Karád () is a village in
Somogy county,
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much 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 south, Croatia and ...
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The settlement is part of the
Balatonboglár wine region
The Balatonboglár wine region, also known as the South Balaton wine region, is the only one wine region in Somogy County, Hungary. The area consists of 37 settlements, mainly located on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, but also some near Kap ...
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Etymology
Its name derives from the
Turkish person name, ''Kara'' (, ). He could be the first owner of the settlement. The same applies to
Kára
In Norse mythology, Kára is a valkyrie, attested in the prose epilogue of the ''Poetic Edda'' poem '' Helgakviða Hundingsbana II''.
The epilogue details that "there was a belief in the pagan religion, which we now reckon an old wives' tale, th ...
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History
According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.
László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)
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Culture
The Hungarian folk songs Fót hátán fót, egy üngöm vót (in 1938) and A karádi faluvégen (in 1933) were collected in Karád by Gyula Dávid
Gyula Dávid (6 May 1913 – 14 March 1977) was a Hungarian violist and composer.
Life and career
Gyula Dávid was born in Budapest, Hungary on 6 May 1913. He studied composition with Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (FLAM ...
as well as Rén a bárány (in 1953) by ''László Vikár''.
External links
Street map (Hungarian)
References
Populated places in Somogy County
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