungary we visited two morgues along the way to themore interesting stuff. They probably don't warrant separate reports, so I'll put them both here. Morgues are something I don't really seek out, but since they were somewhat along the way and not big detours, we added them to the itinerary.
The first one is part of a former chateau-turned-sanatorium, which is freely accessible with an on-site security at the entrance. Built in the 19th century by a count family, it has a massive park around it. At some point it was turned into a sanatorium and multiple additional building were built around it. Judging by the architecture of the additional buildings, this conversion took place in the 50s or 60s - very socialist-looking. We talked to the guy at the entrance - he was sad we didn't speak German, but we made do with Czech and some broken English - and promised him not to go inside any of the buildings. Spoiler alert, we lied. We knew where approximately the morgue was, but we did a bit of sightseeing since we were visible from the entrance, and then went to the newer buildings. It took a bit of time but after a while we found the morgue. Small room, not too interesting, but good enough.
On the same day we went a bit more south to see another morgue, which was decidedly cooler than the first one. Once again, it was a chateau-turned-hospital. Built in the 19th century by a wealthy family, it was sold off soon after. Then a complicated mess of people dying and the property changing followed, which ultimately resulted in the property falling into state ownership around WW2. Since many of the hospitals in Hungary were bombed and not really useable, they were temporarily relocated to sites like this one. The site remained in use as a hospital until the 2000s, when it was abandoned and left in a state of disrepair. Parts of the site are in use by local businesses. The explore was chill - some fence jumping, a long walk through the overgrowth and we arrived at the morgue. Very green, nicely decayed. Would recommend.
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The first one is part of a former chateau-turned-sanatorium, which is freely accessible with an on-site security at the entrance. Built in the 19th century by a count family, it has a massive park around it. At some point it was turned into a sanatorium and multiple additional building were built around it. Judging by the architecture of the additional buildings, this conversion took place in the 50s or 60s - very socialist-looking. We talked to the guy at the entrance - he was sad we didn't speak German, but we made do with Czech and some broken English - and promised him not to go inside any of the buildings. Spoiler alert, we lied. We knew where approximately the morgue was, but we did a bit of sightseeing since we were visible from the entrance, and then went to the newer buildings. It took a bit of time but after a while we found the morgue. Small room, not too interesting, but good enough.
On the same day we went a bit more south to see another morgue, which was decidedly cooler than the first one. Once again, it was a chateau-turned-hospital. Built in the 19th century by a wealthy family, it was sold off soon after. Then a complicated mess of people dying and the property changing followed, which ultimately resulted in the property falling into state ownership around WW2. Since many of the hospitals in Hungary were bombed and not really useable, they were temporarily relocated to sites like this one. The site remained in use as a hospital until the 2000s, when it was abandoned and left in a state of disrepair. Parts of the site are in use by local businesses. The explore was chill - some fence jumping, a long walk through the overgrowth and we arrived at the morgue. Very green, nicely decayed. Would recommend.
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