Bóly
Bóly (Croatian: Boja, German: Deitschbohl) is a town in Baranya county, Hungary. Until the end of World War II, the Inhabitants was Danube Swabians, also called locally as Stifolder, because there Ancestors once came at the 17th century and 18th century from Fulda (district).[2] Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948, about the Potsdam Agreement.[3] Only a few Germans of Hungary live there, the majority today are the descentant of Hungarians from the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange. They got the houses of the former Danube Swabians Inhabitants.
Bóly
Bohl (in German) | |
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 Palace | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Bóly Location of Bóly | |
| Coordinates: 45.96729°N 18.51825°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Baranya |
| District | Bóly |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.34 km2 (9.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,887 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7754 |
| Area code | (+36) 69 |
| Website | telepules |
Twin towns – sister cities
Bóly is twinned with:
Semriach, Austria
Heroldsberg, Germany
Cernat, Romania
Neded, Slovakia
Sports
The local sports team is called Bólyi SE.
References
- Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
- https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf.
- "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bóly. |
- Official website in Hungarian, English and German
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