Kiskorpád

Kiskorpád
Village
Kapotsfy Chapel in Kiskorpád

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Kiskorpád
Location of Kiskorpád
Coordinates: 46°21′22″N 17°35′41″E / 46.35618°N 17.59483°E / 46.35618; 17.59483Coordinates: 46°21′22″N 17°35′41″E / 46.35618°N 17.59483°E / 46.35618; 17.59483
Country  Hungary
Region Southern Transdanubia
County Somogy
District Kaposvár
RC Diocese Kaposvár
Area
 • Total 16.95 km2 (6.54 sq mi)
Population (2017)
 • Total 881[1]
Demonym(s) kiskorpádi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 7524
Area code(s) (+36) 82
NUTS 3 code HU232
MP László Szászfalvi (KDNP)
Website Kiskorpád Online

Kiskorpád is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Geography

It lies 14 km west of Kaposvár, next to the road 61 and the Dombóvár-Gyékényes Railway Line.

History

It was first mentioned as Villa Curpad in 1324 in an official document. The papal tithe registration refers to the village as a settlement with a parish. During the Turkish occupation it appears in the tax registration of the Ottoman Porte. In the beginning of 18th century its name was Pusztakorbád and its landowners were the Sárközy, Visy and Tallián families.[2] According to László Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.[3]

In 1798-1799 Mihály Csokonai Vitéz was the guest of the Sárközy family who wrote several of his well known poems there. In the 20th century there was a steam mill, a cement and a tile factory.[4]

Main sights

  • Reformed Church (built in late Baroque style in 1789
  • Kapotsfy Chapel
  • River Kapos has its source in the village
  • Lake Szigetes (fish pond)

Notable residents

  • Lajos Kozma (1884 - 1948), Hungarian architect, industrial designer, graphic artist
  • János Hóvári (born 1955), Hungarian historian, turkologist, diplomat

Literature

  • László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)

References

  1. ↑ Kiskorpád, KSH
  2. ↑ Kiskorpád - Zselic Vidékfejlesztő Közhasznú Egyesület - Ede Reiszig, Aladár Vende : Somogy vármegye községei
  3. ↑ László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)
  4. ↑ Ede Reiszig, Aladár Vende : Somogy vármegye községei
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