Tab, Hungary
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Tab (German: Tabau) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Tab District. It is situated approximately 175 km South West of Budapest and 22 km from Lake Balaton.
History
Tab was first mentions as villa Thob in an official document from 1211. In 1320 the settlement belonged to a church dedicated to Saint Peter. Between 1285 and 1386 it was in the hands of the Ugali family under the name Thob. Their surname had been eternalized by the medieval village of Ugajpuszta which is now part of Tab. Later the settlement belonged to István Rozgonyi, the ispán of Bakony and his wife, Cecília Szentgyörgyi between 1428 and 1435. In 1438 the Batthyány and Fajsz families owned it. Before the Turkish occupation it belonged to László Ewleweldi and Demeter Tharródy.
It was first attacked by the Turks in 1542, but it fell finally later between 1551 and 1553. Then Tab became part of the
After the
It is known from the census of 1715 that Tab welcomed Hungarians, Germans and Slovaks from 1712 on in larger numbers. Tab had one of largest Jewish communities in Somogy County which is also proven by the fact that one of the most prestigious synagogue of
Tab became a
At the end of the 19th century the town experienced a rapid development in infrastructure, trade and industry. Jakab Zuckermandel established a printhouse there. Ignác Pallós founded a steam brick and tile factory which employed the labor of Tab and the surroundings every year from autumn until spring. The first newspaper of the town started in 1909 under the name Tab és Vidéke (English: Tab and its Region). In 1913 the Otthon Coffeehouse started to project movies. A credit institute was founded. The sporting association of Tab was formed in 1914.
In the
In the
Main sights
- Roman Catholic Church – as a famous fresco by Franz Xaver Bucher, a replica of the Holy Crown of Hungary by Alajos Erényi and a walled crypt (opened on June 10, 2007)
- Ferenc Nagy Gallery
- Welsersheimb Mansion
- Statue of Saint Stephen of Hungary(2000)
Notable residents
- Bernat Rosner (born 1932), Hungarian Holocaust survivor
- Norbert Pap (1969–), Hungarian geographer–historian, founder of the Balkan Research Group, leader of the Zrinski-Suleiman Research Group
- Samuel Miklos Stern (1920–1969), Hungarian-British Orientalist
- Ferenc Nagy (1920–1998), Hungarian woodcutter artist
- Gyula Takáts (1911–2008), Hungarian poet, author, translator, teacher
- Zeno Welser von Welsersheimb (1835–1921), Austrian Minister of Defence (1880–1905)
- Gerő Buzás (1904–1987), Hungarian Roman Catholic priest, author
International relations
Twin towns
- Dettenhausen – Germany
- Szímő – Slovakia
- Pered – Slovakia
- Tusnádfürdő – Romania
References
- ^ Tab, KSH
- ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
- ^ László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században – Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)
External links
- Official website in Hungarian
- Street map (in Hungarian)