Szorosad Explained

Official Name:Szorosad
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 Km2:6.48
Population Total:94[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:szorosadi
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:7285
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 Szorosad
Coordinates:46.603°N 18.0241°W

Szorosad is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Geography

It lies between Siófok and Dombóvár, in the Somogy-Tolna Hill Range, on the northern side of the valley of the River Koppány. The nearest towns are Tamási and Tab.

History

Szorosad had less than 6 houses in 1687 after the end of the Turkish occupation. During the 18th century Roman Catholic German settlers moved there for the invitation of the Diocese of Veszprém. The village became German-speaking. There were already 17 households in 1794. During the Napoleonic Wars Szorosad became well known for its vine. In the census of 1849 395 German residents lived there.[2]

In 1947 according to the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange 22 Hungarian families from Upper Hungary arrived in the village.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=05193 Szorosad, KSH
  2. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/SOMM_SomAlm_052/?pg=125&layout=s&query=szorosad László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)