Harka (Hungary)
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Western Transdanubia | ||||
| County : | Győr-Moson-Sopron | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Sopron-Fertőd | ||||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 38 ′ N , 16 ° 36 ′ E | ||||
| Height : | 204 m | ||||
| Area : | 10.99 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 1,801 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 164 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 099 | ||||
| Postal code : | 9422 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 07649 | ||||
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| Community type : | local community | ||||
| Mayor : | Károly Szabó (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Nyéki et al. 34 9422 Harka |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Harka ( German : Harkau , Croatian : Horka ) is a municipality in the county Győr-Moson-Sopron in the northwest of Hungary . The place is near the Austrian border four kilometers south of Sopron .
location
Harka is located directly on the Austro-Hungarian border about 4 km south of Sopron. After Haschendorf and Unterpetersdorf in the municipality Neckenmarkt in the southwest there are about 3 km away, as by German Kreutz in the south, with which it also by the rail service from Sopron from about km only about 10 long active rest of Burgenlandbahn connected. About 6 km to the east is the southern swamp area of Lake Neusiedl .
history
A first documentary mention is Harka on 17th June 1245 in a donation of the Hungarian King Bela IV. , In which he, the Good Bujuslow ( German Kreutz ) to Marcellus de Pagha and Sebretus de Szamtou handed while as Gemarkungsgrenze among other things, a "villa Harka" is called.
In the referendum in Burgenland in 1921 , a good 90% of the residents voted to belong to Austria, but the place remained as part of the Ödenburg area with Hungary.
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literature
- Andreas Schindler: Harkau and its neighbors. Forty years after the expulsion, ten years after the revival of “neighborly” contacts . Andreas Berger, Deutschkreutz 1986.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Schindler: First documentary mention of Harkau ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Claudia Söder: oedenburgerland.de , accessed on September 24, 2012. From: -: Harkau, my home village. The story of a German farming village in western Hungary . Andreas Schindler, Sinsheim 1987.
Web links
- Harka in A Pallas nagy lexikona ( Hungarian )