Do this in the Buda Castle and get lucky until you can: the minister wants to ban it

The local government of Budapest’s 1st district published a surrealistic post on their official Facebook page yesterday. It is about tourists and the horse of András Hadik, one of the most famous Hungarian military leaders in the Hungarian (and Austrian) military History. However, in the story, not Hadik but his horse’s testicles play a part.

The equestrian (hussar) statue of András Hadik has been displayed in the Buda Castle since 1937. Hadik was one of the most respected military leaders of the Austrian Empire. Under the reign of Maria Theresa (1740-1780), he managed to capture the Prussian capital, Berlin, during the Seven Years’ War in 1756, which meant a significant prestige loss for the enemy and the legendary king, Frederick II. HERE is our article about the film made about that. Hadik was the only Hungarian who received the highest military rank in Austria. Between 1776 and 1790, he headed the the Hofkriegsrat, the Aulic War Council.

However, there is a problem with the statue of the legendary general. According to a surreal post of the 1st district local government (Budavár), János Lázár’s construction ministry wants to impose a ban on it. The ministry wrote to the local government that some tourist guides present the artwork in an unworthy manner. They explain to the foreigners that, provided somebody touches and/or strokes the testicles of Hadik’s horse, they will get lucky. Thus, everybody does so.

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The ministry believes that such an attitude is intolerable and harms those respecting the life and deeds of the military leader. Therefore, the local government should prohibit that, put a sign there and send out the civic guards to protect the statue.

The local government explained the legend of the statue, mentioned similar stories from Europe in their reply and said nobody complained because of the tradition so far. But they aknowledged that climbing the statue was dangerous. Therefore, they would place a sign warning about that later.

Telex reminded readers that stroking the horse’s testicles is an old tradition of the students of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics during the exam period.

You could use some of that luck? You may find the statue on the corner of Szentháromság and Úri Street in the Buda Castle District.