page_title: Artúr Görgei
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Artúr Görgei / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: BudapešťEnglish: Statue of Artúr Görgei (Hungarian military leader in the Revolution of 1848-49) an equestrian bronze statue, a replica by László Marton in 1998. The original ordered by Gyula Gömbös made by György Vastagh, Jr. in 1935 located on the top of Fehérvári Rondella in Várnegyed neighbourhood (on Buda Castle Hill), Budapest District I.Magyar: Görgei Artúr bronz lovasszobor gránit talpazaton, másolat. Az eredeti alkotást Gömbös Gyula rendelte a honvéd- és csendőrtisztek adományaiból és ifj. Vastagh György készítette, a Hadtörténeti Múzeum előtt állt 1935-től. A rekonstrukciót Marton László készítette 1998-ban. - Budapest I. kerület, Várnegyed városrész, Polgárváros, Palota út, Fehérvári Rondella
context_page_description: Artúr Görgei de Görgő et Toporc was a Hungarian military leader renowned for being one of the greatest generals of the Hungarian Revolutionary Army.
  In his youth Görgei was a talented chemist, with his work in the field of chemistry being recognized by many renowned Hungarian and European chemists; however, he is more widely known for his role in the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849, as the most successful general and greatest military genius of the Hungarian army, the leader of the victorious Spring Campaign, which liberated almost all Western Hungary from the Austrian occupation. As a recognition of his military successes, he was decorated by the Hungarian Government, and given him also political positions: he became Minister of War, and in the last few days of the revolution, he was appointed the dictator of Hungary, which meant that he gathered in his hands all military and political powers of Hungary. Seeing that he could not withstand the numerically and technologically 4–5 times superior Austrian and Russian armies, on 13 August 1849 he surrendered his troops to the Russians at Világos, thus ending the Hungarian revolution.
context_section_description: He was born as Johannes Arthur Woldemár Görgey at Toporc in Upper Hungary (today Toporec, Slovakia) on 30 January 1818 to an impoverished Hungarian noble family of Zipser German descent who immigrated to the Szepes (today Spiš) region during the reign of King Géza II of Hungary (1141–1162). During the Reformation they converted to Protestantism. The family name refers to their origin from Görgő village (Hungarian: görgői, lit. "of Görgő"), today Spišský Hrhov in Slovakia.
  In 1832 Görgey enrolled in the sapper school at Tulln, profiting from a tuition-free place offered by a foundation. Because his family was poor, this was a great opportunity for him, but initially he did not want to be a soldier. During this period he wrote to his father that he would rather be a philosopher or scientist than a soldier. He spent almost thirteen years in this school, receiving a military education. He decided not to accept money from his family, and ate very little and wore poor clothes in an effort to train himself for a hard life. Records from the school show that his conduct was very good, he had no errors, his natural talents were exceptional, and his fervency and diligence were constant, being very severe with himself but also with the others. Despite this, in his letters he wrote that he despised the life of a soldier because he had to obey officers whom he did not respect, and that he dreamed about a free and active life that he could not find in the army. Following graduation, he served in the Nádor Hussar regiment, undertaking the role of adjutant. By 1837 he had reached the rank of lieutenant and entered the Hungarian Noble Guard at Vienna, where he combined military service with a course of study at the university.
caption: Equestrian statue of Artúr Görgei
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