Monyoród

Monyoród (Croatian: Minjorod, German: Munjerod) is a village and municipality (Hungarian: község) 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).[3] Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948, about the Potsdam Agreement.[4] 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.

Monyoród
Minjorod
Municipality
Coat of arms
Monyoród
Location within Hungary.
Coordinates: 46°0′28.22″N 18°28′48.94″E
Country Hungary
RegionSouthern Transdanubia
CountyBaranya
DistrictBóly
Government
[1]
 • TypeMayor-council government
 • MayorGyörgy Horváth (Ind.)
Area
[2]
 • Total7.12 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total136
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7751
Area code(s)69
Geocode16027

Geography

Monyoród is located in east central Baranya County, about halfway between Pécs and Mohács, and 10 kilometers north of Bóly. The municipality lies within the Southern Transdanubia Region of Hungary. It previously was part of the Mohács Subregion but during the creation of districts in 2013, it became part of Bóly District.

Demographics

During the census of 2011, the population was 163. The majority of the population claimed Hungarian ethnicity (64.9%). Other ethnicities claimed included German (14.9%), Croatian (8.4%), Roma (1.3%) and Romanian (1.3%). 33.1% did not wish to answer. In terms of religious practice, 45.5% reported to be Roman Catholic, 7.1% Calvinist, 8.4% of no religious affiliation and 39% did not wish to answer.[5]

Transport

The closest railway station is in Bóly, 10 kilometers to the south.

References
  1. "Municipal Elections 2014" (in Hungarian). Hungarian National Election Office. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. "Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2018". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf.
  4. https://ldu-online.de/die-vertreibung
  5. "Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 5 June 2019.


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