Mecseknádasd

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Mecseknádasd
Mecseknádasd coat of arms
Mecseknádasd (Hungary)
Mecseknádasd
Mecseknádasd
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Southern Transdanubia
County : Baranya
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Pécsvárad
Coordinates : 46 ° 13 '  N , 18 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 13 '26 "  N , 18 ° 27' 51"  E
Height : 200  m
Area : 36.08  km²
Residents : 1,513 (Jan 1, 2011)
Population density : 42 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 72
Postal code : 7695
KSH kódja: 13444
Structure and administration (as of 2013)
Community type : local community
Mayor : Ferenc Wekler (independent)
Postal address : Felszabadulás utca 2/1
7695 Mecseknádasd
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Mecseknádasd ( German Nadasch , 1903–1950: Püspöknádasd = Bisschofsnadasch , Croatian Nadoš ) is a municipality with a good 1,500 inhabitants (as of 2011) in Baranya County in southern Hungary . It is located at the foot of the eastern Mecsek Mountains on the main road 6.

The St. Stephan chapel from the 14th century is now a cemetery chapel. The bishop's castle and the neighboring granary were built in the Baroque style around 1770. The local history museum of the German minority with an exhibition of the former everyday life of the German population of the village and the surrounding area was opened in 1977. A short walk takes you to the ruins of Réka Castle, where Saint Margaret , Queen of Scotland, was born.

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