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Ádánd
Ádánd is a Hungarian village of 2,416 inhabitants (data from 2001) located in Somogy County, Somogy, Hungary, in the south side of lake Balaton. Etymology The name of the village derived from the person name Ádám with the diminutive suffix ''-d''. Location Located next to the Kis-Koppány river, the nearest town is Siófok (12 km). Its railway station is accessible along the Kaposvár-Siófok railway line . History Ádánd is a town of Árpád-era . His name was first mentioned in 1265 as ''Ádámd'' in the ancient estate document of the family branch of the Szalók. In 1460 Imre Ugron, 1536 Imre Perneszy and Ugron Bernas were the landlords. In 1572, during Turkish times, it belonged to the Endrédi náhijí (district) and at that time there were seven, in 1582–1583, 12 taxable houses. In 1665, the grandson of Imre Perneszy, János Perneszy's local landowners, János Salomvári, and in 1669, evangelized them to Gergely Vizalli's Tallián. In 1695 Ferencné Babócs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ságvár
Ságvár ( la, Tricciana) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. Etymology According to the local legends the settlement was named after a pasha called ''Ság'' who had a castle there. Researchers agree that ''Ság'' was a Kabar The Kabars ( el, Κάβαροι), also known as Qavars (Qabars) or Khavars were Khazar rebels who joined the Magyar confederation possibly in the 9th century as well as the Rus' Khaganate. Sources The Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII is the ... or Hungarian person name which could be the name of its first owner. The word ''ság'' meant in old Hungarian ''domb'' ( en, hill) or ''erdős magaslat'' ( en, wooded heights). ''Vár'' ( en, castle) refers to the traces of a Roman castle in Ságvár. History According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century. External links Street map (Hungarian) References Populated places in Somogy County {{Somogy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siójut
Siójut is a village in Somogy county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a .... External links Street map (Hungarian) References Populated places in Somogy County {{Somogy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somogy County
Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia (Koprivnica-Križevci County and Virovitica-Podravina County). It stretches between the river Dráva and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna, and Baranya. It is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The capital of Somogy County is Kaposvár. Its area is 6,036 km2. History Somogy was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy County, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of the county was and still is Kaposvár. Demographics In 2015, it had a population of 312,084 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siófok District
Siófok ( hu, Siófoki járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Somogy County. ''Siófok'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Siófok District borders with Balatonfüred District and Balatonalmádi District ''(Veszprém County)'' to the north, Enying District ''(Fejér County)'' to the east, Tamási District ''(Tolna County)'' to the southeast, Tab District to the south, Fonyód District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Siófok District is 24. Municipalities The district has 3 towns, 1 large village and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village. See also *List of cities and towns in Hungary Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihály Witzmann
Mihály () is a Hungarian masculine given name, It is a cognate of the English Michael and may refer to: * Mihály András (1917–1993), Hungarian cellist, composer, and academic teacher * Mihály Apafi (1632–1690), Hungarian Prince of Transylvania *Mihály Babák (born 1947), Hungarian politician and member of the Hungarian National Assembly *Mihály Babits (1883– 1941), Hungarian poet, writer and translator *Mihály Bakos (ca. 1742-1803), Hungarian-Slovene Lutheran priest, author, and educator *Mihály Balázs (born 1948), Hungarian historian and professor of religious history * Mihály Balla (born 1965) Hungarian politician and member of the Hungarian National Assembly *Mihály Barla (ca 1778–1824), Slovene evangelic pastor, writer and poet * Mihály Bertalanits (1788–1853), Slovene cantor, teacher, and poet in Hungary *Mihály Bíró (1914-????), Hungarian football forward * Mihály Bozsi (1911–1984), Hungarian water polo player and Olympic medalist *Mihály Csáky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szabadhídvég
Szabadhídvég is a village in Fejér county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a .... History According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century. References External links Street map Populated places in Fejér County {{Fejer-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Farkas (Jesuit Priest)
Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (13 December 1742 – 4 June 1807) was a Jesuit priest, parish priest of Nemesapáti, poet, and master canon of the Diocese of Veszprém. Life Ferenc (in English: ''Francis'') was born in Zalaboldogfa in the county of Zala, in the former Kingdom of Hungary as was a member of the ancient Roman Catholic Hungarian noble family Farkas de Boldogfa ( in Hungarian: ''boldogfai Farkas'' család). His father was Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1713-1770), jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (''alispán of Zala''). His mother was the Hungarian noble lady Anna Mária Rosty de Barkócz (1722-1784), daughter of László Rosty de Barkócz, chief magistrate ( Hungarian: ''főszolgabíró'') of the Vas county and Mária Csapody de Zalalövő. One of his brothers was József Farkas de Boldogfa (1752-1809) Piarist priest, rector of the Piarist convent of Kolozsvár. The other brother from whom descends the family's two branches was János Farkas de Boldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farkas De Boldogfa
Farkas de Boldogfa, (in Hungarian: "''boldogfai Farkas család''"; in German: "''Farkas von Boldogfa''"), is the name of a Hungarian noble family. Their members were landowners that occupied diverse relevant roles in the political, administrative and jurisdictional life at least during the last 300 years in the county of Zala, located in the former Kingdom of Hungary. They held offices as vice-ispáns of the county of Zala (''alispán of Zala''), Prothonotary of the county of Zala, they were members of the Hungarian Parliament, and also were chief magistrates of the county's districts (''főszolgabíró''), Hussars etc. The family's origins Their early ancestors were Roman Catholic border guards that lived in the towns of Unterwart ( hu, Alsóőrs) and Oberwart ( hu, Felsőőrs) in the Vas county of Hungary, in the small region known as Upper Őrség; they received nobility privileges during the reign of the King Béla IV of Hungary in the 13th century, after the Mongol inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perneszy Family
The Perneszy de Osztopán family was an important and prestigious Hungarian noble family which gave many relevant personalities. Its members were high members of the nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 13th century. History History of the family during the Medieval Times The Perneszy family's first known member is I. Budur (''Bwdwr''), a nobleman who lived in 1206. His grandson, Ladislas de Osztopán, son of another (II.) Budur, had several offspring. One of his sons was I. Peter de Osztopán, who was the father of master I. Pető de Osztopán alias Perneszy de Osztpán who lived in 1354 in the Hungarian Somogy County. This I. Pető Perneszy married Katich Egudi, daughter of master John Egudi János, and increased his land possessions. I. Pető and Katich Egudi's grandson, Paul Perneszy de Osztopán, son of II. Peter Perneszy, became one of the most relevant members of the Perneszy family. Master Paul Perneszy was the landlord of the states in Kapós and in Pernesz, loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siófok
Siófok (; german: Fock; la, Fuk) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest municipality in Somogy County and the seat of Siófok District. It covers an area of about 124.66 km2 (48.13 square miles) between Lake Balaton, the ''Mezőföld'' and the ''Outer Somogy-Hills''. Lying at the firth of the Sió Channel, it serves as the most important logistic station for goods between Lake Balaton and the River Danube. The town is Hungary's second most popular holiday destination (right after Budapest) thanks to its 17-kilometre-long (11 miles) coast, over 1,000 hotels, and plenty of bars, restaurants and night clubs. Siófok is one of the richest municipalities of Hungary due to tourism. Hungarians often call the town "the capital of Lake Balaton", as it is the largest town on its shores and acts as the financial, cultural, media, commercial and touristic hub of the northern part of Somogy County and the southern shore of Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
