| Official Name: | Kercseliget |
| Other Name: | Gerstleck |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Somogy |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kaposvár |
| Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kaposvár |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.47 |
| Population Total: | 357[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | kercseligeti |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 7256 |
| Area Code: | (+36) 82 |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 code |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | HU232 |
| Blank5 Name Sec2: | MP |
| Blank5 Info Sec2: | Attila Gelencsér (Fidesz) |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kercseliget |
| Coordinates: | 46.328°N 18.0633°W |
Kercseliget (German: Gertsleck or German: Gerstlek; Croatian: Karčalinj) is a village in Somogy County, southern Hungary.
The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.[2]
There are two theories about the name of the settlement. According to the first one the German residents started to call their village Gartenchen and Parkchen which were translated into Hungarian as kertecske (English: tiny garden) and ligetecske (English: tiny park). According to other sources the name derives from the Hungarian person name Kercse which was added to the second part of the name of the village (liget) which means park in Hungarian.
It lies at the meeting point of the three counties: Tolna, Baranya and Somogy.
It was first mentioned in 1332 without a name. During the Turkish occupation it became uninhabited. In the 18th century Kristóf Nitzky bought the land and invited the Roman Catholic German settlers to Kercseliget. The Madarász and Hunyadi family acquired lands there during that time. Later in 1859 the Maár and Pallavicini families had land near the settlement. Early Kercseliget had a developed industry with a brick factory and weekly market.