Himesháza (german: Nimmersch) is a village in
Baranya Baranya or Baranja may refer to:
* Baranya (region) or Baranja, a region in Hungary and Croatia
* Baranya County, a county in modern Hungary
* Baranya County (former), a county in the historic Kingdom of Hungary
* Baranya, Hungarian name of villag ...
county,
Hungary
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.
Until the end of World War II, the majority of the Inhabitants was
Danube Swabians
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, also called locally as ''Stifolder'', because there Ancestors once came at the 17th century and 18th century from
Fulda (district)
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History
T ...
. Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to
Allied-occupied Germany
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and
Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, about the
Potsdam Agreement.
Only a few
Germans of Hungary
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live there, the majority today are the descendants of Hungarians from the
Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange The Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange was the exchange of inhabitants between Czechoslovakia and Hungary after World War II. Between 45,000 and 120,000 Hungarians were forcibly transferred from Czechoslovakia to Hungary, and their propert ...
.
Notable people
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Norbert Michelisz
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Career
Early career
Michelisz was the 2006 Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup champion, and in 2007 he won the Hungarian Ren ...
, racing driver
Literature
*Michael Mott (Fulda): Fuldaer Einwanderer in Himesháza/Ungarn, in: "Buchenblätter"
Fuldaer Zeitung, 59. Jahrg., Nr. 16, 20. Juni 1986, S. 61,62;Nr. 17, 4. Juli 1986, S. 67,68.
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Local statistics
Populated places in Baranya County
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