Somogyszob is a village in
Somogy county,
Hungary
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. It is situated on the southwest side of Somogy county, approximately 8 km north from
Nagyatád
Nagyatád is a town in Somogy County, Hungary and the seat of Nagyatád District. ''Bodvica'', ''Henész'' and ''Kivadár'' are parts of Nagyatád.
Etymology
Its name derives from the Turkish word ''ata'' ( hu, atya, apa, en, father).
Geogra ...
.
Geography
The village located at near to
Kaszó, and it is surrounded by forests with a really rich natural circumstances.
History
Somogyszob originally in the 11th and 12th century belonged to Següsd county. In 1295 it was donated to László comes. In 1331 it was mentioned as ''Zoob'', later in 1366 named ''Poss''. In 1484 Son of ''Szobi Péter'' donated it to ''Mihály Batthyány Boldizsár'' and ''Gerebeni László''. In 1550 Várday Zsigmond was the landlord. At time of the
Rákóczi's War for Independence the village was destroyed and the people fled to the woods and swamps. The name ''Szob'' appeared around 1901. The name of the current form was first mentioned in 1907.
Main sights
* The sights of Somogyszob are the
Lutheran
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,
Catholic
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and
Protestant
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Church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* C ...
es.
* At the center of the village is the Primary school which is a beautiful landscaped area. Behind of the school there is a Holiday Lake with walkways and rest stops.
* The "Vilma-House" is one of the pride of the settlement, it is the village's oldest surviving intact residential building, which was reconstructed in 2003.
Culture
The Hungarian folk song
Lement a nap a maga járásán was collected in 1898 in Somogyszob by ''Béla Vikár''.
External links
Street map
References
Populated places in Somogy County
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