Szabadi Explained

Official Name:Szabadi
Settlement Type:Village
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Mapsize:275px
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 Km2:8.23
Population Total:285[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:szabadi
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7253
Area Code:(+36) 82
Blank4 Name Sec1:NUTS 3 code
Blank4 Info Sec1:HU232
Blank5 Name Sec2:MP
Blank5 Info Sec2:Attila Gelencsér (Fidesz)
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Szabadi
Pushpin Mapsize:275px
Coordinates:46.367°N 18.0344°W

Szabadi is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.[2]

Geography

It lies in the valley of the River Kapos, 20 km east of Kaposvár on the road 61, next to the Dombóvár-Gyékényes Railway Line. It has a common railway station with the neighboring Csoma. The nearest town, Dombóvár is 9 km away.

History

Szabadi was first mentioned in the papal tithe register between 1332 and 1337. After the Turkish occupation its residents were mostly gentries (kuriális falu English: curial village) in 1969. In the same year the village came from Tolna County to Somogy County. The Batthyány family became its owner in 1715. Later it belonged to the Schmiedegg and Batthyány families. Its first Roman Catholic school opened in 1770. The Lutherans also established their own school in 1839 which operated until 1937. The seal of Szabadi is since 1788 in usage. According to the 1849 census Szabadi and Kisgát had together 136 Hungarian and 200 German residents.[3]

Its population was always around 500 and Hungarian in majority with a significant German minority. The residents started to migrate to Kaposvár or to the nearby towns (Dombóvár, Igal, Sásd etc.). The Lutherans built their church in the 19th century which perished with time, therefore they built a new one in 1998.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=14854 Szabadi, KSH
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410182214/http://www.delbalatonibor.hu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/HK-Tan%C3%A1cs-Alapszab%C3%A1ly.pdf A Balatonboglári borvidék hegyközségi tanácsának alapszabálya (PDF)
  3. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/SOMM_SomAlm_052/ László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)