Hajós

Hajos ( German: Hajosch ) is a city in Bács -Kiskun in southern Hungary.

History

The name is derived from Hajos hajó and means boat or ship. In the Middle Ages the town was surrounded by a much larger amount of water than today. The village lies on a survey of a flood plain of the former riverbed of the Danube.

During the Ottoman wars Hajos was destroyed.

Founded in 1722 by the Archbishop of Kalocsa at the point a Swabian village, with the support of German immigrants from Württemberg. The place was in 1756 awarded market rights.

Policy

Community partnership

• Since 1982, a partnership with the German community Hirrlingen
• Lengenfeld in Lower Austria

Culture

To Hajos there is a strong wine culture. The village has about 1,200 wine cellar. The end of May held at St. Urban wine festival attracts crowds of visitors.