Bacsalmas

Bacsalmas is a small city in southern Hungary within the region of Bacska close to the border with the Vojvodina region of Serbia, with a populace of 7,694 humans. In the Middle Ages, the place got here below the control of the Magyars who absorbed the Slavic and the remnant Avar population.

There was archaeological proof determined in various small villages within the Middle Ages. The region turned into underneath the possession of Janos Hunyadi inside the 15th century. With the appearance of the Turks, the populace disappeared and changed into in the beginning replaced with the aid of Croats who got here from Bosnia and the Croatian Littoral. The first mention the village comes from 1543 within the information of the Archbishopric of Kalocsa. In the 17th century, there was a steady inflow of Croats below the leadership of the Franciscans from Bosnia. The remaining important organization came beneath the management of captains Markovic and Vidakovic. With the Turkish defeat on the Battle of Zenta, Bacsalmas got here under the control of the Habsburgs in which it became part of the Military Frontier.