Last modified: 2000-12-08 by dov gutterman
Keywords: hungary | veszprem | papa | lovaszpatona |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
by Istvan Molnar, 5 December 2000
See also:
Lov?szpatona is a village in Veszpr?m County in Hungary near
to Town of P?pa (22 km north-east) in the Little Hungarian
Plains. The village has got 1.376 inhabitants (1990 census),
nearly all of them are Hungarians. One of the Official Ethnic
Minorities of Hungary has got ethnic council in the village. The
Gipsy. Neighbouring settlements are: Kaj?rp?c, Szerecseny,
Gecse, Vaszar, Vanyola, Bakonys?g, Nagyd?m and Sokor?p?tka
villages. The name of the village has got two parts: Lov?sz
means stableman and Patona. The territory f the village is
inhabited from the Stone Age. The first mention of the village is
from 1353. In 1405 borough, like P?pa. 1589-1608 it was
devastated by the turks. In 1828 the settlement is a borough
again. In 1910 Lov?szpatona was a village in the P?pa district
of Veszpr?m County. Number of inhabitants in 1910: 2.343; 2.319
(99,0%) Hungarian, 22 (0,9%) Slovakian and 2 (0,1%) others by
mother tongue, 1.268 (54,1%) Roman Catholic, 1.000 (42,7%)
Lutheran, 36 (1,5%) Calvinist and 39 (1,7%) other by religion. In
the viilage is the one of the most beautiful small church from
the 12-13th century (now Lutherans church). You can see a Baroque
Somogyi Mansion (1794-1850), Roman Catholic Church (1884).
Ratio of the flag: 2:3
Istvan Molnar, 5 December 2000
ve-lo.gif)
by Istvan Molnar, 5 December 2000
|