Somogydöröcske Explained

Official Name:Somogydöröcske
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:Tab
Subdivision Type4:RC Diocese
Subdivision Name4:Kaposvár
Area Total Km2:10.83
Population Total:133[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:döröcskei, somogydöröcskei
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7284
Area Code:(+36) 84
Blank4 Name Sec1:NUTS 3 code
Blank4 Info Sec1:HU232
Blank5 Name Sec2:MP
Blank5 Info Sec2:Mihály Witzmann (Fidesz)
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Somogydöröcske
Coordinates:46.5873°N 18.0057°W

Somogydöröcske is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Geography

It lies southwest of Tamási, along the Brook Koppány. It is south of the main road running between Somogyacsa and Törökkoppány.

History

Somogydöröcske or Döröcske belonged to Tolna County in the Middle Ages. It was first mentioned in 1138 as villa Diarugsa as a possession of the Dömös Chapter. Its name was written in 1267 as Derekche, between 1424 and 1436 as Derecske. In the 13th century the village belonged to the Döröcske clan, but also the Nádor of Hungary, Majs had lands there between 1270 and 1272. The Pauline Fathers had a monastery there in the Middle Ages, its memory is preserved by the hill called Klastromhegy (English: Monastery Mountain). In 1660 it was owned by Miklós Zankó.

In the tax registration of 1703 it was an uninhabited territory of Miklós Zankó and Boldizsár Zankó. In 1726 one half of the settlement belonged to the Harrach family and the other half to János Esterházy. In 1733, the village was owned by the Hunyadi family who settled Lutheran Germans there in the 18th century. In 1876, there was a huge landslide which damaged the church and the local school building.

In 1910, the population of the settlement was 842 people of which 796 were German and 46 Hungarian. According to their religious affiliation, 789 were Lutheran, 41 Roman Catholic and 3 Calvinist.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=15981 Somogydöröcske, KSH