Erdősmecske

Village in Baranya, Hungary
46°11′N 18°31′E / 46.183°N 18.517°E / 46.183; 18.517Country HungaryCountyBaranyaTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Erdősmecske (until 1948: Rácmecske; German: Ratzmetschke, Metschge; Serbian: Српска Мечка / Srpska Mečka, Рацмечка / Racmečka; Croatian: Mečka) is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. The residents' majority is Magyar, with minority of Serbs. Until the end of World War II, the inhabitants were Danube Swabians. Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Germany and Austria in 1945–1948, following the Potsdam Agreement.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".

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