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{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement-->
| settlement_type                 = [[List of cities and towns of Hungary|Town]]
| official_name                   = Mohács
| other_name = Mohač, Mohatsch
| image_skyline                   = Mohács légifotó.jpg
| image_caption                   = Aerial view
| image_shield                    = HUN Mohács COA.svg
| image_flag                      = Flag of Mohács.svg
| pushpin_map                     = Hungary
| pushpin_label_position          = top
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location of Mohács
| coordinates                     = {{coord|45.99593|18.67985|region:HU|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = {{HUN}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[Counties of Hungary|County]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Baranya County|Baranya]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[Districts of Hungary|District]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Mohács District|Mohács]]
| area_total_km2                  = 112.23
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 17808
| population_as_of                = 2011
| population_density_km2          = 158.67
| timezone                        = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset                      = +1
| timezone_DST                    = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST                  = +2
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal codes in Hungary|Postal code]]
| postal_code                     = 7700
| area_code_type                  = [[Telephone numbers in Hungary|Area code]]
| area_code                       = (+36) 69
| website                         = {{URL|https://www.mohacs.hu/}}
| name                            = 
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = [[Gábor Pávkovics]] ([[Fidesz]])
}}
'''Mohács''' ({{IPA|hu|ˈmohaːt͡ʃ}}; [[Croatian language|Croatian]]: ''Mohač''; {{langx|de|Mohatsch}}; {{langx|sr|Мохач}}; {{langx|tr|Mohaç}}; {{langx|ro|Mohaci}}) is a town in [[Baranya County]], [[Hungary]], on the right bank of the [[Danube]].

==Etymology==
The name probably comes from the [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] ''*Mъchačь'',''*Mocháč'': ''mъchъ'' (moss, Hungarian ''moha'' is a loanword from Slavic) + the Slavic suffix ''-ačь'', like  Slovak ''Mochnáč'' or Czech ''Macháč''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stanislav |first=Ján |author-link=Ján Stanislav |title=Slovenský juh v stredoveku II.| page=298| publisher=Slovenské literárne centrum |year=2004 |language=Slovak |isbn=80-88878-89-6}}</ref><ref name="kiss">{{cite book |last=Kiss |first=Lajos |title=Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára|location=Budapest |page=429|publisher=Akadémiai |year=1978 |language=Hungarian}}</ref> See 1093/1190/1388 ''Mohach''.<ref name="kiss"/>

==History==
Two famous battles took place in the vicinity of Mohács in [[Battle of Mohács (1526)|1526]] and [[Battle of Mohács (1687)|1687]]. These battles represented the beginning and end, respectively, of the [[Ottoman Empire|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 formed part of the historical [[Baranya (former county)|Baranya county]], and during Ottoman rule it functioned as the administrative seat of the [[Sanjak of Mohács]], an Ottoman administrative unit.<ref>
{{cite book
 |editor-last1         = Káldy-Nagy
 |editor-first1        = Gyula
 |title                = A budai szandzsák 1546-1590: demográfiai és gazdaságtörténeti adatok. évi összeírásai
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=r8AhAAAAMAAJ
 |series               = Volume 6 of Pest Megye múltjából, ISSN 0209-6013
 |year = 1985
 |publisher            = Pest Megyei Levéltá
 |publication-date     = 1985
 |page                 = 32
 |isbn                 = 9789630161848
 |access-date          = 12 March 2022
 |quote                = In the mid-16th century, the kile in the sanjak of Mohács was equal to the Hungarian fertál, which according to Turkish records, was the equivalent of 24 okkas (30.76 kg). 
}} 
</ref>
After the [[Habsburg]]s took the area from the Ottomans, Mohács was included in the restored Baranya county.

In 1910 the population of the Mohács district numbered 56,909 people, of whom 21,951 spoke [[German language|German]], 20,699 [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], 4,312 [[Serbian language|Serbian]], and 421 [[Croatian language|Croatian]]. Another 9,600 inhabitants were listed as speaking "other languages".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=Baranya |title=Baranya County |access-date=2006-08-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080329021829/http://www.talmamedia.com/php/district/district.php?county=Baranya |archive-date=2008-03-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Until the end of [[World War II]], [[Danube Swabians]] comprised the majority of the inhabitants - called locally  ''Stifolder'', because their ancestors came in the 17th and 18th centuries from [[Fulda (district)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feked - Stifolder_tortenet.pdf |url=https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf |website=feked.hu}}</ref> Most of the former German settlers were expelled to [[Allied-occupied Germany]] and [[Allied-occupied Austria]] in 1945-1948, in accordance with the 1945 [[Potsdam Agreement]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ldu-online.de/die-vertreibung|title=Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn}}</ref>

==Events==
Every spring, the town hosts the annual [[Busójárás]] carnival.

== Demographics ==
According to the 2011 census, the total population of Mohács was 17,808, of whom there were 15,842 (84.2%) [[Hungarians]], 1,723 (9.7%) [[Germans of Hungary|Germans]], 700 (3.9%) [[Croats of Hungary|Croats]], and 537 (3%) [[Romani people in Hungary|Romani]]. 14% of the total population did not declare their ethnicity. In Hungary, people can declare more than one ethnicity (dual identity), so the sum exceeds the total population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_02|title=Központi Statisztikai Hivatal|website=www.ksh.hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hungarian Census 2011- final data and methodology |url= http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/nepsz2011/nepsz_03_00_2011.pdf}}</ref> 

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}
Mohács is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nemzetközi kapcsolatok|url=http://www.xn--mohcs-zqa.hu/?p=22&menu=1|website=mohács.hu|publisher=Mohács|language=hu|access-date=2021-03-24}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Beli Manastir]], Croatia
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bensheim]], Germany
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Beykoz]], Turkey
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Câmpia Turzii]], Romania
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Siemianowice Śląskie]], Poland
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Sveti Filip i Jakov]], Croatia
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Wattrelos]], France
{{div col end}}

== Notable citizens ==
* [[Ferenc Pfaff]] (1851–1913), Hungarian architect
* [[Endre Rozsda]] (1913–1999), Hungarian-French Painter
* [[Norbert Michelisz]] (1984), Hungarian racing driver

==Sport==
[[Mohácsi TE]] is the town's association football club.

==Photos==
<gallery>
File:Mohács Duna.JPG|The [[Danube]] at Mohács
File:Town Hall, Mohács.jpg|Town Hall
File:Mohácsi Fogadalmi templom (by Pudelek).JPG|Church in the center of city
File:Hősök ligete Mohács A.JPG|Memorial park
File:Hősök ligete Mohács F.JPG|Memorial park
File:Busójárás (Mohács), 2009.jpg|Annual carnival ''Busójárás''
File:Buso masks.jpg|Buso masks
File:Carnival in Mohács.jpg|Carnival
File:Buso.JPG|Carnival
File:Mohács (Mohatsch, Mohač) - city limit.JPG|Multilingual ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[German language|German]] and [[Croatian language|Croatian]]) city limit sign
</gallery>

== References ==
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Mohács|volume=18|pages=646–647}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mohács}}
* {{Official website|http://www.mohacs.hu/}} in Hungarian, English and German

{{Mohács District}}
{{Baranya}}

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[[Category:Croatian communities in Hungary]]
[[Category:Serb communities in Hungary]]
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[[Category:History of Baranya (region)]]