Osztopán Explained

Official Name:Osztopán
Other Name:Croatian: Stupan
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 Km2:22.83
Population Total:824[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:osztopáni
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7444
Area Code:(+36) 82
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 Osztopán
Coordinates:46.5203°N 17.6707°W

Osztopán (Croatian: Stupan) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Etymology

The name comes from the Slavic Stupan[2] [3] derived from the Proto-Slavic stem stǫp- with several meanings and possible etymologies (i.e. stǫpa/stupa: trapping pit,[2] see also the etymology of Stupava).

History

According to László Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.[4]

Highway bridge bombed by 97th BG on 30 June 1944 when primary target Blechammer oil refinery was overcast.

Culture

The Hungarian folk song Osztopáni malomárok was collected in Osztopán in 1949 by Ferenc Gönczi.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=19770 Osztopán, KSH
  2. Book: Stanislav, Ján . Ján Stanislav . Slovenský juh v stredoveku II.. 325. Slovenské literárne centrum . 2004 . Slovak . 80-88878-89-6.
  3. Book: Kiss, Lajos . Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest . 488. Akadémiai . 1978 . Hungarian.
  4. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/SOMM_SomAlm_052/?pg=10&layout=s&query=korpád László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)