Sükösd (Croatian: ''Čikuzda'') is a
village
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in
Bács-Kiskun county, in the
Southern Great Plain region
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of southern
Hungary
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.
History
The village was named after the Christian saint,
St. Sixtus. In 1521, it was mentioned as ''Sykesd''. Originally, the village was situated much closer to the
Danube
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but, due to the frequent floods, in the early 19th century, the
archbishop of Kalocsa resettled its inhabitants on a nearby hill. The new Roman Catholic church was built in 1821. Sükösd had been, for centuries, the property of the archbishops of Kalocsa. However, in the 20th century,
Count Mihály Cseszneky de Milvány bought the estate, but his fortune was nationalised in the Communist-ruled
People's Republic of Hungary.
Geography
It covers an
area
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of and has a
population
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of 3627 people (2015).
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County
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