The name probably comes from the Slavic*Mъchačь,*Mocháč: mъchъ (moss, Hungarian moha is a loanword from Slavic) + the Slavic suffix -ačь, like Slovak Mochnáč or Czech Macháč.[1][2] See 1093/1190/1388 Mohach.[2]
History
Two famous battles took place in the vicinity of Mohács in 1526 and 1687. These battles represented the beginning and end, respectively, of the Ottoman domination of Hungary.
In Roman times there was a camp on the banks of the Danube near Mohács.
In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Mohács formed part of the historical Baranya county, and during Ottoman rule it functioned as the administrative seat of the Sanjak of Mohács, an Ottoman administrative unit.[3]
After the Habsburgs took the area from the Ottomans, Mohács was included in the restored Baranya county.
In 1910 the population of the Mohács district numbered 56,909 people, of whom 21,951 spoke German, 20,699 Hungarian, 4,312 Serbian, and 421 Croatian. Another 9,600 inhabitants were listed as speaking "other languages".[4]
Every spring, the town hosts the annual Busójárás carnival.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the total population of Mohács was 17,808, of whom there were 15,842 (84.2%) Hungarians, 1,723 (9.7%) Germans, 700 (3.9%) Croats, and 537 (3%) Romani. 14% of the total population did not declare their ethnicity. In Hungary, people can declare more than one ethnicity (dual identity), so the sum exceeds the total population.[7][8]
^ abKiss, Lajos (1978). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (in Hungarian). Budapest: Akadémiai. p. 429.
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Káldy-Nagy, Gyula, ed. (1985). A budai szandzsák 1546-1590: demográfiai és gazdaságtörténeti adatok. évi összeírásai. Volume 6 of Pest Megye múltjából, ISSN 0209-6013. Pest Megyei Levéltá. p. 32. ISBN9789630161848. Retrieved 12 March 2022. In the mid-16th century, the kile in the sanjak of Mohács was equal to the Hungarian fertál, which according to Turkish records, was the equivalent of 24 okkas (30.76 kg).
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