Pettend ( hr, Petan) is a village in Szigetvári district of
Baranya County
Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the ...
, Hungary. As of 2012 it had a population of 149.
Pettend lies to the south of the confluence of the
Szigetvár
Szigetvár (; hr, Siget; tr, Zigetvar; English language, English: Islandcastle; german: Inselburg) is a town in Baranya (county), Baranya County in southern Hungary.
History
The town's Medieval fortification, fortress was the setting of the S ...
and
Kistamási rivers.
History
The first mention of Pettend was in 1330, spelled ''Petend'', and assigned to the estate of Peter Siklosi. In 1449 the land was divided between three families of
landed gentry, Thuz, Letai, and Szőcsényi. In 1493 the estate was bought by Mihályné Kornis, that is, the wife of Mihály Kornis.
In the 18th century, Count
Laszló Nádasdy inhabited the area. In the 20th century, with changes in boundaries, it became part of
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 ...
.
Notable people
*
Györffy György
References
Towns in Hungary
Populated places in Baranya County
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