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10-30-2013, 08:12 PM
The Croats living in the territory of Hungary arrived here in different periods, escaping from the advancing Turks, during the Turkish rule of Hungary or after that, approximately from the 15th to 18th centuries. According to some researchers, there were already autochthonous Croat communities on the left bank of the Drava and Mur rivers when Hungarians arrived.
In terms of origins, dialectal and ethnological characteristics, ethnic Croats are among the most diverse nationalities in Hungary. According to researchers of Hungarys Croat minority, this group can be divided into at least seven (according to some, twelve) subgroups, listed from North to South: Western Hungarian (Gradistye) Croats, Mur area (Zala county) Croats, Drava area Croats, Pécs area Bosnian-Croats, Baranya and Bácska county okci-Croats, Bunjevci-Croats, and Danube area (Rascian) Croats.
They use Croatian flag (or variation without the "crest" and smaller shield often in home made flags), though they may be some local flags. However, such flags would not be the national flags, but the flags of their societies
Most Croat towns in Hungary are in the area that spreads from the Hungarian-Austrian-Slovakian triple border all the way to Szeged, but a significant number of Croats live in Budapest and the neighbouring areas as well.
According to data of the 2001 census, 15,620 people living in Hungary declared themselves Croats, and 14,345 people reported that Croatian was their mother tongue. At the same time, the National Self-Government of the Croat Minority estimates the population of the Croat community in Hungary to be 70,000-80,000.
127 local Croat minority governments were set up as a result of the elections for ethnic minority self-governments held on 3 October 2010. Territorial self-governments were set up in the six counties with the largest Croat population (Baranya, Bács-Kiskun, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Somogy, Vas and Zala) and Budapest. At the elections for the National Croat Self-Government (OHÖ), the Hungarian Association of Croats had its own candidates, and the 507 Croat electors elected a 29-member national self-government. At the constitutive meeting held on 29 January 2011, Mihály Hepp was elected President of the national self-government.
The seat of the National Croat Self-Government is in Budapest. The OHÖ currently runs six institutions and companies: the Croatian language kindergarten, primary school and student residence in Hercegszántó, Croatica Cultural, Informational and Publishing Non-Profit Company, the Scientific Institute of Croats in Hungary, the August enoa Croat Club, the Zavičaj Cultural, Educational and Leisure Centre for Hungarian Croats and the Collection of the Christian Community of Croats in Hungary.
In terms of origins, dialectal and ethnological characteristics, ethnic Croats are among the most diverse nationalities in Hungary. According to researchers of Hungarys Croat minority, this group can be divided into at least seven (according to some, twelve) subgroups, listed from North to South: Western Hungarian (Gradistye) Croats, Mur area (Zala county) Croats, Drava area Croats, Pécs area Bosnian-Croats, Baranya and Bácska county okci-Croats, Bunjevci-Croats, and Danube area (Rascian) Croats.
They use Croatian flag (or variation without the "crest" and smaller shield often in home made flags), though they may be some local flags. However, such flags would not be the national flags, but the flags of their societies
Most Croat towns in Hungary are in the area that spreads from the Hungarian-Austrian-Slovakian triple border all the way to Szeged, but a significant number of Croats live in Budapest and the neighbouring areas as well.
According to data of the 2001 census, 15,620 people living in Hungary declared themselves Croats, and 14,345 people reported that Croatian was their mother tongue. At the same time, the National Self-Government of the Croat Minority estimates the population of the Croat community in Hungary to be 70,000-80,000.
127 local Croat minority governments were set up as a result of the elections for ethnic minority self-governments held on 3 October 2010. Territorial self-governments were set up in the six counties with the largest Croat population (Baranya, Bács-Kiskun, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Somogy, Vas and Zala) and Budapest. At the elections for the National Croat Self-Government (OHÖ), the Hungarian Association of Croats had its own candidates, and the 507 Croat electors elected a 29-member national self-government. At the constitutive meeting held on 29 January 2011, Mihály Hepp was elected President of the national self-government.
The seat of the National Croat Self-Government is in Budapest. The OHÖ currently runs six institutions and companies: the Croatian language kindergarten, primary school and student residence in Hercegszántó, Croatica Cultural, Informational and Publishing Non-Profit Company, the Scientific Institute of Croats in Hungary, the August enoa Croat Club, the Zavičaj Cultural, Educational and Leisure Centre for Hungarian Croats and the Collection of the Christian Community of Croats in Hungary.