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Town in Baranya, Hungary
Bóly Bohl
Town
PalacePalace
Flag of BólyFlagCoat of arms of BólyCoat of arms
Bóly is located in HungaryBólyBólyLocation of Bóly
Coordinates: 45°58′02″N 18°31′06″E / 45.96729°N 18.51825°E / 45.96729; 18.51825
Country Hungary
CountyBaranya
DistrictBóly
Area
 • Total25.44 km (9.82 sq mi)
Population
 • Total3,819
 • Density150/km (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code7754
Area code(+36) 69
Geocode33154
Websitetelepules.boly.hu

Bóly (German: Bohl; Croatian: Boja) is a town in Baranya County, Hungary. Today Hungarian, the town was historically home to a large Danube Swabian population.

History

Until the end of World War II, the town's inhabitants were Danube Swabians, also locally known as Stifolder, because their ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from the German district of Fulda. Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, under the Potsdam Agreement.

Few Germans remain today. The majority of the modern population are the descendants of Hungarians from the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange. They occupied the houses of the former Danube Swabian inhabitants.

Demographics

As of 2022, the town was 89.5% Hungarian, 16.6% German, 0.8% Croatian, and 1.8% of non-European origin. The population was 44.6% Roman Catholic, and 7.4% Reformed.

Twin towns – sister cities

Bóly is twinned with:

Sports

The local sports team is called Bólyi SE.

References

  1. ^ "Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary". Hungarian Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. "Die Stiffoller und der Stiffolde" (PDF). feked.hu (in German). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".
  4. "Magyarország helységnévtára". www.ksh.hu. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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