Kéthely ( hr, Kitlja) is a village in
Somogy County
Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Somogy County lies ...
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Hungary
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The settlement is part of the
Balatonboglár wine region.
Etymology
According to local legends the settlement got its name when the two villages ''Magyari'' and ''Sári'' united. But it is absolutely false because it was first mentioned between 1332 and 1337 as ''Kedhely'' ( en, Tuesday place). It could be one of those settlements which got their name after their weekly markets (e.g.
Szombathely,
Szerdahely).
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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Gallery
File:1813-as kőkereszt a kéthelyi szőlőhegyen.JPG, Stonecross from 1813 on the vineyard
File:Kéthely, szőlőhegy.jpg, The vineyard of Kéthely
File:Kilátás a kéthelyi szőlőhegyről.JPG, Panorama from the vinehill
File:Kápolna a kéthelyi szőlőhegyen.JPG, Chapel on the vinehill
File:Régi présház a kéthelyi szőlőhegyen.JPG, Old press-house on the vinehill
File:A kéthelyi Hunyady-pince.JPG, Cellar of Hunyady
External links
Street map (Hungarian)
References
Populated places in Somogy County
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