Bácsalmás

Coordinates: 46°07′26″N 19°19′35″E / 46.12393°N 19.32630°E / 46.12393; 19.32630
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Bácsalmás
Aljmaš, Almasch
Town
Church of the Holy Cross
Church of the Holy Cross
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6430
Area code(+36) 79
Websitewww.bacsalmas.hu

Bácsalmás (

Bácska (Bács-Kiskun County) close to the border with the Vojvodina region of Serbia
, with a population of 7,694 people.

History

In the

János Hunyadi in the 15th century. With the arrival of the Turks, the population disappeared and was at first replaced by Bunjevci who came from Bosnia and the Croatian Littoral. The first mention the village comes from 1543 in the records of the Archbishopric of Kalocsa
.

In the 17th century, there was a steady influx of

Bosnia
. The last major group came under the leadership of captains Marković and Vidaković.

With the Turkish defeat at the

Habsburgs in Bácsalmás who continued to be the overwhelming majority until 1945. Most of these settlers came from Swabia, Alsace and Mainz
. In the following decade, land grants were given to newly ennobled men from the immediate region to the Hungarian family of Németszeghy, Koronay, and Bunjevac families of Antunović, Rudić, Kovačić, and Šišković.

In the 19th century the town became a centre for wine and grain production which was exported mainly to Austria and Bohemia. It also became an important railroad junction. In effect it became a prosperous community. However, it retained its rural character the whole time with a strong artisan class which served the surrounding region.

In 1941, the town had a population of 13,000, two-thirds of whom were Germans (

Danube Swabians
). In 1945–46, the majority of Germans were expelled and Hungarians were brought from Slovakia to replace them.

In 1986, Bácsalmás became a town with a population of over 8,000. With the closure of some industries and the reforms in agriculture, the town is losing its population. Bácsalmás is struggling to replace the declining agricultural sector, but alternatives are hard to find. The farming cooperative privatized in the early 1990s and the local state farm accumulated large debts.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Bácsalmás is twinned with:[2]

References

  1. ^ Votruba, Martin. "Maria Theresa's Urbarium". Slovak Studies Program. University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  2. ^ "Bácsalmás (Menu) => Testvérvárosok". bacsalmas.hu (in Hungarian). Bácsalmás. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  • Dr. Mihály Mandics: A magyarországi bunyevác-horvátok története, Budapest, 1987.
  • Horváth, Sövény, Harton: Bácsalmás, Szekszárd, 1999.

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