Swiss, Germans, Austrians, and Belgians flock to this Hungarian village

More and more foreigners fall in love with the small Hungarian village in Zala county, Southwest Hungary, only 15 kilometres away from Keszthely. Swiss, Germans, Austrians, and Belgians move to the settlement.

According to 24.hu, the local government no longer has territory to sell in Vindornyafok, a small settlement of more than 100 residents. The small village located in the Western parts of the Keszthely plateau is beautiful. The road leading to the settlement is guarded by blooming cherry plum trees in the spring and summer.

Interestingly, Vindornyafok is quite an old village. It was first mentioned in 1358 as a village belonging to a Hungarian noble family. In 1508, the magnate Sárkány family acquired a share in the village. But most of the settlement belonged to the Derecskei family. By the way, Derecske is on the other end of today’s Hungary: between Debrecen, Hungary’s second biggest town, and Berettyóújfalu.

Dwarf village foreigners fall in love with

Vindornyafok was a “dwarf village” even in the 16th century. Most of its residents worked in agriculture. They had a vineyard before the Ottoman occupation. Because of the continuous Ottoman attacks, by 1615, it had become depopulated.

Afterwards, history remains silent for more than a century about Vindornyafok. In a 1773 survey, it is mentioned as a German village. In the 19th century, the Hungarian magnate Festetics family got the settlement. The mansion in the centre of the village belonged to the family. That is now the mayor’s house.

Attila Hág told Zaol, a local newspaper, that they are carrying out several developments in the settlement, and many foreigners fell in love with the village, so their number was growing quickly there. For example, they got a bus for the village caretaker, carried out energy developments at the local government’s headquarters, the medical centre and the cultural centre able to receive 80 guests.

He said that the population reached 137, and they have 65 families. Swiss, Belgians, Austrians, and Germans live in the village in beautiful houses. He added that the village had only one free building site. Therefore, they are thinking about creating a new street. However, that would require land from the locals.

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