Somogyapáti
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Somogyapáti is a village in the subregion of Szigetvár
, Baranya county
, Hungary
.
and 42 kilometre (26 mi) west of Pécs
on paved roadway. It is surrounded by Somogyviszló
and Vásárosbéc
on the north, Csertő
on the east, Basal
on the northeast, Patapoklosi
on the south, Merenye
on the southwest and Somogyhatvan
on the west.
(259-acre) artificial lake of which area partly belongs to Somogyviszló. Its original cubic capacity was 2.3 hm³ with the average depth being 2.2 metre (7.2 foot). The lake serves as a fishpond nowadays.
. Artifacts
, such as refined stone tools and fragments of ceramics have been found marking that elements of Linear Pottery
and Lengyel culture
s were present in the region.
The name of the village appears in several charters as Apati dating back to 1322.
In the 16th century the territory became the part of Ottoman Hungary
, therefore lost all of its inhabitants. The village have been refounded in the 18th century with some of the pioneers being Slavic people
.
The village had been corporated into Somogy until 1950.
Szigetvár
-History:The town's fortress was the setting of the Battle of Szigetvár in 1566. It was a sanjak centre at first in Budin Province , later in Kanije Province .There was already a bum in the marshland back in the Celtic and Roman times...
, Baranya county
Baranya (county)
Baranya is the name of an administrative county in present Hungary, in the Baranya region, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary ....
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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Etymology
The current name is a composition of Somogy which marks its former county, and apáti which means "the property of (the) abbey".Location
The village is situated in the north-western corner of Baranya county, 7 kilometre (4.3 mi) northwest of SzigetvárSzigetvár
-History:The town's fortress was the setting of the Battle of Szigetvár in 1566. It was a sanjak centre at first in Budin Province , later in Kanije Province .There was already a bum in the marshland back in the Celtic and Roman times...
and 42 kilometre (26 mi) west of Pécs
Pécs
Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county...
on paved roadway. It is surrounded by Somogyviszló
Somogyviszló
Somogyviszló is a village in Baranya county, Hungary.-Reference:...
and Vásárosbéc
Vásárosbéc
Vásárosbéc is a village in Baranya county, Hungary.-Reference:...
on the north, Csertő
Csertő
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on the east, Basal
Basal, Hungary
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on the northeast, Patapoklosi
Patapoklosi
Patapoklosi is a village in Baranya county, Hungary.-Reference:...
on the south, Merenye
Merenye
Merenye is a village in Baranya county, Hungary.- External links :*...
on the southwest and Somogyhatvan
Somogyhatvan
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on the west.
Structure
Somogyapáti divides into three larger units which of them are Somogyapáti itself and two minor settlements on the outskirts named Adorjánpuszta and Dióspuszta. The last one, however does not form a singular body and consists Zimány and Hitmes as well.Geography
Its territory is mildly hilly and is the south-end part of a hilly region called Zselic. Somogyapáti and Adorjánpuszta, both situated on hilltops, are on the opposite banks of the creek Keleti-Gyöngyös. In the 1960s a dam have been built to impound this creek for irrigation purposes, creating a 105-hectareHectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
(259-acre) artificial lake of which area partly belongs to Somogyviszló. Its original cubic capacity was 2.3 hm³ with the average depth being 2.2 metre (7.2 foot). The lake serves as a fishpond nowadays.
Administration
Basal, Patapoklosi, Somogyapáti, Somogyhatvan and Somogyviszló share a common notary public, with their office being in Somogyapáti.History
The area have been populated since the ancient timesPrehistory
Prehistory is the span of time before recorded history. Prehistory can refer to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded history begins. More broadly, it refers to all the time preceding human existence and the invention of writing...
. Artifacts
Artifact (archaeology)
An artifact or artefact is "something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest"...
, such as refined stone tools and fragments of ceramics have been found marking that elements of Linear Pottery
Linear Pottery culture
The Linear Pottery culture is a major archaeological horizon of the European Neolithic, flourishing ca. 5500–4500 BC.It is abbreviated as LBK , is also known as the Linear Band Ware, Linear Ware, Linear Ceramics or Incised Ware culture, and falls within the Danubian I culture of V...
and Lengyel culture
Lengyel culture
The Lengyel culture, is an archaeological culture of the European Neolithic, centered on the Middle Danube in Central Europe. It flourished during ca...
s were present in the region.
The name of the village appears in several charters as Apati dating back to 1322.
In the 16th century the territory became the part of Ottoman Hungary
Ottoman Hungary
History of Ottoman Hungary refers to the history of parts of the Ottoman Empire situated in what today is Hungary, in the period from 1541 to 1699.-History:...
, therefore lost all of its inhabitants. The village have been refounded in the 18th century with some of the pioneers being Slavic people
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
.
The village had been corporated into Somogy until 1950.