Balatonszabadi

Balatonszabadi is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Balatonszabadi
Village
Summer, 1930
Summer, 1930
Coat of arms of Balatonszabadi
Coat of arms
Balatonszabadi is located in Hungary
Balatonszabadi
Balatonszabadi
Location of Balatonszabadi
Coordinates: 46.89298°N 18.13661°E / 46.89298; 18.13661
Country Hungary
RegionSouthern Transdanubia
CountySomogy
DistrictSiófok
RC DioceseKaposvár
Area
 • Total41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total2,952[1]
Demonym(s)szabadi, balatonszabadi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8651
Area code(+36) 84
MotorwaysM7
Distance from Budapest103 km (64 mi) Northeast
NUTS 3 codeHU232
MPMihály Witzmann (Fidesz)
WebsiteBalatonszabadi Online

East of Balatonszabadi, there is a mediumwave broadcasting facility with a 145 metres tall guyed mast radiator used for Magyar Katolikus Rádió on 1341 kHz with 150 kW. The mast carries an FM-broadcasting antenna at a height of 56 metres.

The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.[2]

Geography

Balatonszabadi lies on the shores of Sió in the northeastern part of Somogy County, 6 km far from Siófok, the seat of Siófok District. It can be reached by turning to the south in Aranypart (English: Golden Shore, part of Siófok) on the other side of M7 Motorway. The village is part of the Balatonboglár Wine Region.[3]

Demographics

The majority of the population of Balatonszabadi is Hungarian (87.1%). Significant minorities are Germans (1.5%) and Gypsies (1.4%). The population is Catholic (Roman Catholic (54.7%) and Greek Catholic (0.2%)). There is also a remarkable Calvinist (11.6%) and Lutheran (1.5%) minority. 9.5% of the population belongs to no churches.[4]

Main sights

The village is home to the first public statue of Lajos Kossuth in Hungary. The first sculpture was made by Béla Gerenday and was erected on June 26, 1894 on the Kossuth square, the main square of the village. But in the World War II it got seriously damaged, therefore on the centenary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, in 1948 a new monument of Lajos Kossuth was erected which is a replica of the original one.[5][6]

Notable residents
  • Imre Veszprémi (1932 - 2013), Hungarian sculptor
  • Kálmán Csukás (1901 – 1943), Hungarian lieutenant colonel
  • János Szikszay (1803 – 1849), Hungarian Reformed pastor, martyr of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

References
  1. Balatonszabadi, KSH
  2. A Balatonboglári borvidék hegyközségi tanácsának alapszabálya (PDF)
  3. [A Balatonboglári borvidék hegyközségi tanácsának alapszabálya]
  4. Balatonszabadi, 2011 - KSH
  5. [Lajos H Szabó - Száz éve állították Siómaroson a világ első köztéri Kossuth-szobrát, Honismeret, Vol 22, Nr 5 (1994)]
  6. Ádámfi József: A világ Kossuth-szobrai, Budapest, 1980



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