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Csokako (Fejer, Hungary)

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by Istv�n Moln�r, 4 March 2003



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Overview

Cs�kako is a village in Fej�r county in Hungary 6 kilometres from the town of M�r and 20 kilometres from Sz�kesfeh�rv�r at the Western edge of the V�rtes Mountains. The village has got 1045 inhabitants (2001 census), nearly all of them are Hungarian. Neighbouring settlements are: Bodajk, S�r�d, Cs�kber�ny villages and M�r town. The settlement had got its name about Castle of Cs�kako [Daw's Rock]. The first mention of the castle is from 1299. The castle and the village - as a part of the Cs�kako tenure - was ruled by the Cs�k Clan till 1320s. In 1320 it became royal castle and tenure. Later King Sigismund gave it to the Rozgonyi Family. The castle and the tenure (nearly quarter of Fej�r county) posessed the Kanizsay Family from 1508, later it posessed the N�dasdy family (Great Hungarian aristocrat families). The castle and the country around was occupied by the Turkish Army in 1543 and the settlement was devastated. In 1601 the Habsburg Army defeated the Turks under the walls of Cs�kako but the Castle was under Turkish rule till 1686. Cs�kako was resettled in 1750s. In 1910 Cs�kako was a village in the M�r district of Fej�r County. Number of its inhabitants in 1910: 738; 713 (96,6%) Hungarian, 16 (2,2%) Hungarian and 9 (1,2%) other by mother tongue, 728 (98,6%) Roman Catholic, 5-5 (0,8-0,8%) Jew and Calvinist by religion.
Symbolism of the Coat of Arms: The Coat of Arms of the village is a standing triangular shield. In the blue field on a green hills there is a silver castle - relates to Castle of Cs�kako and the V�rtes Mountain. In the blue field there is two red shields. In the left shield there is a silver daw relats to the name of the castle. In the right red shield there is a gold bunch of grapes relates to the famous wine culture of the M�r Wine District. The flag of the village is blue-white-blue (1:2:1) on the center of the flag there is the Coat of Arms. The ratio of the flag is 1:2.
Sources: Photo taken by me in the Mayor's Office of the municipality, Coat of Arms and historical datas from <www.nexus.hu/csokako>, <www.kdregio.hu/csokako.html>, <www.falvaink.hu/csokako>, <www.morpont.hu/k_csoka.htm> and <bakonyalja.fejer.hu>.
Istv�n Moln�r, 4 March 2003