Balatonmagyaród

Balatonmagyaród is a town on the south- western Balaton, Hungarian Balaton, amidst the nature reserve Kis -Balaton ( Little Balaton ) of the National Park Balaton Uplands far from Zalakaros (about 7 km) with just over 570 inhabitants, among them German and Austrian. The place belongs to the small area from the entrance.

History

The mentioned already the beginning of the 20th century Balatonmagyaród name goes back to the hazel bushes there numerous ( Mogyoró ). From the 14th century, the name, see 1308 Mogoród / Magyarad 1327 Mogoroth, 1370 Magyaród. The area has existed since time immemorial settlements, which occupy different sites of 8000 ( Stone Circle finds from the Neolithic period ) to 1200 BC ( Brandgräbernekropolen from the Late Bronze Age ). There are also finds from the Lengyel culture around 4800/4700 BC A Roman road led through wetlands and over Magyaród Hidvég (approx. 4 km ) in the direction Fenékpuszta (approx. 18 km ) to the Balaton Keszthely bay at. After the Romans left the Migration Period ( 7th to 9th century ) the area of Avars and Slavs settled before the 10th century with the conquest, the Magyars founded the Hungarian Kingdom. From the Árpád period (ca. 900 AD ) has been explored in a cemetery Balatonmagyaród Upper - colon.

In the 11th century south of Magyaród lay the colon Castle ( Kolonvár / Colon civitas ), the seat of the first royal district administrator. From the 1540s was Magyaród, as well as many other settlements in the neighborhood, attacked by the Turks. But even armed Hungarian residents of neighboring communities Zalavár, Komárváros and Kiskomárom ( since 1969 both united under the name Zalakomár ) " roamed " Magyaród and 1686, the village was completely destroyed. This archetypal village was slightly higher than the present on a large peninsula of the Kis -Balaton, who was a part of Lake Balaton at that time. The field order was tedious. Changing water levels of the Kis -Balaton and Zala River often flooded the cattle pastures and brought " great misery on the inhabitants ." In addition, at that time lived many " bog - wolves " in the reedbeds and tore in harsh winters the cattle of the farmers. However, the villagers also had fishing rights to which every fisherman the landowners ' annual Forint " ceded. And today the fishing and fish is part of the life of Magyaróder men.

Since the end of the Turkish period Magyaród was from 1696 to 1945 in the possession of Balatonszentgyörgy Györgyer noble family Széchenyi. After a chronicle of the year 1715 also German -born immigrants lived in the place. The first schoolmaster taught since 1725 in the village. Today's Catholic stone church from 1814 was renovated in 2005. 1848 lived 752 people in the village and about 70 students were taught "after the end of the agricultural work until the spring ." 1891 was the number of inhabitants, most lived as "middle" peasants, at 1310 and there was already a post office. 1896 a Roman Catholic school building, a teacher's house and a kindergarten were inaugurated. From 1920, the reclamation of the Kis -Balaton went on, making the settlement won many agricultural areas. 1924 Magyaród was the greater community and center of Zala county agricultural domains of the Széchenyi family. From the 1960s, the population declined sharply, as many residents in the nearby towns of Keszthely and Nagykanizsa (approximately 22 km ) migrated.

Since the 1990s, started off to play a greater role from the package tourism of tourism with the restoration of the Kis -Balaton ( Ramsar Convention ). The bird island Milan Castle ( sziget Kányavár, approximately 1.5 km) with nature trail, hiking trails, picnic and fishing - places and the Buffalo Reserve ( Bivaly - Reservatum, approximately 1.5 km) in Kápolnapuszta with " Ur - buffalo and great- cattle " are located directly at the village.