Mekényes / Mekenyes

Baranya County

Like most of the settlements of the Lutheran Hessians from Tolna County, Mekényes was part of the Dombovár Domains of the Eszterházy family.  The original thirty families who arrived here came from Gyönk in 1735 and a close relationship between these families and those they left behind would continue in the future.  The early entries with regard to the families living here were in various other church records, especially in Kismányok in the Lutheran church records there as well as in other Lutheran congregations.  In addition a great deal of information can also be found in the Lengyel Roman Catholic records as well as the Roman Catholic records in Bikal.  The congregation became a Mother Church shortly after the Edict of Toleration and served several neighbouring filial congregations after 1782. 

The baptismal/birth records begin in 1782 and in addition to entries for the local village there are also entries for families in the neighbouring villages, including Bettelmann, Csurgo, Dalmand, Döbrökaz, Fehérvasard, Fischerhütte, Guirgya, Györe, Ivanca, Kis Puszta, Leperet, Magocs, Majós, Mekényes, Nagy Hájmas,  Tófü, and Zsibrik. 

The marriage register that begins in 1784 includes families living in Baja, Bettelmann, Bikal, Bonyhád, Csikostöttös, Csurgo, Dalmand, Döbrökaz, Ecsény, Felsö Nána, Gadács, Gerényes, Gyirgyo, Gyönk, Györe, Hidas, Hidegkút, Ivanca, Izmény, Kajdacs, Kalaznó, Kaposszekcsö, Keszö, Kéty, Kismányok, Kis Puszta, Kistormás, Kis Vejke, Lepert, Magocs, Majós, Mekényes, Mocsolád, Mórágy, Mucsfa, Murga, Nagy Ág, Nagy Hájmas, Rác Kozar, Somogyszil, Szabádi, Szárázd, Tarrós, Tékes, Tófü, Váralja, Varsád, Vasardombo, Vaszar, and Zsibrik. 

by Henry A. Fischer

  • Lookups Guide: Henry Fischer - Kismányok (Evangelical Lutheran) 1728-1895 (Also includes: Majos, Hidas, Izmény, Mucsfa, Bataápati, Bonyhád, Tófü, Mekényes, Morágy, Varálja) Church Record Transcriptions 
  • Lookups Guide: Henry Fischer - Lengyél, Tolna Co. (Roman Catholic) 1768-1783 (Includes only Lutherans living in Mekényes) Church Record Transcriptions 
  • Lookups Guide: Henry Fischer - Mekényes, Baranya Co. (Evangelical Lutheran) 1787-1895 (Also includes: Nagy Hajmas, Csurgo, Dalmand, Gyirgye, Bettelmann)Church Record Transcriptions 
  • Lookups Guide: Henry Fischer - Mucsfa, Tolna Co. (Evangelical Lutheran) 1742-1895 (Also includes: Mekényes, Izmény, Kis Vejke, Apar, Dalmand) Church Record Transcriptions 



Last updated: 09/10/2026



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