Centers

Office of the Hungarian Scout Association in Slovakia

Dunajská Streda

The office of the Hungarian Scout Association in Slovakia lies in the centre of Dunajská Streda. The building was built by a general practitioner, Med. univ.  Dr Marschall János in 1923. Later it became city property and was used as a nursery school. In 1992, the Association re-built the building that was by that time in a very bad condition. Since then, here are the Head Office of the Association and the archives located, and the upper floor gives home for the 10^th Scout Group of St. George.  The Office runs the register of Scouts and here is the internal correspondence and administration centred.

Beszédes Lajos Scout Park

Plášťovce

The Scout Park is a camp place in a 1 hectare large area. It is situated in the north at a distance of 3 km from the town. It was established in 1993. You can enter the Park through a brook to the north from Plášťovce. There is a possibility to connect to the central drinking water network.

Ivánka Castle

Plášťovce

The Castle functions as a self-catering house and a tourist accommodation. It is possible for groups to rent it through the whole year. The building that stands on the castle´s courtyard gives home to the 9^th Scout Group of St. George from Plášťovce. There are bedrooms, kitchen and bathrooms for 45 people, as well as one great hall (lounge) and 7 bedrooms. The Castle can be heated in winter. In the kitchen there are 2 gas stoves with ovens and 1 refrigerator. Furthermore, there are several bathrooms, 4 toilettes, shower and a boiler. In the courtyard there is a memorial column and a young pine from the pass of Verecke. In the backyard you can find an arbour, a traditional furnace and a campfire place in the open air.   

Koháry Mansion

Fiľakovo

Since the second half of 2004 the Association uses the building – they got it by way of donation – as the Scout Home of the 47^th Scout Group of Istvan Kohary. The Mansion with the abandoned garden and the barnyard was in a very bad condition for a long time. The Association has removed the crumbling roof immediately on their own part of the building. Moreover, they have strengthened it a bit on the other owner´s part. Since the next years re-building has continued in little steps. Electricity and tap water were installed and the courtyard was successfully cleaned out.

Mrenna József House

Vinica

The building is used as a self-catering house and a tourist accommodation on the northern part of the village, next to the open air swimming pool. The Association uses the House since 2000 but they became its official owners only in 2003. The building that now should be reconstructed is named after the secretary – and later commander-in-chief – of the Hungarian subdepartment of the former Czechoslovakian Scout Association. In the courtyard stands the Association´s memorial column of the 2^nd Association Great Camp organized in the summer of 2000.

There are bedrooms, kitchen and bathrooms for 11 people.

Scout Home in Rimavská Sobota

Rimavská Sobota

It is an old family house at the heart of Rimavská Sobota. The Association has bought it from the city in 2005. (One half of the semi-detached house belongs to the local Slovak Scout group.) The building is regularly visited not only by Scouts but also by the local Old Scout Club whose members had helped at the outside renovation in 2007 and 2008. The roof should be renewed, too. However, for now it cannot be realized for financial reasons.

Scout Home in Turňa nad Bodvou

Turňa nad Bodvou

The Scout Home stands on the place of the former Industrialist Casino (Iparos Kaszinó). The town, respectively the masters of Torna County built it in the 19^th century when it functioned as a casino for gentlemen. Currently it is a monument. The Association has bought the building, they own it since 2008. For that time, Scouts could have use the Ranch on the basis of a contract signed by the town council. In the late 1990s, here was the Association´s Movement Secretariat placed. In 2003, the Association successfully renewed the roof of the building.

Water Scout Centre

Zemné

Since 2001, the Association had organized Water Scout leader trainings in the town of Zemné, this is the starting point of Water Scout programmes. Since 2005 we have been building a boathouse near the Váh River, which will be the home place of Water Scouts where they can do different maintenance works on their equipment and organize events.