Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 81.8 km² Population 1,537 (2005) | County Bács-Kiskun Postal code 6445 Local time Thursday 5:27 PM Area code 77 | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 53% Humidity | ||
Borota is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary.
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Map of Borota, Hungary
Geography
It covers an area of 81.8 km2 (32 sq mi) and has a population of 1537 people (2005).
History
Borota was mentioned in 1325 as Boroth and it was property of the archbishop of Kalocsa. Since the village had been devastated by the Mongol invasion of 1241-42, the archbishop sold the village to Imre Becsey who brought new settlers to Borota. In the 16th century Borota fell under Ottoman occupation and was mentioned several times in Turkish records. In 1658 Palatine Ferenc Wesselényi donated the village to Baron Pál Serényi. In 1740 Borota was in the hands of the Princes Grassalkovich. However, they divided the estate into plots and sold it to the Cseszneky family. Since 1750 Borota belonged to Rém village, but its southern part known as Szentkáta remained the property of the Counts Cseszneky de Milvány until the 20th century. In the second half of the 19th century Borota was an independent village for a short while, then administered again by Rém. In 1911 eventually regained its administrative independence.