Lengyel (literally: "
Polish, Pole", german: Lendl) is the highest inhabited village in
Tolna County,
Hungary. It is located between
Bonyhád and
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 ...
. It was long held by the
Apponyi family following its purchase by Count Antal György Apponyi in 1799.
Lengyel culture is named after the village.
Cultural events
*Annabál
*Pollen Youth Rock Festival
Points of interest
Lengyel's Apponyi Castle was built by Count Antal György Apponyi's third son József in 18241829 and extensively remodeled from 1878 by
Sándor Apponyi
Count Sándor Apponyi de Nagyappony (19 January 1844 – 18 April 1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector.
Born in Paris, where his father, Count Rudolf Apponyi, was a diplomat, Sándor also became a ...
. It suffered fire damage in 1905. After Sándor's passing away, his widow Countess Alexandra
Esterházy
The House of Esterházy, also spelled Eszterházy (), is a Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century, the Esterházys were the greatest landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the time that it ...
donated the castle in 1926 to the
Hungarian National Museum but kept the privilege of living there until her death in 1930. During
World War II it was used by Hungary's
National Cartography Office, then became a Russian
military hospital from January to March 1945, and later that year an internment camp for
displaced Germans. After 1946 it became an agricultural school. It is surrounded by 22 hectares of park with botanical rarities.
The village church has a crypt of the Lengyel line of the
Apponyi family, with the tombs of
Rudolf Apponyi
Count Rudolph von Apponyi (1 August 181231 May 1876) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and Ambassador to London.
Biography
He was born in Karlsruhe, into the noble Apponyi family.
As his father, Rudolph entered the Austrian diplomatic service a ...
and his wife Anna (née von Benckendorff) and of
Sándor Apponyi
Count Sándor Apponyi de Nagyappony (19 January 1844 – 18 April 1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector.
Born in Paris, where his father, Count Rudolf Apponyi, was a diplomat, Sándor also became a ...
and his wife Alexandra (née
Esterházy
The House of Esterházy, also spelled Eszterházy (), is a Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century, the Esterházys were the greatest landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, during the time that it ...
).
Other points of interest:
* Kindergarten museum
* Svájceráj (a stable built in the Swiss fashion from the 19th century)
* The post office and kindergarten building (The first Apponyi manor house, which is smaller in size)
* Anna Bath - With 100 hectares of forested park, a school, a lake, and a small zoo.
* Sánci Peak (A historical area protected by
Mór Wosinsky
Mór (german: Moor) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. Among the smaller towns in the Central Transdanubia Region of Hungary, it lies between the Vértes and Bakony Hills, in the northwestern corner of Fejér County. The historic roots of th ...
) with a beautiful panorama of the
Kapos Valley
A kapo or prisoner functionary (german: Funktionshäftling) was a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks.
Also called "prisoner self-administrat ...
.
People
*
Sándor Apponyi
Count Sándor Apponyi de Nagyappony (19 January 1844 – 18 April 1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector.
Born in Paris, where his father, Count Rudolf Apponyi, was a diplomat, Sándor also became a ...
*
János Bogdán
János or Janos may refer to:
* János, male Hungarian given name, a variant of John
Places
* Janos Municipality, a municipality of Chihuahua
** Janos, Chihuahua, town in Mexico
** Janos Biosphere Reserve, a nature reserve in Chihuahua
* Janos T ...
(hu)
*
József Cserháti (hu)
*
Mór Wosinsky
Mór (german: Moor) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. Among the smaller towns in the Central Transdanubia Region of Hungary, it lies between the Vértes and Bakony Hills, in the northwestern corner of Fejér County. The historic roots of th ...
(hu)
After approximately 200 years of residency, Lengyel's ethnic German
Danube Swabian
The Danube Swabians (german: Donauschwaben ) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in various countries of central-eastern Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in grea ...
population was dispossessed of its property and forcibly removed to Germany following the end of World War II.
File:Lengyel1.jpg, Apponyi Castle
File:Lengyel2.jpg, Lengyel church
Image:Apponyi Sándor gróf kastélya. A felvétel 1895-1899 között készült. A kép forrását kérjük így adja meg- Fortepan - Budapest Főváros Levéltára. Levéltári jelzet- HU.BFL.XV.19.d.1.11.039 Fortepan 83131.jpg, an old postcard of the Apponyi Castle
References
External links
Street map
Aerial Photography of LengyelPollen Rock Festival's Webpage
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Populated places in Tolna County
Hungarian German communities
Polish communities in Hungary
Apponyi family