Vaskút
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| Basic data | |||||
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| State : | Hungary | ||||
| Region : | Southern Great Plain | ||||
| County : | Bács-Kiskun | ||||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Baja | ||||
| District since 1.1.2013 : | Baja | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 7 ' N , 18 ° 59' E | ||||
| Area : | 71.49 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 3,479 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 49 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 79 | ||||
| Postal code : | 6521 | ||||
| KSH kódja: | 28343 | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2015) | |||||
| Community type : | local community | ||||
| Mayor : | Zoltán Alszegi (independent) | ||||
| Postal address : | Kossuth L. utca 90 6521 Vaskút |
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| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||||
Vaskút [ ˈvɒʃkuːt Hungarian Eisenbrunnen ] ( German Waschkut , older also Eisenbrunn , Croatian Baškut and Vaškut ) is a southern Hungarian municipality in the small area of Baja in Bács-Kiskun County . It is located around 10 km southeast of Baja on the road to Gara , not far from the southern border of Hungary.
In 2002 it had 3,654 inhabitants, with a large proportion of residents of German origin.
history
The area has been populated since the Stone Age. In Vaskút, the remains of a hill fortress of the Jazygen who ruled the area between the Danube and Tisza were found . The finds of Roman bricks and a coin from the time of Diocletian also point to a lively trade with Roman Pannonia west of the Danube. During the period of the Great Migration , the Batschka area was first under the rule of the Huns , then the Gepids , and finally the Avars from 567 onwards . At the end of the 9th century, the Hungarians finally settled here, and with their Christianization the area was placed under the Archdiocese of Kalocsa . After the defeat of the Hungarians against the Turks in nearby Mohács in 1526 , the rule of the Ottomans began .
The municipality of Vaskút itself emerged at the beginning of the 18th century as a systematically laid out chessboard settlement , as is typical for southern Hungary. The place is still largely agricultural today. In addition to viticulture, the focus is primarily on hemp production. At first, mainly Germans and Serbs lived here , although the proportion of Serbs gradually declined. In 1820 there were 2,925 inhabitants, 2,902 of whom were Germans who spoke their own dialect. After the Second World War , numerous Hungarian Szeklers from Bukovina were settled here.
Attractions
- Roman Catholic Trinity Church Szentháromság-templom , built in the 18th century
- Roman Catholic Calvary Chapel Fájdalmas Szűz
Partner communities
Partner congregations have been Mutlangen since Whitsun 1992 and Türkheim since June 6, 1992 . There is a school in Vaskút that was recently expanded with financial help from Mutlangen.
Personalities
- Grgur Peštalić (1755–1809), Croatian writer
- Fabijan Peštalić (1845–1909), Franciscan (OFM) , supporter of the Croatian rebirth movement
- Stefan Schoblocher (1937–2020), writer
literature
- Anton Reppmann: Vaskút, history of a German community in the North Batschka , Freilassing 1971
- Paul Flach: Waschkut. Contributions to the history of a predominantly German community in Batschka / Hungary . Munich 1983.