Balatonkeresztúr

{{Infobox settlement

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Balatonkeresztúr, Festetics-kastély2.jpg

| image_caption = Aerial view of Balatonkeresztúr

| image_shield = HUN Balatonkeresztúr COA.svg

| image_flag = Flag of Balatonkeresztúr.svg

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| official_name = Balatonkeresztúr

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{HUN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Southern Transdanubia

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Somogy

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Marcali

| subdivision_type4 = RC Diocese

| subdivision_name4 = Kaposvár

| area_total_km2 = 21.06

| population_total = 1492[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=07375 Balatonkeresztúr, KSH]

| population_as_of = 2017

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = keresztúri, balatonkeresztúri

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 8648

| area_code = (+36) 85

| pushpin_map = Hungary

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Balatonkeresztúr

| pushpin_mapsize =

| coordinates = {{coord|46.69559|17.37154|region:HU|display=inline,title}}

| blank_name = Motorways

| blank_info = M7

| blank2_name = Distance from Budapest

| blank2_info = {{convert|167|km|abbr=on}} Northeast

| blank4_name_sec1 = NUTS 3 code

| blank4_info_sec1 = HU232

| blank5_name_sec2 = MP

| blank5_info_sec2 = József Attila Móring (KDNP)

| website = {{URL|http://www.balatonkeresztur.hu/|Balatonkeresztúr Online}}

}}

Balatonkeresztúr is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160410182214/http://www.delbalatonibor.hu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/HK-Tan%C3%A1cs-Alapszab%C3%A1ly.pdf A Balatonboglári borvidék hegyközségi tanácsának alapszabálya (PDF)]

Etymology

According to the local tradition, the village's name comes from the crossing of roads ({{langx|hu|kereszteződés, keresztezés}}). However, the more well-accepted theory states that, like many other villages in Somogy County, Balatonkeresztúr was named after the patron of its church, in this case, Szent Kereszt ({{langx|en|Holy Cross}}).[http://somogy.hu/publikaciok/kiraly-lajos-somogyi-helysegnevek-nepi-es.html Lajos Király : Somogyi helységnevek népi és ...]

History

According to László Szita, the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.[https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/SOMM_SomAlm_052/?pg=10&layout=s&query=korpád László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)]

Culture

The Hungarian folk song Szép a huszár, ha felül a lovára was collected in 1923 in Balatonkeresztúr by Lajos Bárdos.

External links

[http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=7375 Street map (Hungarian)]

References

{{Geographic location

| title = Balatonkeresztúr's neighbours

| Centre = Balatonkeresztúr

| North = Balatonmáriafürdő

| Northeast = -

| East = Balatonfenyves

| Southeast = -

| South = Balatonújlak

| Southwest = Hollád

| West = Balatonszentgyörgy

| Northwest = Balatonberény

}}

Category:Populated places in Somogy County