Szentborbás ( hr, Brlobaš) is the southernmost village of
Somogy county,
Hungary. ''Krancsevicza-puszta'' is part of the village.
Geography
It is located near the
River Drava
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, 32 km southeast of
Barcs, on the border of
Somogy and
Baranya County. A significant part of the town's outskirts is part of the
Duna-Dráva National Park.
The
EuroVelo International Bicycle Route 13, "Iron Curtain" passes through Szentborbás.
History
Szentborbás is a
Árpád-era settlement that existed already before the
Mongol invasion. In 1324 it was mentioned as ''Zenthbarrabás'' and belonged to the
Zselicszentjakab Abbey. According to Pope Gregory, the village chapel was built before 1216. It appeared already in the
1332-1337 papal tithe register. In 1375 it was owned by the ''Dersfi de Szerdahely'' family. According to the tax register of 1536 it was a possession of
Bálint Török. In the tithe register of the
Pannonhalma Abbey
The Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (lat. ''Archiabbatia'' or ''Abbatia Territorialis Sancti Martini in Monte Pannoniae'') is a medieval building in Pannonhalma, one of the oldest historical monuments in Hun ...
in 1660 it was the possession of the ''Custodiatus'' of the
Diocese of Székesfehérvár
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
and partly of the
Zselicszentjakab Abbey.
In 1733 it was uninhabited. After 1757 it was reestablished. During the second half of the 18th century Roman Catholic
Croats and
Šokci settled there. In the 1772 census it was described as a fully Croatian village. Most of its citizens originated from
Virovitica County.
László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993
/ref> The Croatian costume still can be seen in the village on festive occasions.
Main sights
* environmental protected flood basin of the River Drava
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and its surroundings in the Duna-Dráva National Park
External links
Street map (Hungarian)
References
Populated places in Somogy County
Hungarian Croatian communities in Somogy County
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