This work by Gy. Berecz, created in 1936, is a memorial to the greatest Hungarian Romantic writer, who came into the world on 18 February 1825 in Komárno. His statue stands in front of the Danube Museum.
The idea of erecting a statue arose immediately after the writer’s death (in 1904), and a collection began in 1906 at the request of the Komárno newspaper. However, the money collected went to a war loan, and later, for political reasons, the statue could not be erected. Finally, in 1936, the Czechoslovak authorities permitted a further collection; this time the necessary amount was raised within a year. The bronze statue was cast in Prague, and its pedestal was made of Haraszti limestone by Viktor Komáromi. Its foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1937, and the ceremonial unveiling (at which the then Czechoslovak prime minister Milan Hodža also spoke) took place on 28 November. After 1945 this statue was also removed, but it was the first of the demolished statues to be returned to its original location in 1952.