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An der Südseite des Batthyány-Platzes steht ein Denkmal zu Ehren Lajos Batthyánys. Nach einer Einweihungszeremonie im Jahr 2007 wurde es hier erst ein Jahr später aufgestellt, anlässlich des 200. Geburtstags von Batthyány im Jahr 2008. Erstellt wurde die Statue vom Bildhauer Géza Stremeny. Sie zeigt den Augenblick, in dem Batthyány die Aprilgesetze von 1848 vorstellt, die Ungarn mehr Souveränität einräumen sollten. Die Statue steht auf einem Marmorsockel in Form eines Schiffsrumpfes. Am Bug findet sich die Skulptur einer Pelikanmutter, die ihre Jungen mit ihrem eigenen Blut füttert, das Symbol der Batthyány-Familie. "
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Lajos batthyány statue
On the south side of Batthyány Square there is a monument in honour of Lajos Batthyánys. After an inauguration ceremony in 2007, it was erected here one year later to mark Batthyány's 200th birthday in 2008. The statue was created by sculptor Géza Stremeny. It shows the moment when Batthyány introduces the April Laws of 1848, which were supposed to give Hungary more sovereignty. The statue stands on a marble base in the shape of a ship's hull. On the bow is a sculpture of a pelican mother feeding her young with her own blood, the symbol of the Batthyány family.
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"Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár; 10 February 1807 – 6 October 1849) was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pozsony (modern-day Bratislava) on 10 February 1807, and was executed by firing squad in Pest on 6 October 1849, the same day as the 13 Martyrs of Arad.
Career
His father was Count József Sándor Batthyány (1777–1812), his mother Borbála Skerlecz (1779-1834). At an early age, he moved to Vienna with his mother and his brother after his parents' divorce. Batthyány had a private tutor, but his mother sent him to a boarding school and Batthyány rarely saw his mother again.
Early years
At the age of 16 Batthyány finished his studies at boarding school and attended the Academy in Zágráb (now University of Zagreb, Croatia).[1] In 1826 he took a tour of duty in Italy for four years, where he was promoted to lieutenant and got his law degree.
In 1830 he became a hereditary peer in the Upper House in Hungary and took his seat in the Parliament, but at this time Battyhány was not a politician by nature.
In December 1834 he married Antónia Zichy (daughter of Károly Zichy and Antónia Batthyány). Their children were: Amália Batthyány (1837–1922), Ilona Batthyány (1842–1929) and Elemér Batthyány (1847–1932). Batthyány's friend said that Antónia (his wife) encouraged him to take on larger responsibilities in politics.
Batthyány, the Reform politician
Batthyány became more involved after the 1839–1840 diet in Pozsony and was the Leader of the Opposition. He drew up a reform plan for them. Batthyány advised employing stenographers to record verbatim the proceedings of the Upper House starting in 1840.
Batthyány agreed with István Széchenyi's views on economics and politics. At the beginning of the 1830s Batthyány was one of the people who promoted horse breeding in Hungary. Later they expanded into other animal breeding and established the Association of Hungarian Economy. Batthyány, following Széchenyi, supported breeding silkworms: he planted more than 50,000 mulberry trees on his farm to cultivate them. The Vas shire county and the Economics Association of Szombathely were founded with Batthyány's help.
At the start he agreed with Széchenyi that the new noblemen and aristocrats had to lead the new reform movement, but Batthyány's views were much closer to that of the nobility. Because of this Batthyány tried to bite his tongue when dealing with Széchenyi and Lajos Kossuth. From 1843 onward he started to work with Kossuth.
In the 1843–1844 parliament Batthyány was the Leader of the Opposition for the entire parliament, and criticised the Habsburg Monarchy's internal affairs and foreign policy.
After the dissolution of parliament Batthyány moved to Pest and in 1845 he was elected as the chairman of the Central Election Office. He had an important role in the other economic associations and set up the Védegylet (roughly: "Defence society" ). On 15 March 1847 an amalgamation of the Hungarian Leftist movements (the Maverick Party) was founded and Batthyány became its first President.
Batthyány supported Kossuth both morally and financially. Kossuth became the representative for Pest County in the 1847 diet. After this Batthyány was the Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House while Kossuth had the same role in the Lower House. "