Bocfölde
Bocfölde | |
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Village | |
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Postal code | 8943 |
Area code | (+36) 92 |
Website | bocfolde |
Bocfölde is a village in Western Hungary. It has a growing commuter community that works in Zalaegerszeg, the county seat and regional industrial center that is located about 6 km (4 mi) to the North.
Location, Geography
Bocfölde is settled on the left bank of the
Bocfölde is part of Göcsej, a geographic, historical, architectural, and ethnographic unit, that maintained elements of a unique agricultural culture until the 1950s and 1960s, when industrialization and modernization accelerated. Göcseji Falumúzeum, a reconstructed model village displaying original houses, agricultural buildings collected from the Göcsej region is nearby in Zalaegerszeg.
History
Its first recorded name, in 1247, is "Possessio Buchfelden".
Demographics
Ethnic composition: 86.7% Hungarian, 6.3% Roma, 8.3% unknown/no response (2001 Census).[3]
Religious affiliations: 74% Roman Catholic, 1.1% Reformed Christian, 0.5% Evangelical, 6.9% no affiliations, 17.3% no response (2001 Census).[3]
Sites of interest
- ~500-year-old European Chestnut tree (Castanea sativa)
- ~110-year-old Small-leaved Lime tree (Tilia cordata)
- European or purple cyclamen (Cyclamen purpurascens) is common in the surrounding woods, depicted on the village's coat of arms
- Herds of Murakoz horse
- Stone Cross from the 19th century.
- Roman CatholicChurch built in 1943. It is unique that has only one steeple, as the builders run out of money.
- Monument for the fallen local soldiers of the 1848 Revolution, World War I, and World War II
(The later two are in the old center of the village, on the top of the main hill.)
References
- ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary. 30 October 2023 https://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=17543. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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(help) - ^ A Zalaegerszegi kistérség közkincs kerekasztala. "Településnevek története a Zalaegerszegi kistérségben". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ a b "Central Bureau of Statistics, Hungary". Retrieved 2011-01-29.