- Gara, Hungary
Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Gara, Hungary
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subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Bács-Kiskun
area_total_km2=59.96
population_total=2686|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2001|population_density_km2=44.8
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=6522
area_code=79
latd=46.034
longd=19.040
website= [http://gara.dox.hu/ http://gara.dox.hu/]Gara is a village in
Bács-Kiskun county, near Baja, inHungary .History
The village is first mentioned in a
1290 document. The name is derived from the "Garai" family name. The most commonly accepted theory claims that the word "Gara" originates from a Slavic word meaning "hill." (The original village was situated on a small hill, at a distance of 4 kilometers from its current location.)According to Turkish tax listings, the village had 25 houses under Ottoman rule. The original village was destroyed. After the
Kingdom of Hungary regained its lost territories, Gara was rebuilt. In1731 , the village's population reached 277. In 1734,Germans settled the place. The first school there was opened in1755 (by János Bary). In 1895, Gara was connected to the nationalrailroad system. This line was closed in1971 as traffic declined (theTreaty of Trianon had made this line unnecessary, and after fifty years, the train company decided to end service to Gara).Demographics
Existing ethnicities:
*Magyars
*Croats (fromBunjevci group)
*Germans
*Székely MagyarsNotable persons from Gara
*
Antun Karagić , Croatian writerExternal links
* [http://gara.dox.hu/ A site about the village]
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