Vaskút (German: Waschkut or Eisenbrunn, Croatian: Baškut or Vaškut) is a large village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
Geography It covers an area of 71.49 km2. It has a population of 3327 people (2015).
Demographics Magyars Germans Croats Bunjevci
Before 1945, there was high share of Germans (Danube Swabians) in Vaskút's population, that spoke their own dialect of German language. After the war, numerous Magyars (Szeklers from Bukovina and Csángós from Moldavia) were settled here.
Notable persons Fabijan Peštalić (1845–1909), Franciscan, important personality of national movement of the Danubian Croats Grgur Peštalić (1755–1809), Franciscan, Croatian writer Bede Lackner (1927–2020), Catholic priest and monkObituary, dignitymemorial.com, accessed 14 Nov 2020.
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