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|image_caption      = Serbian orthodox church in Grábóc
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|official_name          = Grábóc
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|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Hungary|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[{{Hungarian county region|Tolna}}]]
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Tolna County|Tolna]]
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Bonyhád District|Bonyhád]]
|area_total_km2         = 13.73
|area_footnotes = <ref name="ksh"> {{cite web | url=https://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=26727 | title= Grábóc | date= | website=Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary | publisher=[[Hungarian Central Statistical Office]]  | access-date=2024-01-15 }} </ref>
|population_total       = 167
|population_as_of       = 2022
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'''Grábóc''' ({{Langx|de|Grawitz}}, {{langx|sr|Грабовац|Grabovac}}) is a village in [[Tolna County]], [[Hungary]].
== History ==
In the 1300s, the village was already home to a [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] church and [[monastery]]. Today, the ruins of this monastery can be found to the northwest of the Serb cemetery.
In the 1580s, a large group of [[Serbs]], fleeing [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish forces]], left behind the [[Drougoubitai]] monastery, and arrived in Grábóc. Initially, the Serbs constructed a wooden church, but after receiving permission from the Turkish [[pasha]] in Buda, they built a stone church in 1587. However, in 1667, the Turks ransacked the monastery, and by 1703, the village was completely depopulated. Following [[Rákóczi's War of Independence]], Serbian villagers and Orthodox monks returned to the village. In 1736, they built a new [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox church]], which still stands today.
In the 18th century, [[Danube Swabians|Swabians]] settled in the village alongside the existing Serbian population. These [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Germans of Hungary|Germans]] built their first chapel in 1765, which then expanded into a church in 1795. According to the 1789 census, Germans outnumbered Serbs in the village. Over the 19th and 20th centuries, the Serbian population slowly dwindled.
Following the [[World War II|Second World War]], the village's [[Germans of Hungary|German population]] (which was its majority) was [[Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)|deported en masse]], and replaced with [[Székelys|Székely]] people from [[Transylvania]].
Under the [[Communist state|communist regime]], due to a strict policy of [[state atheism]], the [[Patriarch of All Bulgaria]] was exiled to Grábóc. The Orthodox monastery remained functional until the death of its last monk in 1974, after which the building was converted into social housing. In 1994, the building was transferred back to the Serbian Orthodox Church, and it is now home to [[Nun|nuns]].
== Demographics ==
As of 2022, the town in 82.8% [[Hungarians|Hungarian]], 1.8% [[Germans of Hungary|German]], and 1.8% [[Serbs|Serbian]]. 29% of the villagers are [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], 3% [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed]], 1.8% [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox]], and 29.6% [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magyarország helységnévtára |url=https://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=HU&p_id=26727 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.ksh.hu}}</ref>
== References ==
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{{Bonyhád District}}
{{Tolna County}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Tolna County]]
[[Category:Serb communities in Hungary]]