Hercegkút
Hercegkút () is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. Swabians— German immigrants — from the Black Forest (Black Forest, Schwarzwald) region of Germany settled here and played a major role in the evolution of the village’s viticulture. The cellars of Gombos Hill and Kőporos are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. History German Origins Hercegkút belonged to the domain of the Rákóczi, Rákóczi family. The settlement was established in 1750, when its landlord, Prince Trautson, invited German settlers to the area after the Rákóczi War of Independence, similarly to the nearby villages of Károlyfalva ''(Karlsdorf)'' and Rátka ''(Ratkau)''. The settlement of the area of today's village took place in the summer of 1750, the early settlers came along the Danube in carts and on foot, but some traveled as far as Buda on rafts. The settlement originally bore Prince Trautson’s name, it was called ''Trautsondorf (Village of Trautson), or Trauc ...
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