Heresznye ( hr, Rasinja) is a village in Somogy county,

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Etymology

The name comes from Slavic ''*ChrasňaChrastné (

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), Chrastná (

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) or Hrasno (

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). ''Chrast'' (

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''chvorstь''): desne bush, deadwood. ''Chrastna'': an area covered by "chrast".

Geography

It lies south of

Nagyatád Nagyatád is a town in Somogy County, Hungary and the seat of Nagyatád District. ''Bodvica'', ''Henész'' and ''Kivadár'' are parts of Nagyatád. Etymology Its name derives from the Turkish word ''ata'' ( hu, atya, apa, en, father). Geogra ...

, near the River Drava, between Vízvár and Bolhó.

History

Heresznye was first mentioned in 1219 as ''Haraznia iuxta Dravam'' in official documents. Later, between 1332 and 1337 in the papal tithe register it can be found with its own parish. In 1384 there were two villages with the name Heresznye. The first one, ''Egyházasheresnye'' belonged to the Diocese of Székesfehérvár. The second one, ''Felrétheresnye'' was owned by the Bánfi family of Alsólendva and later by the ''Marczali'' family, then the Báthori family in 1495. According to the 1536 tax register ''Felsőheresznye'' belonged to

Bálint Török Bálint Török de Enying (25 September 1502 in Szigetvár – 1551 in Istanbul) was a Hungarian aristocrat, Ban of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade), and between 1527–1542 the Lord of Csesznek Csesznek (; german: Zeßnegg, hr, Česneg, sk, Če ...

, ''Alsóheresznye'' to ''András Báthori'' and the local priest. In 1550 ''Felső-Heresznye'' is owned by ''Ferenc Tahy'', ''Bolhó-Heresznye'' by ''András Báthori''. In the tax register of

Pannonhalma Abbey The Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Pannonhalma (lat. ''Archiabbatia'' or ''Abbatia Territorialis Sancti Martini in Monte Pannoniae'') is a medieval building in Pannonhalma Pannonhalma (german: Martinsberg; sk, Rábsk ...

from 1660 mentioned the settlement under the suzerainty of Szent-Györgyvár. ''György Széchényi''

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got the village from Leopold I in 1677. During the Turkish occupation its population died or flew away. In 1726 and in 1733 it was already uninhabited and belonged to ''Zsigmond Széchényi''. From 1750 it is again an independent village. The ''Széchényi'' family decided to settle Croats from

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to revive Heresznye. There was a huge conflagration when two-thirds of the houses of Heresznye burnt down. At the beginning of the 20th century ''Ödön Solymossy'' was its owner. According to the 1910 census out of its 715 residents 87 were Hungarian and 628 Croat, furthermore 707 Roman Catholic and 6 Jew.

Main sights

* Roman Catholic church - built in 1935 and was dedicated to

Saint Stephen of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the f ...

- Magyar Címerek - Heresznye község címere
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References

External links

Street map (Hungarian)
Populated places in Somogy County Hungarian Slovak communities in Somogy County Hungarian Croatian communities in Somogy County {{Somogy-geo-stub