Somogyszob Explained

Official Name:Somogyszob
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:Nagyatád
Subdivision Type4:RC Diocese
Subdivision Name4:Kaposvár
Area Total Km2:40.08
Population Total:1509[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:szobi, somogyszobi
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7563
Area Code:(+36) 82
Blank4 Name Sec1:NUTS 3 code
Blank4 Info Sec1:HU232
Blank5 Name Sec2:MP
Blank5 Info Sec2:László Szászfalvi (KDNP)
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Somogyszob
Coordinates:46.2928°N 17.2958°W

Somogyszob is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. It is situated on the southwest side of Somogy county, approximately 8 km north from Nagyatád.

Geography

The village located at near to Kaszó, and it is surrounded by forests with a really rich natural circumstances.

History

Somogyszob originally in the 11th and 12th century belonged to Següsd county. In 1295 it was donated to László comes. In 1331 it was mentioned as Zoob, later in 1366 named Poss. In 1484 Son of Szobi Péter donated it to Mihály Batthyány Boldizsár and Gerebeni László. In 1550 Várday Zsigmond was the landlord. At time of the Rákóczi's War for Independence the village was destroyed and the people fled to the woods and swamps. The name Szob appeared around 1901. The name of the current form was first mentioned in 1907.

Main sights

Culture

The Hungarian folk song Lement a nap a maga járásán was collected in 1898 in Somogyszob by Béla Vikár.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=18546 Somogyszob, KSH