by István Molnár, 6 September 2001
Last modified: 2003-07-18 by dov gutterman
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by István Molnár, 6 September 2001
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Bezenye/Bizonja/Pallersdorf is a village in
Győr-Moson-Sopron county. Photo taken by me on 17th August 2001
at "General County Meeting" in Győr. Coat of Arms can
be seen at <www.c3.hu/~begyeuklub>.
From the Győr-Moson-Sopron County Atlas (original English):
"The name of the village in Croatian is Bizonja. The
settlement has been inhabiteed since the age of the Roman Empire.
Teutonic graves from the period of the great migrations were
opened up near the village. After the conquest [of the
Hungarians] Pechenegs settled here and they later became
Hungarians. Turkish troopd burned down the village. The
population of the village radically reduced by war, was
replenished by Croatians fleeing the Turks. Befoer 1848 the
village had a statute labour system. The village has a population
of 1663 persons. 80% of the inhabitants are Croats. They keep
their language and tradition alive with help of the Jorgován
folk chorus and the Bizonci fol dance ensemble. Important sights
of the village are the Croat country house, the Roman Catholic
church, the "plague colums" at two ends of the
village, and the statue of Saint Stephen."
István Molnár, 6 and 10 September 2001