Small region-Dömsöd

Dömsöd

The village is at the southern borderline of Pest county on the left side of the Danube, 50 km from Budapest. By car the fastest way to get there is on the main road No 51. Volán bus service goes through the village. From the centre of Dömsöd, the Budapest-Kelebia railway is 8 km away. Dömsöd is surrounded by Kiskunlacháza, Apaj, Tass and the Ráckeve-Danube branch.

Dömsöd Local Government: Petőfi square 6. 2344 Dömsöd
Tel/Fax: (24) 435-102
Web: www.domsod.hu

This village was created by the merging of Dab and Dömsöd in 1938. The name of Dab first referred to “Dob’s province” in 1291.
The village was also occupied under Turkish rule. During the fifteen-year war, the inhabitants of the village escaped, but later they returned.  In 1686, when Buda was recaptured the Ráday and Petrich dynasty ruled the land.  In 1785, Dab was the Ráday family’s property, but after 1877, the Fáy family took over the village.
In the early 20th century, the Hajós family had the biggest land in the Dab – Dömsöd area.
The Dömsöd Reformed church was originally a Catholic church based on medieval architecture until the first half of the 18th century.
The former landowners of Dömsöd built the Hajós crypt by the plans of Miklós Ybl. In Dömsöd there is a small patrician house where the Petrovics (Petőfi) family lived between 1846 and 1847. A few houses farther, in the Petőfi Memorial Museum, there is a Petőfi exhibition. Petőfi and a friend of his lived in this building while they were in Dömsöd. Near the Danube there is the Petőfi tree under which he wrote some of his famous poems.
Numerous artists have painted the beauty of the land. To those who come here, the Danube offers various sporting activities.  In winter and in summer there are pleasant excursion opportunities around the area.