Kisjakabfalva

Kisjakabfalva (Croatian: Jakubovo;[1] German: Jackfall) is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. Until the end of World War II, the majority of 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.

Kisjakabfalva
Location of Baranya county in Hungary
Kisjakabfalva
Location of Kisjakabfalva
Coordinates: 45.89603°N 18.43625°E / 45.89603; 18.43625
Country Hungary
CountyBaranya
Area
  Total6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
  Total157
  Density23.71/km2 (61.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7773
Area code(s)72

References

  1. Živko Mandić (2005). "Hrvatska imena naseljenih mjesta u Madžarskoj (Croatian Names of Inhabited Places in Hungary)" (pdf). Folia Onomastica Croatica 14. (Note: English abstract on page 128.). p. 60. Retrieved 2017-04-01. (in Serbo-Croatian)
  2. https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf.
  3. https://ldu-online.de/die-vertreibung


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