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by Istvan Molnar, 11 December 2000
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Fenyőfő is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary near to
Town of Pápa (29 km south-east) in the Bakony Mountains. The
village has got 192 inhabitants (1990 census), Hungarians and
Germans. Neighbouring settlements are: Pápateszér,
Bakonyszücs, Bakonybél, Porva and Bakonyszentlászló villages.
The first mention is from 1230, all settlers of the village were
serf . At the time of the Turkish wars the settlement was
devastated (1536). The settlement was resettled with German
settlers in 1737 by the Esterházy Family. In 1910 Fenyőfő was
a village in the Pápa district of Veszprém County. Number of
inhabitants in 1910: 463; 407 (87,9%) German, 57 (12,1%)
Hungarian by mother tongue, 458 (98,9%) Roman Catholic and 5
(1,1%) Calvinist by religion.
The CoA relates to the name of the village, which relates to the
beautiful pine-forest around the village (Old and original
pine-forest is unique in this territory)
Istvan Molnar, 11 December 2000
Fenyofo village joined Gyor-Moson-Sopron county on 20th
October 2002.
Istvan Molnar, 31 October 2002
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