Subdivision Type: | Country |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary Bács-Kiskun#Hungary |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Official Name: | Hercegszántó |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bács-Kiskun |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Area Total Km2: | 68.55 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 2329 |
Population Density Km2: | 34 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 6525 |
Area Code: | 79 |
Hercegszántó (Croatian: Santovo, Serbian: Сантово) is a village in the Bács-Kiskun County of Hungary, famous for being the birthplace of footballer Flórián Albert. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs and Croats. Until the end of World War II, the Danube Swabians lived in this village, it was the only village of Stifulder, in the Bács-Kiskun county.[1] The Stifulder are a Roman Catholic subgroup of the Danube Swabians whose ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda (district).[2] Majority of the Danube Swabians was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, as a result of the Potsdam Agreement.[3]
A border crossing into Serbia is located near Hercegszántó. The Serbian town of Bački Breg lies across the border. It is also only a few kilometres away from Croatia.