Zsigmond Széchenyi

Zsigmond Széchenyi a adăugat o fotografie

acum 6 ore

R.I.P
Zsigmond

Count Sigmund Széchenyi of Sárvár-Felsővidék (Hungarian: Széchenyi Zsigmond; 23 January 1898 – 24 April 1967) was a Hungarian hunter, traveler and writer. He was a main figure of the Hungarian hunting culture, having hunted in Africa, India, Alaska and various parts of Europe. His outstanding hunting trophy is a world record addax, and his hunting library is the most significant collection of hunting books in Hungary, which can currently be viewed in the Hungarian Museum of Natural History.

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

Family and marriages He was a descendant of the Széchenyi family of the Roman Catholic nobility, Sárvár-Hinterland. His father was Viktor Széchenyi of Sárvár-Felsővidék (1871–1945), Count of Sárvár-Felsővidék and the Lord of Fejér County and the free royal city of Székesfehérvár. His mother was Countess Carolina Mária von Ledebur-Wicheln (1875–1956). His paternal grandparents were Count Dénes Széchenyi (1828–1892), a member of the Main House and the Parliament, and Countess Mária Hoyos (1838–1926), a noblewoman and member of the royal palace. His maternal grandparents were Count Johann von Ledebur-Wicheln (1842–1903), a nobleman, royal chamberlain, and ministerial counselor, and Countess Caroline Czernin of Chudenice (1847–1907), a noblewoman and member of the royal palace. He had one brother, Count Antal Széchényi, and three sisters, Countesses Sarolta Antónia Széchenyi ("Charlotte"), Irma Széchényi, and Márta Széchényi. Sigmund was the great-grandson of Count Ferenc Széchényi, the founder of the Hungarian National Museum, and Count Lajos Széchényi, who was the brother of Count István Széchenyi, a notable historical figure still known to many as "the Greatest Hungarian". His first marriage was with Stella Crowther (Wimbledon, London, England, July 24, 1913 – † Henfield, West Sussex, England, December 27, 1990); on June 2, 1936, which happened in the…Citește mai mult

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

Education Szécheny spent his childhood in Sárpentele, Fejér County (now Sárszentmihály), and in his Austrian and Czech relatives' homes in Gutenstein, Milleschau and Niemes. He completed his secondary education at the State High School in Székesfehérvár, and then at the Ferenc József High School in Budapest. He graduated in 1915, then was immediately enlisted and served in the World War I from 1916 to 1918. He then began his legal studies, but stopped in 1919 because he wanted to dedicate himself to the studying nature and fauna. He completed his higher education in Munich and Stuttgart between 1920 and 1921, and in 1922-1923 he further expanded his language and zoological knowledge in Oxford and Cambridge.

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

World War II and afterwards Between 1924 and 1932, he farmed on Kőröshegy in Somogy County, at which time his first African animal gathering and hunting expedition fell. In the spring of 1927, he hunted with László Almásy in Sudan, then hunted in Egypt, Libya, Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda. Alaska followed in 1935, India in 1937–38, and Africa again in 1938. He suffered great losses during World War II. His villa on Istenhegyi út in Budapest burned down and so was his trophy collection. From 1947; he worked as a hunting supervisor at the National Forestry Center. In 1950 at the Agricultural Museum, he was a specialist museologist, but in 1951 he was relocated to a farm next to Polgár in Hajdú County. He suffered a lot of injustice in the Rákosi era, but then in the 1950s he entered the Keszthely Helikon Library, where he worked on a professional bibliography on hunting literature in four languages. In 1955, the Fiction Publishing House published "Csui! ..." which had not been published for a quarter of a century. His wife Margit Hertelendy encouraged him to write again. In 1960 he went on an official state expedition to East Africa (with István…Citește mai mult

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

Europe Between 1915 and 1930, he hunted red deer mainly in the Bakony, Vértes and Kőröshegy estates in Hungary and therefore traveled to the Carpathians. He visited Transylvania regularly from 1941, mostly to the Grand Distress in Maro-storda, where, in addition to deer, he hunted bears, roe deer, wild boar in Tyrol, where he visited year after year to hunt chamois and grouse. During his travels in Europe, he visited several countries, including black grouse in Scotland, Alpine ibex in Italy, and so on.

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

Africa 1927 His first hunting trip to Africa took place with László Almásy as his companion in the eastern half of Sudan in the Kassala province near the Abyssinian border. His account of this is in the second part of his book; Following in the Footsteps of Deer. 1928 His hunt in November at Buff and Rhino Camp, next to the Ewaso Ng'iro River in Kenya, in the Maasai Reserve happened with; leopard, lion, buffalo, African elephant, impala, rhino. His first book, Chui, tells about this journey. Here he dropped the largest elephant party ever killed by a Hungarian hunter - weighing 133 and 1/2 pounds, 134 and 1/2 pounds. In this hunt, his partner was István Károlyi. 1929 in March he was following the elephants in the Kitui countryside, Kenya. 1932 November - March 1933: He returned to Kenya, where he hunted mainly elephants, bongos, antelopes and lions. This and his journey in the winter of 1933 are commemorated in his book African Campfires. 1933 November - March 1934: In Kenya, he hunted cape buffalo in the northern Ewaso Ng'iro area, a large booby on Mount Khulal, an elephant at christmas, and then again a buffalo and a lion.…Citește mai mult

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

Asia December 1937 - March 1938: He summarized his hunting experiences in India in his book Nahar.

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

North America In the summer of 1935, he hunted moose in Alaska along with Kodiak bear, Canadian wild sheep, and caribou.

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

Memorial In 2014, the Széchenyi Sigismund Hunting Museum was opened in the Grassalkovich Castle in Hatvan, in which the Széchenyi Sigismund Memorial Room was also created with his personal objects and memories. October 2022, several personal items were added to the exhibition, including furniture, paintings that had been in the home of Margit Hertelendy through the decades.

Zsigmond Széchenyi a publicat o actualizare

acum 6 ore

Other languages Land of Elephants (London) Tusschen dieren Gouddelvers (Amsterdam) Alaska (Münich) Bergteufel und Wüstenböcke (Salzburg) Nahar kral 'dzungle (Bratislava) Poloval somma Alaske (Bratislava) Wie es begann... (Salzburg) Feiertage (Salzburg)