Attala is a village in
Tolna County
Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the ...
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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 ...
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Etymology
According to the local legends the name comes from the name of the mistress of ''Sülledvár''. Her name could be ''Atala''. She committed blasphemy as the legend says and her castle sank into the ground. There was indeed a castle during the Roman times.
The accepted theory states that the name could came from the person name ''Attila''.
History
According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.
László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)
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External links
Street map
Populated places in Tolna County
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