Erdősmecske (until 1948: ''Rácmecske''; german: Ratzmetschke, Metschge; sr, Српска Мечка / ''Srpska Mečka'', Рацмечка / ''Racmečka''; hr, Mečka) is a village in
Baranya Baranya or Baranja may refer to:
* Baranya (region) or Baranja, a region in Hungary and Croatia
* Baranya County, a county in modern Hungary
* Baranya County (former), a county in the historic Kingdom of Hungary
* Baranya, Hungarian name of villag ...
county,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
. The residents' majority is Magyar, with minority of
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
. Until the end of World War II, the inhabitants were
Danube Swabians
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 ...
. Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Germany and Austria in 1945–1948, following the
Potsdam Agreement.
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Populated places in Baranya County
Serb communities in Hungary
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