Himesháza

Himesháza (German: Nimmersch) is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. Until the end of World War II, the majority of the Inhabitants was Danube Swabians, also called locally as Stifolder, because there Ancestors once came at the 17th century and 18th century from Fulda (district).[1] Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, about the Potsdam Agreement.[2] Only a few Germans of Hungary live there, the majority today are the descendants of Hungarians from the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange.

Himesháza
Village
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Coat of arms of Himesháza
Coat of arms
Himesháza is located in Hungary
Himesháza
Himesháza
Coordinates: 46°05′N 18°34′E
Country Hungary
CountyBaranya
DistrictMohács
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitehttps://himeshaza.hu/

Notable people

Literature
  • Michael Mott (Fulda): Fuldaer Einwanderer in Himesháza/Ungarn, in: "Buchenblätter" Fuldaer Zeitung, 59. Jahrg., Nr. 16, 20. Juni 1986, S. 61,62;Nr. 17, 4. Juli 1986, S. 67,68.

References
  1. https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf.
  2. "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".


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