Palkonya

Palkonya is a village in , . This village was once settled by Turks in Hungary until 1699 and the church was once a mosque. Until the end of World War II, the majority of the inhabitants was Danube Swabian, also called locally as Stifolder, because their ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from .
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  • Type: Village with 235 residents
  • Description: village in Hungary
  • Also known as: “Németpalkonya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palkonya railway halt and Villánykövesd railway halt.

Railway stop
Photo: Pelenczei Balázs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway stop.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop, which is situated 3 km southeast of Palkonya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villány and Virágos.

Town
Photo: Cserlajos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , that is famous for its wine. Residents are Hungarians, with a minority of Croats, Serbs and Germans of Hungary. is situated 6 km southeast of Palkonya.

Suburb
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 7 km east of Palkonya.

Village
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is a village in Baranya county, . The 2019 Gazetteer of Hungary shows the population of to be 159 and its area to cover 809 hectares. railway station to the east of the village is on the Pécs–Villány–Magyarbóly railway line. is situated 9 km northwest of Palkonya.

Palkonya

Latitude
45.89533° or 45° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
18.39078° or 18° 23′ 27″ east
Population
235
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
Open location code
8FQWV9WR+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 17502311
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3046737
Wiki­data ID
Q637469
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Palkonya” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Palkonya”
  • Chinese: “Palkonya”
  • Chinese: “保尔科尼奥”
  • Croatian: “Plakinja”
  • Czech: “Palkonya”
  • Dutch: “Palkonya”
  • Esperanto: “Palkonya”
  • French: “Palkonya”
  • German: “Palkan”
  • German: “Palkonya”
  • Hungarian: “Palkonya”
  • Irish: “Palkonya”
  • Italian: “Palkonya”
  • Lombard: “Palkonya”
  • Malay: “Palkonya”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Palkonya”
  • Persian: “پالکونیا”
  • Polish: “Palkonya”
  • Portuguese: “Palkonya”
  • Romanian: “Palkonya, Baranya”
  • Romanian: “Palkonya”
  • Serbian: “Палкоња”
  • Slovak: “Palkonya”
  • Slovenian: “Palkonya”
  • Spanish: “Palkonya”
  • Turkish: “Palkonya”
  • Vietnamese: “Palkonya”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pincefalu and Weingarten.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet-templom and Polgármesteri Hivatal.

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