Mohács
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| Country: | Hungary |
| County: | Baranya |
| Area: | 112.23 km² |
| Population (2001): - Density: |
19,049 169.73/km² |
| Postal code: | 7700 |
| Area code: | 69 |
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| Home page: | http://www.mohacs.hu/ |
Mohács (Serbian, Croatian, and Bunjevac: Mohač or Мохач, German: Mohatsch) is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube, 115 miles south of Budapest.
Two famous battles took place there:
These battles represented the beginning and end, respectively, of Ottoman domination in Hungary.
In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Mohács was part of the historical Baranya county, and during Ottoman rule it was the administrative seat of the Sanjak of Mohács, an Ottoman adninistrative unit. After the Habsburgs took the area from the Ottomans, Mohács was included into the restored Baranya county.
In 1910, the population of the Mohács municipality numbered 56,909 people, of which 21,951 spoke German, 20,699 Hungarian, 4,312 Serbian, and 421 Croatian. Another 9,600 inhabitants were listed to speak "other languages" (presumably Bunjevac and Šokac). [1]
Every spring, the town is home to the annual Busójárás Carnival.
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[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
