Bátya (Croatian: ''Baćin'' or ''Baćino'') is a village in
Bács-Kiskun county,
Hungary.
Tourism
Cultural sights
*Church
*World War II monument
*Holy Trinity
*Calvaria
Other structures
Southwest of Bátya, there is the tallest electricity pylon of Hungary ( height: 138 metres). It is part of Danube crossing from the 400 kV-line Paks - Sandorfalva.
Notable people
*
Teri Harangozó
Teri Harangozó (born Terézia Mária Rózsa Harangozó 8 August 1943 – 8 September 2015) was a Hungarian singer. She was one of the most influential female artists in Hungary in her time, whose independent album would influence many Hungarian ...
(1943 - 2015), singer
Demographics
Existing ethnicities:
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Magyars
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic ...
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Croats
Croats from Bátya came to that area in 16th century from Croatian northeastern region of
Slavonia. They speak the Štokavian dialect of Croatian, a Slavonian subdialect (Old-Shtokavian with non-reflected yat pronunciation). Similar dialectal features are seen today among population of
Gradište near
Županja and around
Našice
Našice () is a town in eastern Croatia, located on the northern slopes of the Krndija mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of regional hub Osijek. Administratively it belongs to Osijek-Baranja County.
Geography
Našice is located ...
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These Croats belong to special group of Danubian Croats: they call themselves as
Raci. In literature they are also called ''racki Hrvati''.
Bátya Croats' feast is ''Veliko racko prelo''.
Croatica.hu
Prela, balovi i pokladne zabave u Bačkoj 2008.
Nearby villages
* Kalocsa
*Fajsz
Fajsz (), also Falicsi (), was Grand Prince of the Hungarians from about 950 to around 955. All information on him comes from ''De administrando imperio'', a book written by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. No other contem ...
* Foktő
* Miske
*Dusnok
Dusnok ( hr, Dušnok) is a village in Bács-Kiskun County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of and has a population of 3396 people (2005).
Demography
Population consists of Magyars, Croats, G ...
References
External links
Official website
batya6351.atw.hu
Vendegvaro
Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County
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