Dunaszekcső
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Southern Transdanubia | ||||
| County : | Baranya | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Mohács | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 5 ' N , 18 ° 45' E | ||||
| Area : | 36.75 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 1,937 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 53 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 69 | ||||
| Postal code : | 7712 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 09186 | ||||
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| Community type : | local community | ||||
| Mayor : | János Faller (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Kossuth Lajos u. 35 7712 Dunaszekcső |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Dunaszekcső ( German Retschingen or Seetsche , Croatian Sečuv or Sečuh , Serbian Сечуј ) is a Hungarian municipality in the Mohács district in Baranya County . Dunaszekcső was first mentioned in 1015.
Location and surroundings
Dunaszekcső is located on the right bank of the Danube in the middle of the Danube-Drava National Park. The largest town in the area is the city of Mohács .
Treasure trove from the Latène period
In 1913, a treasure trove of coins was found here in a clay pot from the late Latène (LTD III, 150 BC to the birth of Christ). The bronze coins in the total number of 800–900 pieces have three different sizes. The quality of the objects is very poor, including some blanks . They are in the second half of the 1st century BC. To date, but probably still in use at the beginning of Roman rule .
In the Hungarian National Museum ( Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum ) of Budapest around 170 pieces of the find are kept.
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the French community of Le Boulay in the Indre-et-Loire department since 2005.
Attractions
- Reformed Church
- Roman Catholic Church Sarlós Boldogasszony , built 1804–1819, classicism
- Serbian Orthodox Church Görögkeleti Szerb Ortodox templom , built 1750–1759, baroque
traffic
The main road No. 56 runs through Dunaszekcső. The nearest train stations are in Bátaszék to the north and Mohács to the south.
See also
Web links
- Official website ( Hungarian )
- Duna-Szekcső in A Pallas nagy lexikona (Hungarian)
- Dunaszekcső. Térképcentrum, accessed April 20, 2013 (Hungarian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Katalin Biró-Sey: The question of the chronology of the Transdanibian Celtic bronze coins. ActaArch. 24, Budapest 1972, p. 359 ff .; In: Susanne Sievers / Otto Helmut Urban / Peter C. Ramsl: Lexicon for Celtic Archeology. A-K ; Announcements of the prehistoric commission published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7001-6765-5 , p. 466.