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Line 3: \| official_name = Balatonszentgyörgy \| settlement_type = Village \| ~~image~~ image_skyline = File:Balatonszentgyörgy - Csillagvár.jpg \| image_caption = Csillagvár (English: star castle) \| image_shield = HUN Balatonszentgyörgy COA.~~jpg~~svg \| timezone = [[Central European Time\|CET]] \| utc_offset = +1 \| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time\|CEST]] \| utc_offset_DST = +2 ~~\| map = [[File:SomogyMegye.png\|center\|thumb\|275px\|Location of Somogy county in Hungary]]~~ \| subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world\|Country]] \| subdivision_name = {{HUN}} Line 19 ⟶ 18: \| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Hungary\|District]] \| subdivision_name3 = [[Marcali District\|Marcali]] \| subdivision_type4 = [[List of Catholic dioceses in Hungary\|RC Diocese]] \| subdivision_name4 = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaposvár\|Kaposvár]] \| area_total_km2 = 23.68 \| population_total = 1569<ref>[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=21324 Balatonszentgyörgy, KSH]</ref> Line 26 ⟶ 27: \| postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] \| postal_code = 8710 \| area_code = (+36) 85 \| pushpin_map = Hungary \| pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> Line 32 ⟶ 33: \| pushpin_mapsize = \| coordinates = {{coord\|46.68852\|17.29528\|region:HU\|display=inline,title}} \| blank_name = [[Patron Saint]] \| blank_info = [[Saint George\|George of Lydda]] \| blank1_name = Motorways \| blank1_info = [[M7 motorway (Hungary)\|M7]] \| blank2_name = Distance from Budapest \| blank2_info = {{convert\|175\|km\|abbr=on}} Northeast \| blank4_name_sec1 = [[NUTS statistical regions of Hungary\|NUTS 3 code]] \| blank4_info_sec1 = HU232 \| blank5_name_sec2 = [[List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–22)\|MP]] \| blank5_info_sec2 = [[József Attila Móring]] ([[KDNP]]) \| website = {{URL\|http://www.balatonszentgyorgy.hu\|Balatonszentgyörgy Online}} }} '''Balatonszentgyörgy''' is a village in [[Somogy County\|Somogy]] county, [[Hungary]]. It is near to the village of [[Balatonberény]]. The village is next to [[Lake Balaton]]. ==Etymology== The village got its name after [[Saint George]] ({{lang-hu\|Szent György}}), the patron of its church.<ref>[http://somogy.hu/publikaciok/kiraly-lajos-somogyi-helysegnevek-nepi-es.html Lajos Király : Somogyi helységnevek népi és ...]</ref> ==Overview== Line 40 ⟶ 55: ==Geography== There is a ~~beautiful~~ panorama of the Hill at Somosi, from the [[Víztükre Lake]] shores. A forest and conservation region lies to the west of the village, local hills are to the east and [[Lake Balaton]] a short way to the north.<ref name="maplandia1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.maplandia.com/hungary/somogy/balatonszentgyorgy/ \|title=Balatonszentgyorgy Map \| Hungary Google Satellite Maps \|publisher=Maplandia.com \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2011-09-08}}</ref><ref name="bikemap1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bikemap.net/route/1046954 \|title=Route: Balatonszentgyörgy - Balatonbereny 1 \|publisher=Bikemap.net \|date=2011-06-15 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2011-09-10 \|~~deadurl~~url-status=~~yes~~dead \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324095551/http://www.bikemap.net/route/1046954 \|~~archivedate~~archive-date=2012-03-24 ~~\|df=~~ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|author=Balatonszentgyörgy \|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1T4GUEA_enGB374GB374&q=Balatonszentgy%C3%B6rgy&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4768fc152a42db67:0xf2321b7cf4a1a5e8,Balatonszentgy%C3%B6rgy,+Hungary&gl=uk&ei=_mRrTsLMB5Gp8QPo5okR&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ8gEwAQ \|title=Balatonszentgyörgy ~~- Google Maps~~ \|publisher=Google Maps~~.google.co.uk~~ \|access-date~~=1970-01-01 \|accessdate~~=2011-09-10}}</ref> ==History== Line 52 ⟶ 67: The [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]], did not reach the village, but a cholera outbreak hit the area around the village. The village doctor and the school were set up in 1904. According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.<ref>[https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/SOMM_SomAlm_052/?pg=10&layout=s&query=korpád László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)]</ref> ~~{{Expand section\|date=September 2011}}~~ ===World War 1 and 2=== 33 locals had died in [[World War I]].