Somogysimonyi is a village in

Somogy County Somogy (, ; ; , ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica- ...

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. It incorporates the earlier separated villages of ''Gardos-puszta'', ''Irma-puszta'' and ''Angyalvár-telep''.

Geography

It lies southwest of

Marcali Marcali (; ) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Marcali District. The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region. Geography It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the '' Somogyszob- Ba ...

at the border between Somogy and

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. It is separated from

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by the ''Forest of Gödörberk'' which consists mostly of oak trees. There are fields of May bells and

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in the forest.

Fallow deer Fallow deer is the common name for species of deer in the genus ''Dama'' of subfamily Cervinae. There are two living species, the European fallow deer (''Dama dama''), native to Europe and Anatolia, and the Persian fallow deer (''Dama mesopotamic ...

deer A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) ...

, roe deer and

wild boars The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...

as well as

foxes Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species ...

, polecats and

weasels Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender b ...

live there.

History

Somogysimonyi was earlier known as ''Simonyi'' and is since the 14th century inhabited. The village was first mentioned in the papal tithe register between 1332 and 1337. The ''Chernel'' family of Szentjakab owned the settlement in 1481. It perished during the Turkish occupation. It was already uninhabited according to the 1550 tax register. Its owner at the beginning of the 18th century was ''Pál Festetics'' and later from the 20th century the

Zichy family The House of Zichy (of Zich and Vázsonykő) is the name of an ancient Magyar family of the Hungarian nobility, conspicuous in Hungarian history from the latter part of the 13th century onwards. History The first authentic ancestor of the Zic ...

. It had its own primary school. In 1932 a new Roman Catholic Church was built.

Gardos-puszta

''Gardos-puszta'' was first mentioned in the papal

tithe A tithe (; from Old English: ''teogoþa'' "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Modern tithes are normally voluntary and paid in money, cash, cheques or v ...

register between 1332 and 1337 and had its own parish. It was owned by the ''Kanizsai'' family and was called as ''Gardus'' in 1395, then ''László Török'' acquired it in 1439, but he pawned it to ''András Csapi'' in 1464. Later it was in the hands of ''János Bornemissza de Tolna'' deputy treasurer. ''Ferenc Török'' owned it in 1550 but it was already empty. Between 1701 and 1703 it was in the hand of ''Miklós Ropoli'' and then from 1726 of the

Festetics The House of Festetics (singular, not plural) or Feštetić (in Croatian) is the name of a historic noble family of Hungarian counts and princes which dates back to 15th century. A prominent family during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they are mostl ...

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Main sights

* Roman Catholic church - built in 1932 with a plaque remembering on those who died in the

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and

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External links

Street map (Hungarian)

References

Populated places in Somogy County {{Somogy-geo-stub