Majs
Majs (Serbian: Мајша, Мајиш Majša, Majiš) is a village in Baranya County, Hungary. Residents are Magyars, with a minority of Danube Swabians and Serbs.
Majs | |
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 Serbian Church of Saint Paraskevas | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Majs Location of Majs | |
| Coordinates: 45.90946°N 18.59892°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Baranya County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.06 km2 (12.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,077 |
| • Density | 33.59/km2 (87.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7783 |
| Area code(s) | 69 |
| Website | https://majs.hu/ |
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).[1] Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, about the Potsdam Agreement.[2] 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.
Notablesights
- Serbian Orthodox Church, that was built in the beginning of the 17th century. This church is unique in Hungary and Central Europe, as its iconostas was stone built, instead of the usual wooden material.
Natives
- Béla Linder, military officer and politician
External links
- Street map (in Hungarian)
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