01 · At the time of acquisition
The house as it reached us
The earliest photographs in the hotel's own archive document the deteriorated courtyard, roof, walls and interiors exactly as they were at acquisition.
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The story of the Generális House
Three and a half centurieson Tokaj's main square.
The written history of the building on Tokaj's main square reaches back to the final third of the seventeenth century. The hotel's own photographic archive follows it from its deteriorated state at acquisition in 2015 to today's Generális Wine Hotel.
The story of the Generális House
A house not replaced, but thoughtfully continued.
Historical sources trace the site from the Nádasdy House through military use and the Lutheran period to today's hotel. Every stage of the restoration is shown through the building's own photographic archive.
Documented timeline
From the Nádasdy House to Generális Wine Hotel
The timeline draws on archival and local-history research together with the building's own documentation.
1676
A 1676 inventory mentions the Nádasdy House on this part of the main square, together with a butcher's shop and tavern.
1687–1688
The house passed into Treasury ownership. It was used first by the customs and post official, then by the salt prefect.
1731–1732
The building was recorded as a salt store.
1768
The house was enlarged and remodelled as quarters for the district general. The name Generális House is linked to this period.
1780-as évek
The complex passed to the Lutheran community, which began creating a prayer house and community spaces.
1793
The Lutheran prayer house was completed, the historic predecessor of today's restaurant space.
1890
The house survived Tokaj's great fire while the surrounding quarter suffered severe damage.
1919–1924
The building was struck by artillery and the damage was later repaired.
1950
Following nationalisation, the building took on new uses while its condition gradually deteriorated.
1989
The property was returned to the Lutheran Church.
2015
Agroforg Kft. acquired the deteriorated complex. This is where the hotel's own photographic archive begins.
2016–2026
After research, investigation and a long restoration, Generális Wine Hotel and 1737 Terroir restaurant opened.
Tokaj in period views
The town that surrounded the house
These seventeenth- and nineteenth-century engravings show Tokaj's period setting. They are not exact architectural records of the Generális House.
1684Gabriel Bodenehr
A period view of Tokaj. The engraving shows the town, not an exact architectural depiction of the Generális House.
1686Jacob Peeters
Tokaj in a late seventeenth-century engraving, providing period and urban context.
1816Eckarth-kiadvány
A view of Tokaj from an 1816 publication, used as visual context for the town's past.
The building's own archive
Ten years of restoration in photographs
Every photograph in this gallery shows the Generális House. The sequence follows the original numbering and chronology of the hotel archive.
02 · Investigation
Layer by layer
Careful opening-up work revealed earlier alterations, damaged structures and the historic details that needed to be preserved.
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03 · Structure
Walls, vaults and roof
The largest phase of the restoration, following structural reinforcement, rebuilding and the preservation of the building's historic character.
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04 · Re-emergence
The courtyard finds its rhythm again
Facades, openings, roofs and courtyard connections gradually became a coherent ensemble once more.
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05 · Present
The story continues
In the completed spaces, preserved historic detail and contemporary hospitality form the character of Generális Wine Hotel.
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The story of the house continues today.
Stay on Tokaj's historic main square in the carefully restored Generális House.
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