Kéthely () is a village in
Somogy County
Somogy (, ; ; , ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica- ...
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, 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 and ...
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The settlement is part of the
Balatonboglár wine region
The Balatonboglár wine region, also known as the South Balaton wine region, is the only one wine region in Somogy County, Hungary. The area consists of 37 settlements, mainly located on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, but also some near Kap ...
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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'' (). It could be one of those settlements which got their name after their weekly markets (e.g.
Szombathely
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Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...
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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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