| Official Name: | Pusztaszemes |
| 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: | Siófok |
| Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kaposvár |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.39 |
| Population Total: | 338[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | 39.84 |
| Population Demonym: | szemesi, pusztaszemesi |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8619 |
| Area Code: | (+36) 84 |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pusztaszemes |
| Coordinates: | 46.77°N 17.9251°W |
| Blank Name: | Patron Saint |
| Blank Info: | Wendelin of Trier |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 code |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | HU232 |
| Blank5 Name Sec2: | MP |
| Blank5 Info Sec2: | Mihály Witzmann (Fidesz) |
Pusztaszemes is a village in Somogy County, Hungary. It is known for being the birthplace of János Kádár's father, János Krezinger.
The name of Pusztaszemes originates from the words szem (English: grain, eye, core) and puszta because this area depopulated during the Turkish occupation. It is also possible that the village got its name after its first owner, a man called Szemes.[2]
It lies on the Outer Somogy Hill Range, 10 km south of Balatonföldvár, in the southern end of the Kőröshegy-Pusztaszemes Valley. The Brook Séd and Brook Jaba have their sources there. The first flows to the North in the Lake Balaton, the second to the South in the River Koppány.
Pusztaszemes was first mentioned in 1229 as Scernes. I also appears in the papal tithe register between 1332 and 1337. In 1536 it was written as Waralyazemes (Waralya means Castle bottom). Ottoman Porte's tax register mentioned it initially, later it became uninhabited. After the Siege of Buda the Hungarian nobility invited Christian settlers (mostly Roman Catholic) to Hungary. Until 1778 several German families arrived to Pusztaszemes who rebuilt the village. The landowner was the Széchényi family, but several residents had smaller portions of lands. According to the 1853 census the village had 340 residents of which 258 were Germans and 82 Hungarians.[3] Its Roman Catholic church was built in 1860 and was dedicated to Saint Wendelin.