Kiskorpád is a village in
Somogy county,
Hungary
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.
Geography
It lies 14 km west of
Kaposvár
Kaposvár (; also known by other alternative names) is a city with county rights in the southwestern part of Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvá ...
, next to the road 61 and the ''
Dombóvár
Dombóvár (german: Dombowa; la, Iowia) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary.
Twin towns – sister cities
Dombóvár is twinned with:
* Kernen im Remstal, Germany
* Ogulin, Croatia
* Vir, Croatia
* Höganäs, Sweden
Notable people
* Ján Gol ...
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Gyékényes
Gyékényes ( hr, Đikeniš / Džikeniš) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary next to the Croatian border. Its train station serves as an important crossing point into Croatia.
History
Gyékényes and its surroundings were already inhabited ...
Railway Line''.
History
It was first mentioned as ''Villa Curpad'' in 1324 in an official document. The papal
tithe
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registration refers to the village as a settlement with a parish. During the
Turkish occupation it appears in the tax registration of the
Ottoman Porte
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History
The nam ...
. In the beginning of 18th century its name was ''Pusztakorbád'' and its landowners were the ''Sárközy'', ''Visy'' and ''Tallián'' families. According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.
In 1798–1799
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
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* Mihály András (1917–1993), Hungarian cellist, composer, and academic teacher
* Mihály Apafi (1632–1690), Hungarian Prince of Transyl ...
was the guest of the ''Sárközy'' family who wrote several of his well known poems there. In the 20th century there was a steam mill, a cement and a tile factory.
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Main sights
* Reformed Church (built in late Baroque style
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in 1789
* ''Kapotsfy Chapel''
* ''River Kapos'' has its source in the village
* ''Lake Szigetes'' (fish pond)
Notable residents
* (1884–1948), Hungarian architect, industrial designer, graphic artist, and critic
* Susan Kozma-Orlay (née Zsuzsa Kozma; 1913–2008), Hungarian–Australian modernist designer
* (1955–2023), Hungarian historian, turkologist, diplomat
Gallery
File:Kiskorpád, Kapotsfy-kápolna 02.jpg, Kapotsfy Chapel in Kiskorpád
File:Ref. templom (7964. számú műemlék).jpg, Reformed Church in Kiskorpád
Literature
* László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században – Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)
External links
Street map (Hungarian)
References
Populated places in Somogy County
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