Official Name: | Buzsák |
Other Name: | Croatian: Budžak |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Mapsize: | 275px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Somogy |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Fonyód |
Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
Subdivision Name4: | Kaposvár |
Area Total Km2: | 59.68 |
Population Total: | 1318[1] |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | buzsáki |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8695 |
Area Code: | (+36) 85 |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 code |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | HU232 |
Blank5 Name Sec2: | MP |
Blank5 Info Sec2: | József Attila Móring (KDNP) |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Buzsák |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 275px |
Coordinates: | 46.6431°N 17.5851°W |
Buzsák (Croatian: Budžak) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.
A local legend says that Jesus Christ met a man from this village during his life on Earth. He asked him for bread, but the man did not give him any. So a curse fell on the village which meant that sorrow (Hungarian: bú) grew in every resident's sack (Hungarian: zsák).[2]
According to the scientific explanation its name derives from the South Slavic world budžak (Hungarian: sarok, szeglet, English: corner).[3]
The village is more than 500 years old, with flourishing heritage of folklore, architectural traditions. After the Turkish Wars in Hungary (bw. 1526–1686) over Hungarians several Dalmatian, Illyrian, Croatian families settled in the village and the traditions were synthesised.
Three types of traditional needleworks with blue, black, and red threads are popular. They can be seen in the Volklore Museum of the village.
The oldest building of the village is the romanesque church, the so-called White Chapel standing about 3 kilometers from the village. It was the village church of Akts village, destroyed during the Turkish wars. It was renewed in 1704. It has a carved wood renaissance altar which was later moved to the Catholic Church of the village, erected in 1791.
In the Saint John Hill there are old cellars, where the masters offer their fine vines for the visitors.