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by István Molnár, 8 December 2000
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Nagydém is a village in Veszprém County in Hungary near to
Town of Pápa (25 km north-east) in
the Little Hungarian Plains. The village has got 445 inhabitants
(1990 census), nearly all of them are Hungarians. Neighbouring
settlements are: Sokorópátka, Lovászpatona,
Bakonysag, Pápateszér,
Bakonytamási and Románd villages.
The territory of the village is inhabited from the Bronze Age.
The first mention is from 1332 as "DYM". In the 15th
century there were two villages: Kisdém with noble settlers,
Nagydém with servents. At the time of the Turkish wars the
settlement was devostated and in 1761 resettled. The landlord of
the settlement was the Festetich Family and some members of the
lower nobility. In 1910 Nagydém was a village in the Pápa
district of Veszprém County. Number of inhabitants in 1910: 978;
978 (100,0%) Hungarian by mother tongue, 720 (73,6%) Roman
Catholic, 128 (13,1%) Lutheran, 57 (5,8%) Jew and 73 (7,5%) other
by religion. The famous celebrity of the village is Dániel
Ihász (1813-1881), colonel of the Hungarian Army in 1848-1849,
commander of the Hungarian Legion in Italy and later colonel of
the Italian Army (1859-1861).
Rati