Kübekháza (german: Kübeckhausen) is a settlement (village) in

Csongrád-Csanád County Csongrád-Csanád ( hu, Csongrád-Csanád megye ) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in southern Hungary, straddling the river Tisza, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian count ...

, in

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. It is situated directly near the Romanian-Serbian-Hungarian triple border point, also known as the ''Triplex Confinium''. A border crossing to

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opened in October 2019, ending the century of isolation of the neighbouring Serbian village Rabe. The village has an area of and 1418 inhabitants. Kübekháza was founded in 1844 by the settlement of tobacco farmers. A significant, 20% of the population was once German, many of which were deported after the

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. Even though the presence of Germans have decreased over the years (0,8% in 2020), this heritage is still honored by the village with street signs and boards displaying information in German aside from the default Hungarian. The village was named after the Austrian statesman Karl Friedrich von Kübeck ( hu, Kübeck Károly Frigyes). Kübeck did not take direct action in the foundation of the settlement and likely never visited Kübekháza. The settlement is sometimes called operetta-village because of the operetta-festival held with famous participants every summer.

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Populated places in Csongrád-Csanád County {{Csongrad-geo-stub