Palkonya
Palkonya (Croatian: Plakinja, Palkonija), German: Palkan), is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. This Village was once settled by Turks in Hungary untile 1699 and the Church was once a Mosque. 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.
Palkonya | |
|---|---|
 Location of Baranya county in Hungary | |
  Palkonya Location of Palkonya | |
| Coordinates: 45.89769°N 18.39137°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Baranya |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 308 |
| • Density | 30.8/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7771 |
| Area code(s) | 72 |
References
External links
- Street map (in Hungarian)
