Nagyszékely

Nagyszékely (German: Großsäckl) is a village in Tolna county, Hungary. Until the end of World War II, the majority Inhabitants was Protestant Danube Swabians (Schwowe) whose Ancestors once came at 1720 - 1722 from Hanau. Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, about the Potsdam Agreement.[1]

Nagyszékely
Reformed church
Reformed church
Coat of arms of Nagyszékely
Nagyszékely is located in Hungary
Nagyszékely
Nagyszékely
Coordinates: 46°38′46″N 18°31′42″E
Country Hungary
CountyTolna
Area
  Total36.7 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total441
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7085
Area code74
Websitewww.nagyszekely.hu

Around 1790, Catholic German families from Nagyszékely settled in Illocska.

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