Somogyvámos is a village in Somogy county,

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. It is about 25 km north of

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, and about 25 km south of

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History

The surrounding lands were inhabited since the Avaric rule (6th/7th century). Its first written mention is from 1237, as "

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", which is now a name of a different town about 80–100 km away. The village was destroyed during the

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and was inherited by the neighbouring village "Vámos", hence the current name, with the " Somogy" prefix, to distinguish it from the other "-vámos" named places. Vámos had slowly "moved" to the current place it lies and sometime in history changed its name to Somogyvámos. The beauty of the local environment attracted the Hungarian "

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", the local branch of the

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and bought lands in the neighbouring valley in the 1990s, where they built up the "Krishna Valley Indian Cultural Centre and Biofarm" ( hu, Krisna-völgy Indiai Kulturális Központ és Biofarm).

External links

Official homepage of Somogyvámos

Street map (Hungarian)

References

Populated places in Somogy County Romanesque architecture in Hungary {{Somogy-geo-stub

History

See also

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