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by István Molnár, 19 January 2001
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Ganna (in German: Ganna) is a German village in Veszprém
County in Hungary near to Town of Pápa
(13 km south) in the Bakony Mountains. The village has got 375
inhabitants (1990 census), Germans and Hungarians. One of the
Official Ethnic Minorities of Hungary has got ethnic council in
the village. Germans. Neighbouring settlements are: Pápakovácsi, Kup, Bakonypölöske, Magyarpolány and Döbrönte villages.
The first mention of the settlement is from 1330, all settlers of
the village were serf of the Abbey of Bakonybél from 1171 . At
the time of the Turkish wars the settlement was devastated in the
16th century. The settlement was resettled with Germans (from
Bavaria and Styria) and German speaking Croats from West-Hungary
in 1748-1750 by the Esterházy Family. In 1910 today Ganna was
two villages (Nagyganna and Kisganna) in the Pápa district of
Veszprém County. Number of its inhabitants in 1910: 884 (688 and
196); 849 (96,0%) German and 35 (4,0%) Hungarian by mother
tongue, 882 (100,0%) Roman Catholic and 2 (0,0%) other by
religion. There is the mausoleum of the Esterházy Families
(earls and dukes).
Date of adoptation: 31 May 1997 by the No.5/1997 Resolution of
the Community of Ganna Village.
István Molnár, 19 January 2001
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by István Molnár, 19 January 2001
Description of the Coat of Arms: The gold griffin is the
symbol of the Esterházy Family.
István Molnár, 19 January 2001