The Hungarian

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic ...

( Croatian: ''Hrvati u Mađarskoj''; hu, Magyarországi horvátok) are an

ethnic minority The term 'minority group' has different usages depending on the context. According to its common usage, a minority group can simply be understood in terms of demographic sizes within a population: i.e. a group in society with the least number o ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

. According to the 2011 census, there were 26,774 Croats in Hungary or 0.3% of population.National data - 4.1.6.1 Population by nationality, 2011
/ref> Croats of Hungary belong to several ethnographic subgroups. The following groups called themselves through history as Croats:

Burgenland Croats Burgenland Croats (, , , ) is the name for ethnic Croats in the Austrian state of Burgenland, along with Croats in neighboring Hungary and Slovakia. Around 320,000 residents of Austria identify as of Croat heritage; 56,785 have, as sole or mu ...

, Podravina Croats, Pomurje Croats. These Croats live along the Croatian-Hungarian border and along the Austrian-Hungarian border. There are also

Bunjevci Bunjevci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Bunjevci, Буњевци, ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevac, Буњевац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevka, Буњевка) are a South Slavic sub-ethnic group living ...

and

Šokci Šokci ( sh, / , italics=yes, , ; , ; hu, Sokácok) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to historical regions of Baranya, Bačka, Slavonia and Syrmia. These regions today span eastern Croatia, southwestern Hungary, and northern Serbia ...

Ethnology

The common ethnonym and autonym is ''horvátok'' (Croats). In Baranya, there is a community of Bosnian Catholic origin which is known as ''bosnyákok'' (Bosniaks) ( hr, Bošnjaci, singular ''Bošnjak''; hu, Bosnyákok, in Hungarian literature also ''Baranyai bosnyákok''). They live in Baranya, in the city of

Pécs Pécs ( , ; hr, Pečuh; german: Fünfkirchen, ; also known by other #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the countr ...

, also in the villages Kökény, Szemely, Udvar, Szalánta (they came there in the 18th century; today they make 32% of the village population), Pécsudvard,Ansambl narodnih plesova Tanac
Németi, Pogány Sanja Vulić: O govorima Bošnjaka u Mađarskoj, objavljeno na Internetu 09. ožujka 2007. na www.podravina.net et cetera. Until recently, Bosniak Catholics were the significant community in Áta, Szőke and Szőkéd, but those Croats have significantly magyarized. In the village of

Hercegszántó Hercegszántó ( hr, Santovo, sr, Сантово) is a village in the Bács-Kiskun County of Hungary, famous for being the birthplace of footballer Flórián Albert. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs and Croats. Until the end of Wo ...

there is a community of

( hu, sokácok). In Bács-Kiskun, the community of

( hu, bunyevácok) declare as Bunjevci or Croats. Croats immigrated in the Early modern period.

Geography

Croat communities are scattered in several parts of Hungary, mostly in the western and southern part of the country, and along the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

, including Budapest with neighbourhood. According to 2011 population census, 7,185 Croats live in Baranya County, 3,770 in

Zala County Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia ( Lend ...

, 3,502 in Bacs-Kiskun County, 3,197 in Vas County, 3,028 in

Győr-Moson-Sopron County Győr-Moson-Sopron ( hu, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, ; german: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; sk, Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or '' megye'') in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia ( ...

, 2,186 Croats live in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

, 1,547 in

Somogy County Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies ...

, 980 in Pest County, 358 in Csongrád-Csanád County, 353 in Fejer County, 178 in

Tolna County Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders ...

, 131 in Veszprem County etc.

Cultural institutions

* Scientific Institute of Croats of Hungary *

Croat Theatre of Pécs The Croat Theatre of Pécs ( hu, Pécsi Horvát Színház, hr, Hrvatsko kazalište Pečuh) is the professional theatre of Croats of Hungary, Croat minority in Pécs, Hungary. History The Croat Theatre of Pécs is the first self-initiative inst ...

* Hrvatski glasnik

Notable people

Notable Hungarian Croats or Hungarians of Croat descent. *

Flórián Albert Flórián Albert (15 September 1941 – 31 October 2011) was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forward, and ha ...

, footballer (

mother). * Ivan Antunović ( hu, Antunovich János), Catholic bishop (

) * Blanka Bíró, Hungarian handballer * István Blazsetin ( hr, Stipan Blažetin) * István Gyurity ( hr, Stipan Đurić), Hungarian actor * György Garics ( hr, Jurica Garić), Hungarian footballer * Gyula Lóránt (born Lipovics), Hungarian footballer *

Miklós Páncsics Miklós PáncsicsHrvatski ...

, footballer.Hrvatski glasnik br.29/2008.
Ulica Nikole Pančića u Gari, 17 July 2008, p. 15 * Petar Pekić ( hu, Pékity Péter), Croatian historian (Bunjevci)

Sources and references

*
Croatica Kht.
Dinko Šokčević: Povijest Hrvata u Mađarskoj

External links

Radio Croatica
Znanstveni skup o bošnjačkim Hrvatima u Kukinju, November 22, 2008

Dinko Šokčević: Bosnyák-horvátok
Honismeret
dr Gábriel András: Bosnyákok Baranyában * {{Croatian diaspora

Ethnic groups in Hungary *