Kurd, Hungary Explained

Subdivision Type:Country
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Kurd
Mapsize:275px
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Tolna
Area Total Km2:31.19
Population Total:1223
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Km2:39.21
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7226
Area Code:74
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Kurd, Hungary
Pushpin Mapsize:275px
Coordinates:46.4447°N 18.3163°W

Kurd is a village in Tolna County, Hungary.

Kurdish tribal chiefs were present in Hungary during the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars and fought the Hungarian army from 1440 to 1442. The village of Kurd can be bound to the legendary Kurdish military chief Kurd Pasha, whose grave is located near the city.[1] In 1729, migrants from central Hungary of Hungarian, Slavic, Serbian and Slovak origin settled in the village. Until World War II Germans from Rheinland and Romas constituted the majority of the village.[1] Whether the local population is of Kurdish descent is doubtful, but the mayor István Cser and locals expressed their awareness of Kurdish affairs during an interview in 1998.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Zurab Aloian. The Kurds in the Ottoman Hungary. transoxiana. 5 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Cser István. Kurd község története. Manuscript. Hungarian. 1998.

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