{{citation needed\|date=March 2019}} ~~{{Expand section\|date=September 2011}}~~ In the run-up to the [[Hungarian Front]] during [[World War II]], [[Nazi]] [[Germany\|German]] troops entered in the village. There is a German cemetery of 116 dead troopers behind the station. It was used as a heavy [[artillery]] positions. The rails and the Zala ~~River’s~~River's border-bridges were blown up as the Germans left in 1945. A statue commemorates the 47 local who died in the war. In 1948, the village was given its first electric lighting system. On 22 October 1950 was founded within the Municipal Council and a local agricultural co-operative was founded in 1959 under the name Csillagvár, and then established the present day battyánpusztai.▼ ~~===World War 2 and after.===~~ ▲In the run-up to the [[Hungarian Front]] during [[World War II]], [[Nazi]] [[Germany\|German]] troops entered in the village. There is a German cemetery of 116 dead troopers behind the station. It was used as a heavy [[artillery]] positions. The rails and the Zala River’s border-bridges were blown up as the Germans left in 1945. A statue commemorates the 47 local who died in the war. In 1948, the village was given its first electric lighting system. On 22 October 1950 was founded within the Municipal Council and a local agricultural co-operative was founded in 1959 under the name Csillagvár, and then established the present day battyánpusztai. In 1948, the village was given its first electric lighting system. On 22 October 1950 was founded within the Municipal Council and a local agricultural co-operative was founded in 1959 under the name Csillagvár, and then established the present day battyánpusztai. ===Castles=== [[The Star Castle]] (known locally as the Csillagvár) lies at the border with the settlement of [[Balatonberény]]. The star-shaped, fortress-like building was constructed by [[László Festetics]] during the 1820s as a hunting lodge and an exhibition inside the building introduces the life of knights of border castles in the 16th century.<ref name="hungary1">{{cite web\|url=http://www.1hungary.com/info/balatonbereny/ \|title=Hungary - Balatonberény \|publisher=1hungary.com \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2011-08-18}}</ref> There is a waxwork museum in the Star castle.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAEA6_Wax_museum_in_the_Star_castle_Balatonszentgyrgy \|title=Wax museum in the Star castle, Balatonszentgyörgy - Wax Museums on \|publisher=Waymarking.com \|date=2011-01-04 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.waymarking.com/ \|title=A scavenger hunt for unique and interesting locations in the world \|publisher=Waymarking \|date=2011-08-09 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=2013 \|title=Fotók Balatonszentgyörgyről \|publisher=Civertan.hu \|date=2009-03-15 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2011-09-08}}</ref> ===Churches=== A little further down the valley are the houses of ~~prominent~~the Roman Catholic Church by the Székesfehérvár-Nagykanizsa-Budapest railway line. From here starts the village of Balatonszentgyörgy, on the Keszthely – Town-Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy-and the railway line. A new church was erected between 1925, and 1928. The Churches are of Roman Catholic faith. ==Transport== [[Image:Balatonszentgyörgy.jpg\|thumb\|A factory in Balatonszentgyörgy.]]▼ The main road comes from the direction of Budapest-nagykanizsai. A bicycle route and road alsorun from Balatonszentgyörgy to [[Balatonbereny]].<ref name="bikemap1"/> Balatonszentgyörgy is on the Keszthely – Town-Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy-and the railway line. There is also a railway to Budapest and Balatonberény.