Botfalva

Botfalva (Ukrainian: Ботфалва; Hungarian: Botfalva) is a village in Uzhhorodskyi Raion, Transcarpathia, Ukraine.

15px Ботфалва Botfalva
Village
Coordinates: 48°34′53″N 22°12′29″E
Country	15px Ukraine
Oblast	File:Flag of Transcarpathian Oblast.svg Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	15px Uzhhorodskyi Raion
Area
• Total	154 km2 (59 sq mi)
Population
• Total	620
• Density	4.03/km2 (10.43/sq mi)

Location

Botfalva is located 8 km southwest of Uzhhorod, near the Ukrainian-Slovak border. It is still inhabited mostly by Hungarians.

History

The settlement is first mentioned in a tax register from 1427: at that time it was the property of the Daczó and Drágffy families. Later, the Possays, the Odvarys, and the Kincsyes received estates. The descendants of the Daczó family consistently called themselves Bótfalvi from the 16th century onwards. In 1555, there were about 35 serfs living in 7 serf houses. In 1567, the census took place and found only 6 serf houses, which indicates that the population had been decimated by the plague. In 1599, the settlement consisted of 19 houses.

During World War II, fourteen of the men here died on the fronts. In the fall of 1944, the Stalinists took away 3 people, all of whom perished.