Hercegszántó
Coat of arms of Hercegszántó
Coat of arms
Hercegszántó is located in Bács-Kiskun County
Hercegszántó
Hercegszántó
Hercegszántó is located in Hungary
Hercegszántó
Hercegszántó
Coordinates: 45°56′49.2″N 18°56′13.2″E / 45.947000°N 18.937000°E / 45.947000; 18.937000
Country Hungary
CountyBács-Kiskun County
DistrictBaja
Area
 • Total68.55 km2 (26.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total2,329
 • Density34/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6525
Area code79

Hercegszántó (Croatian: Santovo, Serbian: Сантово) is a village in the Bács-Kiskun County of Hungary, famous for being the birthplace of footballer Flórián Albert. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs and Croats. Until the end of World War II, the Danube Swabians lived in this village, it was the only village of Stifulder, in the Bács-Kiskun county.[1] The Stifulder are a Roman Catholic subgroup of the Danube Swabians whose ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda (district).[2] Majority of the Danube Swabians was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, as a result of the Potsdam Agreement.[3]

A border crossing into Serbia is located near Hercegszántó. The Serbian town of Bački Breg lies across the border. It is also only a few kilometres away from Croatia.

References

  1. ↑ "Volkstracht der Fuldaer Siedlung Mutsching/Mucsi".
  2. ↑ "Die Stiffoller und der Stiffolder" (PDF). feked.hu (in German). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".


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