<ref name="maplandia1"/> The construction of the station began in 1858, and completed in 1861. The station name: station was" Keszthely External" back then and became the hub of the századfordulóra railway Balatonszentgyörgy. The station has 1 island platform. <ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7GRcOC7w1E \|title=Balatonszentgyörgy Railroad Station \|publisher=YouTube \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2011-09-10}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link\|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFJXFVQxbb8~~&feature~~ \|archive-url=~~related~~https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ZFJXFVQxbb8 \|archive-date=2021-12-21 \|url-status=live\|title=Hungarian train dividing at Balatonszentgyörgy Part-1 \|publisher=YouTube \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2011-09-10}}{{cbignore}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/m/3055530/Balatonszentgy%C3%B6rgy+Vas%C3%BAt%C3%A1llom%C3%A1s/HU/Hungary/0/# \|title=Trekking around Balatonszentgyörgy Vasútállomás, Somogy, Hungary (railroad station) - Nature & Geography - 3055530 \|publisher=Chinci.com \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2011-09-10 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423164748/http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/m/3055530/Balatonszentgy%C3%B6rgy+Vas%C3%BAt%C3%A1llom%C3%A1s/HU/Hungary/0/ \|archive-date=2012-04-23 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3R-DheSvXs~~&feature~~ \|archive-url=~~related~~https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/x3R-DheSvXs \|archive-date=2021-12-21 \|url-status=live\|title=Kvarner IC balatonszentgyörgyön \|publisher=YouTube \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2011-09-10}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ==Demographics== The population increased from 1,162 and the number of houses was 116 in late Victorian times. In 1932, the municipality has a population of 1,440 people in 223 house. the population stood at 1,659 in 2004. Its village area is 23,68 km²<sup>2</sup> with 1,610 inhabitants within it during 2009.<ref>http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/portal/cp.hnt_telep?NN=21324 {{Dead link\|date=February 2022}}</ref> ~~{{Expand section\|date=September 2011}}~~ ~~==Tourism==~~ It has several cheap hotels and live street [[webcam]]s.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.alltravels.com/hungary/somogy/balatonszentgyorgy-51700 \|title=Balatonszentgyorgy \|publisher=alltravels.com \|date= \|accessdate=2011-09-08}}</ref> ~~{{Expand section\|date=September 2011}}~~ ~~==Schools==~~ The [[István Dobó balatonszentgyörgyi Tanévnyitó ceremony]] was held at a local primary school in 2011, with the Hungarian State Secretary for education present at the show.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://balatonszentgyorgy.hu/ \|title=Balatonszentgyörgy \|publisher=Balatonszentgyorgy.hu \|date= \|accessdate=2011-09-08}}</ref> ~~==Famous local residents==~~ [[Dr. Ottó Szüts]] was a “Iron County Nyug” and military officer at Balatonszentgyörgy. He lived between 1894 and 1961. He is buried in the local cemetery and has a monument to his memory.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.somogyitemetkezes.hu/elodeink/varos-szerinti-lista/80/440 \|title=Dr. Szüts Ottó \|publisher=Somogyitemetkezes.hu \|date= \|accessdate=2011-09-10}}</ref> ~~==Gallery==~~ ~~<gallery>~~ Image:Balatonszentgyörgy_-_Csillagvár.jpg\|Csillagvár - Balatonszentgyörgy<ref>http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=2013 Fotók Balatonszentgyörgyről</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.babamuzeum-keszthely.hu/kiallitasok/csillag/index.html \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2011-09-11 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119052702/http://www.babamuzeum-keszthely.hu/kiallitasok/csillag/index.html \|archivedate=2012-01-19 \|df= }}</ref> ▲Image:Balatonszentgyörgy.jpg\|A factory in Balatonszentgyörgy. ~~</gallery>~~ ~~== External links ==~~ {{Commons category\|Balatonszentgyörgy}}▼ * [http://terkepkalauz.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=919&Itemid=99999999 Térkép Kalauz – Balatonszentgyörgy] * [http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=592 Légifotók Balatonszentgyörgyről] * [http://balatonszentgyorgy.lap.hu/ Lap.hu linkgyűjtemény] * [http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=2013 Fotók Balatonszentgyörgyről] * [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=21324 Street map (Hungarian)] * [http://www.radixhub.com/radixhub/places/balatonszentgyorgy radixhub.com] * [http://www.balatonszentgyorgy.hu balatonszentgyorgy.hu] * [http://www.maplandia.com/hungary/somogy/balatonszentgyorgy/ maplandia.com] ==References== {{reflist}} ~~{{Somogy-geo-stub}}~~ {{Geographic location Line 125 ⟶ 109: {{Marcali District}} {{Somogy}} {{authority control}} ▲{{Commons category\|Balatonszentgyörgy}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Balatonszentgyorgy}} [[Category:Populated places in Somogy County]]