Dusnok ( hr, Dušnok) is a

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Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun ( hu, Bács-Kiskun megye, ) is a county (''megye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created as a result of World War II, merging the prewar Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. Wi ...

, in the

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of southern

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Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

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of 3396 people (2005).

Demography

Population consists of

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and

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. Croats from Dusnok came to that area in 16th century from Slavonia. They speak the Štokavian dialect of Croatian, a Slavonian subdialect (Old-Shtokavian with non-reflected yat pronunciation). Similar dialectal features are seen today among population of Gradište near

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(in western Syrmia) and around town of

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in central eastern Slavonia (both in northeastern Croatia). These Croats belong to special group of Danubian Croats: they call themselves Raci. In literature they are also called ''racki Hrvati''. Dusnok Croats' feasts are ''Veliko racko prelo'' ., ''Racki Duhovi'' or ''Racke Pinkusde'' (since 1993.Horvát kisebbségi önkormányzat
/ref>), ''Ivanjdan'', August 20 and ''Berbena svečanost'' (Harvest celebration).

History

Its name was mentioned first in a document issued between 1193-1196 by King

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. Dusnok was devastated by the Ottoman invasion in the 16th century. In 1639 as an abandoned place was the property of János Miskey and István Veres. At the end of 17th century

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settlers from

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and

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arrived. In early 18th century Dusnok was reclaimed by the Counts Cseszneky, however eventually it became the property of the

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. In 1864 the village suffered from a huge blaze.

References

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Dusnok
Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County {{Bacs-geo-stub