Tótújfalu () is a village in Somogy county,

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Geography

It lies in the southern part of

Somogy County Somogy (, ; ; , ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica- ...

, southeast of

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, next to the Drava River and the Croatian border. Neighboring settlements are Lakócsa, Szentborbás and Potony. The

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International Bicycle Route 13, "Iron Curtain" passes through Tótújfalu.

History

In the Middle Ages the village was part of

and its residents paid the

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to the Pannonhalma Abbey. It was first mentioned in 1660 as the possession of the ''Istvánffy'' family and the ''Custodiatus'' of the Diocese of Székesfehérvár. Its church was built in the 15th century in

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and was later rebuilt in 1750 in

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. It perished once before 1715. In 1715 there were only five households. Then

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settled there. However because of the migratory movements in the region in 1725 Tótújfalu is already Croatian and

Šokci Šokci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Šokci, Шокци, , ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Šokac, Шокац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Šokica, Шокица; ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native t ...

dominant. They elected their own judge, ''Thomo Vrovicz'' in the same year.László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)
/ref> In 1726 it came under the ownership of the

Zselicszentjakab Abbey The Zselicszentjakab Abbey was a Benedictine monastery established at Zselicszentjakab (now Kaposszentjakab) in Somogy County in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1061. Its founder was the Palatine Otto of the Győr clan. The monastery was dedicated to t ...

. According to the 1772 county census its population spoke already Croatian. The culture of the local Croatian people can be viewed in the country house of the neighboring village, Lakócsa.

Notable residents

* Mary Helen Stefaniak, American writer of Croatian-Hungarian descent

External links

Street map (Hungarian)

References

Populated places in Somogy County Croatian communities in Hungary Hungarian Croatian communities in Somogy County Hungarian Slovak communities in Somogy County {{Somogy-geo-stub