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'Mohács' (Croatian and Bunjevac: ''Mohač'', Serbian: Мохач, German: ''Mohatsch'', Turkish: ''Mohaç'') is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube, 115 miles south of Budapest.

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History

Events

Notable citizens

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History

Two famous battles took place there:
# Battle of Mohács, 1526
# Battle of Mohács, 1687
These battles represented the beginning and end, respectively, of Ottoman domination in Hungary.
In Roman times there was a camp on the banks of the Danube near Mohács.
In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Mohács was part of the historical Baranya county, and during Ottoman rule it was the administrative seat of the Sanjak of Mohács, an Ottoman administrative unit. After the Habsburgs took the area from the Ottomans, Mohács was included into the restored Baranya county.
In 1910, the population of the Mohács municipality numbered 56,909 people, of which 21,951 spoke German, 20,699 Hungarian, 4,312 Serbian, and 421 Croatian. Another 9,600 inhabitants were listed to speak "other languages" (presumably Bunjevac and Šokac). [1]

Events

Every spring, the town is home to the annual Busójárás carnival.

Notable citizens

★ Ferenc Pfaff Hungarian architect, the designer of the main railway stations of Bratislava, Miskolc (Gömöri, and Tiszai Railway Station), Pécs, Győr, Košice, Satu Mare, Szeged, Vršac, Carei, Zagreb, Debrecen, and many other city's and town's was born here.

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