Németkér

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Németkér
Coat of arms of Németkér
Németkér (Hungary)
Németkér
Németkér
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Southern Transdanubia
County : Tolna
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Paks
Coordinates : 46 ° 43 '  N , 18 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 43 '0 "  N , 18 ° 46' 0"  E
Area : 64.97  km²
Residents : 1,681 (Jan 1, 2011)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 75
Postal code : 7039
KSH kódja: 15006
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Community type : local community
Mayoress : Erika Horváthné Gál (independent)
Postal address : Rákóczi u. 2
7039 Németkér
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Németkér [ ˈneːmɛtkeːr ] (in German usage there is also less often Kier , formerly also Kremling ) is a Hungarian municipality in Tolna County about 100 km south of Budapest . It belongs to the small area of Paks .

Surroundings

Larger places in the area are Paks, Cece , Dunakömlöd and Györköny .

traffic

Since March 31, 2010, Németkér can be reached via the M6 from Budapest via its own junction ( Paks Center, Németkér ).

history

Németkér was founded in 1785 by the Földvár Abbey and settled with German settlers (so-called Danube Swabians ) who followed the call of the Habsburg monarchy to settle the country after the end of the Turkish Wars.

After the end of the Second World War , the Danube Swabians were resettled in the American occupation zone in Germany.

Town twinning

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

  • Rogerius Schilling: Dunakőmlőd és Németkér telepités-, népiség- és nyelvtörténete . Pfeifer, Budapest 1933, ( Német philologiai dolgozatok 52), ( History of settlement, ethnicity and language of the German communities Dunakömlöd and Németkér).