Mohács (Croatian and Bunjevac: Mohač, Serbian: Мохач, German: Mohatsch, Turkish: Mohaç) is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube, 115 miles south of Budapest.
History
Two famous battles took place there:
These battles represented the beginning and end, respectively, of the Ottoman domination of Hungary.
In Roman times there was a camp on the banks of the Danube near Mohács.
In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, Mohács was part of the historical Baranya county, and during Ottoman rule it was the administrative seat of the Sanjak of Mohács, an Ottoman administrative unit. After the Habsburgs took the area from the Ottomans, Mohács was included in the restored Baranya county.
In 1910, the population of the Mohács municipality numbered 56,909 people, of whom 21,951 spoke German, 20,699 Hungarian, 4,312 Serbian, and 421 Croatian. Another 9,600 inhabitants were listed as speaking "other languages" (presumably Bunjevac and Šokac). 
Events
Every spring, the town hosts the annual Busójárás carnival.Notable citizens
- Ferenc Pfaff Hungarian architect, the designer of the main railway stations of Bratislava, Miskolc (Gömöri, and Tiszai Railway Station), Pécs, Győr, Košice, Satu Mare, Szeged, Vršac, Carei, Zagreb, Debrecen, and many other cities and towns, was born here.
- Endre Rozsda Hungarian-French Painter
References
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