Kiszsidány

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Kiszsidány
Kiszsidány coat of arms
Kiszsidány (Hungary)
Kiszsidány
Kiszsidány
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Western Transdanubia
County : Vas
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Kőszeg
District since 1.1.2013 : Kőszeg
Coordinates : 47 ° 25 '  N , 16 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 24 '36 "  N , 16 ° 38' 22"  E
Area : 17.65  km²
Residents : 98 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 6 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 94
Postal code : 9733
KSH kódja: 15486
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Community type : local community
Mayor : Zoltán Bánó (independent)
Postal address : Fő utca 2
9733 Kiszsidány
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Kiszsidány ( German Roggendorf , Croatian Lukindrof ; until 1946 Németzsidány ) is a municipality in the district of Kőszeg in Vas County in western Hungary .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located about seven kilometers northeast of Kőszeg , a good 20 kilometers north of Szombathely and three kilometers south of the border with Austria . Neighboring municipalities are Horvátzsidány , Peresznye and Csepreg .

history

The village was founded after 1236 and is said to have got its name (Roggendorf) from a submerged predecessor settlement called Rokfia . The place was a German-speaking island in a part of Hungary that had been mostly Croatian populated since the 16th century. In 1946 the village was renamed from Németzsidány ("German Zsidany") to Kiszsidány ("Klein Zsidany").

population

Ethnic structure
year Residents Magyars German Croatians Others
1880 357 7th 316 13 21st
1910 303 12 266 10 15th
1920 296 35 235 13 13
1930 237 31 201 5 0
1941 244 46 192 6th 0
1949 241 236 1 4th 0
2011 98 - - - -

Attractions

  • Bell tower of the Protestant church, built in 1926
  • Virgin Mary statue ( Szűz Mária-oszlop )
  • Rhododendron garden ( Rododendron kert )
  • Roman Catholic Church Szűz Mária neve , built in 1882

traffic

Road No. 8624 runs on the northern edge of the village. There are bus connections to Kőszeg and in the direction of Bük . The nearest train station is about eight kilometers southwest in Kőszeg.

Web links

Commons : Kiszsidány  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019 - Kiszsidány (Vas megye). Nemzeti Választási Iroda, accessed December 15, 2019 (Hungarian).
  2. Kiszsidány. In: Magyarország helységnévtára. Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, accessed December 15, 2019 (Hungarian).
  3. ^ Fritz Zimmermann: The Carolingian settlement area of ​​Lutzmannsburg. In: Burgenland homeland sheets . 10th year, issue No. 1, Eisenstadt 1948, p. 4, PDF on ZOBODAT