Mohács

Mohács
Aerial view Aerial view
Coat of arms of Mohács Coat of arms
Mohács Location of Mohács
Coordinates:
Country	Hungary
County	Baranya
Area
• Total	112.23 km2 (43.33 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	17,808
• Density	158.67/km2 (411.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	7700
Area code(s)	69
Website	http://www.mohacs.hu/

Mohács (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmohaːt͡ʃ]; Croatian and Bunjevac: Mohač; German: Mohatsch; Serbian: Мохач; Turkish: Mohaç) is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube.

History

Two famous battles took place there:

1. Battle of Mohács, 1526
2. Battle of Mohács, 1687

These battles represented the beginning and end, respectively, of the Ottoman domination of Hungary.

In Roman times there was a camp on the banks of the Danube near Mohács.

In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Mohács was part of the historical Baranya county, and during Ottoman rule it was the administrative seat of the Sanjak of Mohács, an Ottoman administrative unit. After the Habsburgs took the area from the Ottomans, Mohács was included in the restored Baranya county.

In 1910, the population of the Mohács district numbered 56,909 people, of whom 21,951 spoke German, 20,699 Hungarian, 4,312 Serbian, and 421 Croatian. Another 9,600 inhabitants were listed as speaking "other languages" (presumably Bunjevac and Šokac).

Events

Every spring, the town hosts the annual Busójárás carnival.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census the total population of Mohács was 17,808, of whom there were 15,842 (84.2%) Hungarians, 1,723 (9.7%) Germans, 700 (3.9%) Croats and 537 (3%) Romani. 14% of the total population did not declare their ethnicity. In Hungary people can declare more than one ethnicity (dual identity), so the sum exceeds the total population.

Twin towns — Sister cities

Mohács is twinned with:

• Beli Manastir, Croatia (1967)
• Bensheim, Germany (1987)
• Câmpia Turzii, Romania (1990)
• Wattrelos, France (1993)
• Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland (1999)
• Beykoz, Turkey (2008)
• Sveti Filip i Jakov, Croatia (2014)

Notable citizens

• Ferenc Pfaff (1851-1913), Hungarian architect
• Endre Rozsda (1913-1919), Hungarian-French Painter
• Norbert Michelisz (1984), Hungarian racing driver

Photos

• Mohács Duna.JPG

  The Danube at Mohács

• Mohács.jpg

  Town Hall

• Mohácsi Fogadalmi templom (by Pudelek).JPG

  Church in the center of city

• Hősök ligete Mohács A.JPG

  Memorial park

• Hősök ligete Mohács F.JPG

  Memorial park

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  Annual carnival Busójárás

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  Buso masks

• Carnival in Mohács.jpg

  Carnival

• Buso.JPG

  Carnival

• Mohács (Mohatsch, Mohač) - city limit.JPG

  Multilingual (Hungarian, German and Croatian) city limit sign

References

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