Lapáncsa

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Lapáncsa
Village
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Coordinates: 45°49′N 18°30′E / 45.817°N 18.500°E / 45.817; 18.500Coordinates: 45°49′N 18°30′E / 45.817°N 18.500°E / 45.817; 18.500
Country Hungary
CountyBaranya
Area
 • Total0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2)
 • Land0.65 sq mi (1.68 km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Lapáncsa(German: Lappantsch) is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. It has an area of 1.68 km2 and has a zipcode of 7775. The only church in the village, , is one of the main sights to see. Three rivers run through the village, one of them being the Karašica (Danube) River. Until the end of World War II, the Inhabitants was Danube Swabians. Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to Germany and Austria in 1945-1948, about the Potsdam Agreement.[1] Only a few Germans of Hungary live there, the majority today are the descentant of Hungarians from the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange. They got the houses of the former Danube Swabians Inhabitants.

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