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by Istvan Molnar, 11 December 2000
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Bakonybél is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary near to
Town of Pápa (31 km south-east) in the Valley of the Gerence
Brook in the heart of the Northern Bakony Mountains. The village
has got 1559 inhabitants (1990 census), nearly all of them are
Hungarians. Neighbouring settlements are: Bakonyszücs, Ugod,
Bakonyjákó, Szentgál, Hárskút, Pénzesgyőr, Porva and
Fenyőfő villages. The first mention is from 1018, when a new
Benecditine monastery was found near to the formerly hermitage of
St. Günther and St. Gellert. The settlement was settled with
German and Slovakian serves in 1713 by the Abbey of
Pannonhalma. In 1910 Bakonybél was a village in the Zirc
district of Veszprém County. Number of inhabitants in 1910:
1.323; 1.306 (98,7%) Hungarian, 16 (1,2%) German and 1 (0,1%)
other by mother tongue, 1.304 (98,6%) Roman Catholic, 13 (1,0%)
Jew and 6 (0,5%) other by religion.
The CoA relates to the conversion of timber
Istvan Molnar, 11 December 2000
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