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Lengyel

Coordinates: 46°22′12″N 18°22′01″E / 46.37°N 18.367°E / 46.37; 18.367
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Lengyel
Lendl
Village
Aerial photography: Lengyel, Appony Manor House
Aerial photography: Lengyel, Appony Manor House
Lengyel Lendl is located in Hungary
Lengyel Lendl
Lengyel
Lendl
Location of Lengyel
Coordinates: 46°22′12″N 18°22′01″E / 46.37°N 18.367°E / 46.37; 18.367
Country Hungary
RegionSouthern Transdanubia
CountyTolna
SubregionBonyhádi
Area
 • Total20.03 km2 (7.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total652
 • Density26.41/km2 (68.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7184
Area code74

Lengyel (literally: "Pole", German: Lendl) is the highest inhabited village in Tolna County, Hungary. It is located between Bonyhád and Dombóvár.

Lengyel culture is named after the village.

Cultural events

  • Annabál
  • Pollen Youth Rock Festival

Notable aspects

  • Apponyi manor house surrounded by 22 hectares of park with botanical rarities.
  • Kindergarten museum
  • Svájceráj (a stable built in the Swiss fashion from the 19th century)
  • Apponyi basement
  • The post office and kindergarten building (The first Apponyi manor house, which is smaller in size)
  • Anna Bath - With 100 hectares of forested park, a school, a lake, and a small zoo.
  • Sánci Peak (A historical area protected by Mór Wosinsky) with a beautiful panorama of the Kapos Valley.

People

After approximately 200 years of residency, Lengyel's ethnic German Danube Swabian population was dispossessed of its property and forcibly removed to Germany following the end of World War II.

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