Balatonszabadi

Balatonszabadi
Village
Summer, 1930

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Balatonszabadi
Location of Balatonszabadi
Coordinates: 46°53′35″N 18°08′12″E / 46.89298°N 18.13661°E / 46.89298; 18.13661Coordinates: 46°53′35″N 18°08′12″E / 46.89298°N 18.13661°E / 46.89298; 18.13661
Country  Hungary
Region Southern Transdanubia
County Somogy
District Siófok
RC Diocese Kaposvár
Area
 • Total 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi)
Population (2017)
 • Total 2,952[1]
Demonym(s) szabadi, balatonszabadi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 8651
Area code(s) (+36) 84
Motorways M7
Distance from Budapest 103 km (64 mi) Northeast
NUTS 3 code HU232
MP Mihály Witzmann (Fidesz)
Website Balatonszabadi Online

Balatonszabadi is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

East of Balatonszabadi, there is a mediumwave broadcasting facility with a 145 metres tall guyed mast radiator used for Magyar Katolikus Rádió on 1341 kHz with 150 kW. The mast carries in a height of 56 metres a FM-broadcasting antenna.

Geography

Balatonszabadi lies on the shores of Sió in the northeastern part of Somogy County, 6 km far from Siófok, the seat of Siófok District. It can be reached by turning to the south in Aranypart (English: Golden Shore, part of Siófok) on the other side of M7 Motorway. The village is part of the Balatonboglár Wine Region.[2]

Demographics

The majority of the population of Balatonszabadi is Hungarian (87.1%). Significant minorities are Germans (1.5%) and Gypsies (1.4%). The population is Catholic (Roman Catholic (54.7%) and Greek Catholic (0.2%)). There is also a remarkable Calvinist (11.6%) and Lutheran (1.5%) minority. 9.5% of the population belongs to no churches.[3]

Main sights

The village is home to the first public statue of Lajos Kossuth in Hungary. The first sculpture was made by Béla Gerenday and was erected on June 26, 1894 on the Kossuth square, the main square of the village. But in the World War II it got seriously damaged, therefore on the centenary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, in 1948 a new monument of Lajos Kossuth was erected which is a replica of the original one.[4][5]

Notable residents

  • Imre Veszprémi (1932 - 2013), Hungarian sculptor
  • Kálmán Csukás (1901 – 1943), Hungarian lieutenant colonel
  • János Szikszay (1803 – 1849), Hungarian Reformed pastor, martyr of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

References

  1. ↑ Balatonszabadi, KSH
  2. ↑ [A Balatonboglári borvidék hegyközségi tanácsának alapszabálya]
  3. ↑ Balatonszabadi, 2011 - KSH
  4. ↑ [Lajos H Szabó - Száz éve állították Siómaroson a világ első köztéri Kossuth-szobrát, Honismeret, Vol 22, Nr 5 (1994)]
  5. ↑ Ádámfi József: A világ Kossuth-szobrai, Budapest, 1980


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