Vatta is a village in
,
Hungary. It lies in the south of the county, from
Miskolc and from
Mezőkövesd.
Etymology
According to local tradition, the name of Vatta from the name of an 11th-century
pagan
Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...
tribal chief called "Vata".
History
The first known record of the village is in a charter of 1323. In the following centuries it was known as ''Vatha'', ''Woytha'', ''Watha'', and ''Bata''. From 1475 the settlement was recorded as ("Lower Vatta") and ("Upper Vatta"), which indicates that there were two distinct and separate settlements. These combined later.
During the
Ottoman rule of the 16th Century, the village was razed and the inhabitants had to flee several times.
In 1895 Vatta became a town, and from 1950 an independent village. After
Communist rule, in 1990 the village got its own
parish council.
Landmarks
* Odescalch Castle, built in the 18th Century.
*
Roman Catholic church, built in the 18th Century in the
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
style,
dedicated to
Saint Mary the Virgin
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
.
* Reform Church.
* Monument of Heros, by
János Pásztor, erected in 1926.
Notable people
*
Bertalan Szemere, the second
Prime Minister of Hungary, was born in Vatta on 27 August 1812.
References
External links
Street map
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
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