Ömböly is a
village in the
Nyírbátor District
Nyírbátor ( hu, Nyírbátori járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyírbátor'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Sta ...
, in
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( hu, Észak-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Sza ...
region of eastern
Hungary.
Geography
It covers an
area of and has a
population of 466 in 2001.
History
Its name is first mentioned in documents in 1298 as the property of Endes belonging to
Kaplony.
In the 14th century, the Vetéssy family and the Bagossy family litigated for its possession.
In
1406
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Events
January–December
* April 4 – James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV ...
, it becomes the property of the Csomaközy family, then the Károlyi family becomes the owner, and it remains theirs in the subsequent centuries.
By
1516
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Events
January–June
* January – Juan Díaz de Solís discovers the Río de la Plata (in future A ...
, it is already noted only as a wasteland, likely depopulated during the peasant uprising.
Ömböly, the property of the Károlyi family belonging to the Kaplony lineage, used to be part of the Szaniszló settlement (now located in Romania) and consisted of two parts: Ömböly and Zsuzsanna-major. The economic center of the nearby rural settlements, located about three kilometers apart, was Zsuzsanna-major.
In the early 20th century, only a forester's residence stood in the area of Ömböly, later replaced by the so-called Zömbölyi inn. Nearby was also Károly-major, but it too became part of Romanian territory.
In
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
, Ömböly and Zsuzsanna-major were merged into an independent village. The new settlement took the name of the old medieval village, Ömböly. The inhabitants of the village refer to the old Ömböly as Kisömböly and Zsuzsanna-major as Nagyömböly.
From 1950, the settlement belongs to the Piricsei Common Council of Nyírbátor District, and from 1989, it is within the attraction area of Nyírbátor District.
On September 21, 2014, the road leading to Szaniszló was completed.
Civic life
Mayors
* 1990–1994: Sándor Vékony (independent)
* 1994–1998: Sándor Vékony (independent)
* 1998–2002: Sándor Vékony (independent)
* 2002–2006: Gábor Trefán (független)
* 2006–2010: Gábor Trefán (független)
* 2010–2014: Gábor Trefán (
Fidesz-
KDNP
The Christian Democratic People's Party ( hu, Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt, KDNP) is a right-wing Christian democratic political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a sat ...
)
* 2014–2019: Gábor Trefán (
Fidesz-
KDNP
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)
* 2019: Trefán Gábor (
Fidesz-
KDNP
The Christian Democratic People's Party ( hu, Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt, KDNP) is a right-wing Christian democratic political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a sat ...
)
References
Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
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