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.
The village located at near to Kaszó, and it is surrounded by forests with a really rich natural circumstances.
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.
The Hungarian folk song Lement a nap a maga járásán was collected in 1898 in Somogyszob by Béla Vikár.