Baranyajenő

Baranyajenő (German Jening ) is a town in Baranya county in Hungary.

Geography

The village Baranyajenő located in Transdanubia, the land beyond the Danube in southern Hungary. The so-called Swabian Turkey is in Baranyajenő, in a central location, a point of intersection. Two kilometers north of the village center is the Dreikomitateneck. Here the limit of Baranya ( Baranya ) is the place Baranyajenő, Tolna ( Tolna ) with the place Jagonak and Somogy ( Somogy ) with the place Kercseliget.

Place names

Originally the place Baranyajenő was known under the name Gyenő. Until the 19th century the place was then called Jenő. Just at the beginning of the 20th century, ie on 1 January 1901 the village name was eventually changed from Jenő after Baranyajenő, as it previously did to confusion with the same name ( Jenő ) locations in Hungary.

History

Is first documented in the year Baranyajenő 1283rd

On December 1, 1944, Soviet troops marched into Baranyajenő and led on December 27, 1944 by decree of the deportation of 18 to 30 years and all German men aged 17 to 45 years of all German women for forced labor in the Soviet Union.

Between 1946 and 1948 the then communist Hungarian government prompted the expulsion of all German citizens, " who profess allegiance to their native German and ethnic German descent " ( wording of that official decision ). Their property was confiscated. The expulsion was based on the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam, which should determine the fate of Germany and the Germans after the Second World War.

Religions

The majority of residents Baranyajenős are the Roman Catholic Church belongs. Is found on the 1820 was inaugurated and in 2003 renovated Catholic church of Baranyajenő a plaque with the following inscription: " The walls of this church are centuries been witnesses for have that the Hungarians and is settled Swabia sang together and their common praised God in peace and Love until the expulsion in the years 1946 and 1948, where they settled adopt the Hungarian national anthem to the Fatherland. "

Photo Gallery

Welcome panel at the entrance Baranyajenős

Culture House of Baranyajenő