Nagynyárád

Nagynyárád
Nagynyárád
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Southern Transdanubia
County :	Baranya
Small area until December 31, 2012 :	Mohács
District since 1.1.2013 :	Mohács
Coordinates :	45 ° 56 '  N , 18 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '0 "  N , 18 ° 34' 0"  E
Area :	126.59  km²
Residents :	709 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density :	6 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 69
Postal code :	7784
KSH kódja:	14650
Structure and administration (status: 2018)
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Tibor Mintál (independent)
Postal address :	Kossuth L. et al. 46 7784 Nagynyárád
Website :	www.nagynyarad.hu
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Nagynyárád ( German : Großnaarad , Croatian: Veliki Narad ) is a Hungarian municipality in the Mohács district in Baranya County .

Location and surroundings

Larger places in the area are Bóly , Mohács and Villány . It is only a few kilometers to the Danube and the Croatian border. In Sátorhely, 5 km away, there is the memorial of the Battle of Mohács .

Partnerships

• Seigertshausen , Germany

history

The community was mainly inhabited by Slavs until the 18th century , when the Germans ( Danube Swabians ) settled by Maria Theresa gradually displaced it. The inhabitants of the community were and are mostly Catholic .

Between 1946 and 1948 330 people were resettled first in the western and then in the eastern occupation zone of Germany. Although most of them returned to Großnaarad from East Germany, they had to start everything again, as the Hungarian authorities handed over their houses with all their property to settlers from Hungary and Felvidék (now Slovakia).

population

Großnaarad has preserved its German character to this day, although the village was not spared from deportation after the Second World War . According to information from the local German self-government, around 60% of the population are of German or German origin. In the 2011 census, 639 people in Nagynyárád identified themselves as ethnic Hungarians, 320 as Germans , 34 as Croats and 15 as Roma ( cigány - romani, beás ).

Customs and events

Wine is still traditionally made in the vineyards today. Most of the families who inhabit the village own a wine cellar in the vineyards. There the wine is kept and cooled in large wooden barrels.

Today the community is best known for the Martinkirmes and the blue dye festival . While the latter takes place every year on the last weekend in July, the Martinkirmes is only held every other year, on the weekend around November 11th.

The Martinkirmes is a festival of the local Germanness that celebrates the end of the autumn harvest on this day. For this occasion, on Saturday the women of the village will decorate an approx. 10 meter high fair tree with autumn flowers, which will be carried in a costume procession to the parish hall and set up on Sunday. This is followed by a dance festival.

The main attraction of the community is the blue dye workshop of János (Johann) Sárdi. In his workshop, visitors can also admire the process of dyeing and the master's ancient tools. The fabrics made can also be bought. Johann Sárdi is a recognized blue dyer in Hungary and abroad, which is why the idea for the blue dyer festival came up. Various events take place during the three-day festival: blue dye and handicrafts exhibition, folklore shows, handicrafts market, dance festival. Since the festival takes place in midsummer, visitors can also visit the cellars of local winemakers and take part in wine tastings.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Folia onomastica croatica 14/2005. Živko Mandić: Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj, (pdf)
2. ↑ Népszámlálás 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB), p. 182.