Somogyvár

Somogyvár

*Šemudvar* (in Croatian)
Somogyvár Šemudvar (in Croatian)
Village
	Calvary in Somogyvár
	Coat of arms
	Location of Somogy county in Hungary
	Somogyvár Location in Hungary
	Coordinates: 46°34′52″N 17°38′53″E / 46.581°N 17.648°E
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Transdanubia
County	Somogy
District	Fonyód
RC Diocese	Kaposvár
Area
• Total	52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	1,684
Demonym	somogyvári
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8698
Area code	(+36) 85
Patron Saint	Ladislaus I
NUTS 3 code	HU232
MP	József Attila Móring (KDNP)
Website	Somogyvár Online

Somogyvár (Croatian: Šemudvar) is a village in Somogy County, Hungary.

Geography

It is situated south from Lengyeltóti, between Lengyeltóti, Öreglak and Somogyvámos.

History

It is a historical tradition that, after the death of Géza of Hungary, Prince Koppány held this central fortress in the region of Somogyvár.

Koppány launched the attack on the Veszprém fortress in 997 from here. Archaeological excavations revealed that in 1091 King Ladislaus I of Hungary supported the building of a Benedictine monastery here. Excavations also revealed layers that date from before the 11th century in the Bronze Age.

The Somogyvár Abbey was built between 1091 and 1095 and the first Benedictine monks were invited from the Abbey of Saint-Gilles. Later monks were also invited both from France and other abbeys from Hungary. As so often happened to Benedictine abbeys that were located at important locations, the local kings and princes eventually managed to gain control and convert them from monasteries into military fortresses.

The royal fortress of Somogyvár was frequently mentioned in charters from 1163. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor gave the fortress in 1410 to Marczali Miklós. Later, in 1474 the Báthori family received Somogyvár town. Then the Enyingi Török family owned it.

The monastery was used till the Ottoman wars in the 16th century. After the battle of Mohács, it was transformed and rebuilt as a fortress. In 1543 the Ottoman army destroyed the monastery fortress.

After the end of the Turkish wars and occupation, in 1677 Széchenyi György archbishop of Kalocsa rebuilt the village and it became the possession of the Archbishop of Kalocsa until the 20th century.