Szápár (historically: ''Szapár;'' Slovak: Capár,Cáfár)
[ Lelkes György (szerk): Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár. Argumentum, KSH Könyvtár, 2011. pp. 618, 883. ] is a village in
Veszprém county
Veszprém (, ; ) is an administrative county (''vármegye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county
Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the norther ...
,
Hungary
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in
Zirc District
Zirc () is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
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History
Szápár was the ancestral home of the Szapáry family, and its name was first mentioned in documents in 1341. The Szapáry family's castle on Sánc-mount was destroyed during the
Ottoman occupation, along with the village, which later only appeared as a mere settlement.
The area remained uninhabited until the 18th century and was briefly considered part of the Csesznek Castle's properties.
In
1752
In the British Empire, it was the only year with 355 days (11 days were dropped), as September 3–13 were skipped when the Empire adoption of the Gregorian calendar, adopted the Gregorian calendar.
Events January–March
* January 1 ...
, the depopulated settlement was repopulated by the Szapáry family with Catholic Slovaks from
Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra (river), Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of ...
and
Trencsén counties, some of whom migrated from the nearby Áka.
[Erik Fügedi – Ferenc Gregor – Péter Király: Atlas slovenských nárečí v Maďarsku = Atlas der slowakischen Mundarten in Ungarn. Slovenský výskumný ústav Zväzu Slovákov v Maďarsku = Slowakisches Forschungsinstitut des Verbandes der Slowaken in Ungarn, Budapešť – Budapest, 1993. pp. 72–73, 178. ] The new residents engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and timber and charcoal trade.
In 1855, Ferenc Stinner and Sámuel became the new owners of Szápár.
In the 19th century, a coal mine was opened in the village, and the coal extracted here could be easily ignited with a match due to its high resin content. The mine provided employment for part of the local population, but it was not long-lived as the quantity of coal mined was insufficient for economical operation, and transportation was also an issue. The first mine was soon closed, and it reopened in 1908. Transport was facilitated by a narrow-gauge railway to the Bodajk railway station. However, due to unfavorable production conditions, it permanently closed around the 1930s.
In 1910, out of its 657 inhabitants, 257 were Hungarian, 55 German, and 344 Slovak. Among them, 598 were Roman Catholic, 36 were Reformed, and 15 were Jewish.
In the early 20th century, Szápár belonged to the
Zirc district of
Veszprém County
Veszprém (, ; ) is an administrative county (''vármegye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county
Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the norther ...
.
In
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
, as part of the
Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange, several Slovak families moved from Szápár to the settlement of
Martos in the former Upper Hungary (
Slovakia
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), while Hungarian families from the former Upper Hungary relocated to Szápár.
References
Populated places in Zirc District
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