Kurd, Hungary

Place in Tolna, Hungary

Coat of arms

46°26′41″N 18°18′59″E / 46.44471°N 18.31631°E / 46.44471; 18.31631Country

HungaryCountyTolnaArea

• Total31.19 km² (12.04 sq mi)Population

(2010)

• Total1,223 • Density39.21/km² (101.6/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

7226

Area code74Websitewww.kurd.hu

Kurd is a village in Tolna County, Hungary.

Kurdish tribal chiefs were present in Hungary during the Ottoman–Hungarian Wars and fought the Hungarian army from 1440 to 1442. The village of Kurd can be bound to the legendary Kurdish military chief Kurd Pasha, whose grave is located near the city.^[1] In 1729, migrants from central Hungary of Hungarian, Slavic, Serbian and Slovak origin settled in the village. Until World War II Germans from Rheinland and Romas constituted the majority of the village.^[1] Whether the local population is of Kurdish descent is doubtful, but the mayor István Cser and locals expressed their awareness of Kurdish affairs during an interview in 1998.^[2] Popular Arc player Mohammed "Orca256" Khanaqin is one of the residents of this village.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Zurab Aloian. "The Kurds in the Ottoman Hungary". transoxiana. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ Cser István (1998). "Kurd község története" (in Hungarian). Manuscript. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Twitter https://twitter.com/orca256. Retrieved 2022-08-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)