Palkonya

Palkonya
Location of Baranya county in Hungary
Palkonya Location of Palkonya
Coordinates: 45°53′52″N 18°23′29″E / 45.89769°N 18.39137°E / 45.89769; 18.39137Coordinates: 45°53′52″N 18°23′29″E / 45.89769°N 18.39137°E / 45.89769; 18.39137
Country	Hungary
County	Baranya
Area
• Total	10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	308
• Density	30.8/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7771
Area code(s)	72

Palkonya (Croatian: Plakinja, Palkonija), German: Palkan), is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. This Village was once settled by Turks and the Church was once a Mosque. 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.

Aerial photography: Palkonya, temple

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• Street map (in Hungarian)

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