Szentborbás () is the southernmost village of Somogy county,

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. ''Krancsevicza-puszta'' is part of the village.

Geography

It is located near the

River Drava The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

, 32 km southeast of

Barcs Barcs (; ; or ) is a border town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Barcs District. The Drava River marks the southern boundary of the settlement. Geography Located at the Croatian border and the River Drava, the town is surrounded by ...

, on the border of Somogy and

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. A significant part of the town's outskirts is part of the Duna-Dráva National Park. The

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International Bicycle Route 13, "Iron Curtain" passes through Szentborbás.

History

Szentborbás is a Árpád-era settlement that existed already before the

Mongol invasion The Mongol invasions and conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating history's largest contiguous empire, the Mongol Empire (1206–1368), which by 1260 covered large parts of Eurasia. Historians regard the Mongol devastati ...

. In 1324 it was mentioned as ''Zenthbarrabás'' and belonged to the

Zselicszentjakab Abbey The Zselicszentjakab Abbey was a Benedictine monastery established at Zselicszentjakab (now Kaposszentjakab) in Somogy County in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1061. Its founder was the Palatine Otto of the Győr clan. The monastery was dedicated to t ...

. According to Pope Gregory, the village chapel was built before 1216. It appeared already in the 1332-1337 papal tithe register. In 1375 it was owned by the ''Dersfi de Szerdahely'' family. According to the tax register of 1536 it was a possession of

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. He led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire until ...

. In the tithe register of the Pannonhalma Abbey in 1660 it was the possession of the ''Custodiatus'' of the Diocese of Székesfehérvár and partly of the

. In 1733 it was uninhabited. After 1757 it was reestablished. During the second half of the 18th century Roman Catholic

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

and

Šokci Šokci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Šokci, Шокци, , ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Šokac, Шокац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Šokica, Шокица; ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native t ...

settled there. In the 1772 census it was described as a fully Croatian village. Most of its citizens originated from

Virovitica County Virovitica County (; ) was an administrative subdivision () of the Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Medieval Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within bot ...

.László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993
/ref> The Croatian costume still can be seen in the village on festive occasions.

Main sights

* environmental protected flood basin of the

River Drava The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

and its surroundings in the Duna-Dráva National Park

External links

Street map (Hungarian)

References

Populated places in Somogy County Hungarian Croatian communities in Somogy County {{Somogy-geo-stub