Bóly (german: Bohl; hr, Boja) is a town in
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 1 ...
,
Hungary
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. Until the end of World War II, the Inhabitants was
Danube Swabians
The Danube Swabians (german: Donauschwaben ) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in various countries of central-eastern Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in grea ...
, also called locally as ''Stifolder'', because there Ancestors once came at the 17th century and 18th century from
Fulda (district)
The Fulda District (; ) is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Wartburgkreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Rhön-Grabfeld, Bad Kissingen, Main-Kinzig, Vogelsbergkreis.
His ...
. Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to
Allied-occupied Germany
Germany was already de facto occupied by the Allies from the real fall of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945 to the establishment of the East Germany on 7 October 1949. The Allies (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and ...
and
Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, about the
Potsdam Agreement
The Potsdam Agreement (german: Potsdamer Abkommen) was the agreement between three of the Allies of World War II: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union on 1 August 1945. A product of the Potsdam Conference, it concerned t ...
.
Only a few
Germans of Hungary
German Hungarians (german: Ungarndeutsche, hu, magyarországi németek) are the German-speaking minority of Hungary, sometimes called Danube Swabians (German: ''Donauschwaben'', Hungarian: ''dunai svábok''), many of whom call themselves "Shw ...
live there, the majority today are the descendants of Hungarians from the
Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange The Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange was the exchange of inhabitants between Czechoslovakia and Hungary after World War II. Between 45,000 and 120,000 Hungarians were forcibly transferred from Czechoslovakia to Hungary, and their propert ...
. They got the houses of the former Danube Swabians Inhabitants.
Twin towns – sister cities
Bóly is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Semriach
Semriach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of ...
, Austria
*
Heroldsberg
Heroldsberg ( East Franconian: ''Herldsbärch'') is a municipality in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located eleven kilometers north-east from the city of Nuremberg and 23 kilometers east from Erlangen and is the h ...
, Germany
*
Cernat, Romania
*
Neded
Neded ( hu, Negyed) is a village and municipality in Šaľa District, in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.
Geography
The village lies at an altitude of 112 metres and covers an area of 36.009 km².
History
In historical records the ...
, Slovakia
Sports
The local sports team is called
Bólyi SE.
References
External links
* in Hungarian, English and German
Populated places in Baranya County
Hungarian German communities
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