Somodor

Somogy County

This puszta was first settled in 1834 when the first German Lutheran family arrived and in the next few years one or two other families joined them.  In 1847 a larger group arrived from various other communities, including Keszö Hidegkut and Gyönk from Tolna County, and Ecsény and Somogydöröcske in Somogy.  Within five years there were over fifty families that had settled there and become a filial congregation of Ecsény.  This German Lutheran community vanished within one generation because of the limited opportunities to buy land and the need to provide for large families that led to another migration, primarily to Slavonia.

by Henry A. Fischer

• FROM TOLERATION TO EXPULSION: 
  Volume I – The Families of Ecseny, Somogy County, Hungary 1784-1948. Including affiliated congregations in Hacs, Polany, Raksi, Somodor, Toponar & Vamos.
  by Henry A. Fischer, 2015

Last updated: 09/10/2026