Experience firsthand the re-enactment of the Battle of Isaszeg!

After a two-year hiatus, this year, the Battle of Isaszeg will be fought again – at least within the framework of the commemorative Isaszeg History Days. The event, which will take place on 5-6 April, offers a wide range of activities.

As Helló Magyar reported, visitors to Isaszeg can choose from a wide range of outdoor activities: a torchlight parade with military and folk traditionalists, recruiting, dance, hussar camp, military parade, battle re-enactment, wreath-laying, Polish-Hungarian friendship meeting, historical quiz, and a colourful procession of folk traditionalists.

Of course, the highlight is the Isaszeg Living History Lesson, a re-enactment of the battle on 6 April.

Before the battle, the participants will march from the Town Hall (Városháza) to the Sculpture Hill (Szoborhegy) and then recall the battle in colourful battle scenes filled with cannon thunder, sword clashes, horse clashes, gunfire and battle cries.

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One of the most famous battles of the past will be re-enacted with the help of the participants of the World Association of Hungarian Traditional Guards and the Spring Memorial March, the St. Martin’s Horse Heritage Society of Isaszeg, the young people of the Road of Wars Horse Sports Association of Isaszeg,

150 horsemen, 250 infantrymen, 50 artillerymen, 80 traditionalists of the period, carts, free troops, musicians, and folk traditionalists.

The battle

The crucial battle of the first stage of the Spring Campaign of the Revolution took place between Isaszeg and Gödöllő on 6 April 1849.