Majs

Majs (German: Maisch; Serbian: Мајша, romanized: Majša or Мајиш, romanized: Majiš) is a village in Baranya County, Hungary. Residents are Magyars, with a minority of Danube Swabians and Serbs.

Majs Maisch
Serbian Church of Saint Paraskevas
Coat of arms
Majs Location of Majs
Coordinates: 45.90946°N 18.59892°E / 45.90946; 18.59892
Country	Hungary
County	Baranya County
Area
• Total	32.06 km2 (12.38 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	1,077
• Density	33.59/km2 (87.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7783
Area code	69
Website	https://majs.hu/

Until the end of World War II, the majority of the inhabitants were Danube Swabians, also called locally as Stifolder, because their ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda (district).^[1] Most of the former German settlers were expelled to allied-occupied Germany and allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, pursuant to the Potsdam Agreement.^[2] Only a few Germans of Hungary live there, the majority today are the descendants of Hungarians from the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange. They occupied the houses of the former Danube Swabian inhabitants.

Notablesights

• Serbian Orthodox Church, that was built in the beginning of the 17th century. This church is unique in Hungary and Central Europe, as its iconostas was stone built, instead of the usual wooden material.

Natives

• Béla Linder, military officer and politician

References

1. "Feked - Stifolder_tortenet.pdf" (PDF). feked.hu.
2. "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".

External links

• Street map (in Hungarian)