Cultural Directory of Slovakia - Memorial

Jozef Gregor Tajovský Memorial House, built in 1799, is currently a cultural monument that is dedicated to the memory of a famous Slovak writer Joseph Gregor Tajovský (1874 -1940). Entrance room captures the history of the village of Tajov, second and third rooms are devoted to life and literary works of Tajovský and the fourth room is ethnographic in nature. In it the original interior of anteroom with hearth and smoke house have been preserved. The fifth room documents life and work Tajovský’s wife, the woman writer Hana Gregorová (1885-1958).

The Winter of 1944-5 saw the systematic suppression of the armed revolt of the Slovak people – the Slovak National Uprising (SNP). A mere suspicion of assistance rendered to insurgents was often sufficient reason for bloody reprisals against local people. On the night of 17-18 March 1945 the Germans encircled and set aflame the Upper Hron village of Kalište. Of the 42 original houses only six remained. After the war, the foundations of the burned houses scattered across the hillside were conserved and the cemetery and the chapel were restored.