Szenna
Village
Traditional house in Szenna
Coat of arms
Location of Somogy county in Hungary
Szenna Location of Szenna
Coordinates:46°18′26″N17°43′53″E / 46.30710°N 17.73147°E /46.30710; 17.73147
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Transdanubia
County	Somogy
District	Kaposvár
RC Diocese	Kaposvár
Area
• Total	26.98 km2 (10.42 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	760[1]
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Demonym	szennai
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7477
Area code	(+36) 82
NUTS 3 code	HU232
MP	Attila Gelencsér (Fidesz)
Website	Szenna Online

Szenna is a village inSomogy county,Hungary. It is famous for theSzenna Open Air Museum (Szenna Skanzen), which won theEuropa Nostra award in 1982.

The name of the village derives from theSouth Slavic wordсено (Hungarian:széna, English:hay).^[2]

Szenna lies in theZselic National Landscape Protection Area, 8 km southwest ofKaposvár, in the middle of theZselic Hill Range.

Szenna was first mentioned in the 16th century asZana andZenna in official documents as the possession of theCastle ofKaposvár. During theTurkish occupation most of its residents died or flew. According to the 1687 records it had only 1-6 houses. According toLászló Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.^[3]

The village came into the hands of theEsterházy family in 1715. During theReformation the population converted first to Lutheranism than to Calvinism. Their first church was built in the 17th century. In 1736 several Hungarian families settled there fromHetes andKaposszerdahely.^[4] At the beginning of the 20th century the settlement was among the richest inSomogy County. They bred cattle, sold woods and transport goods. The village was nationally reputed for its colts.

• Skanzen of Szenna - opened in 1978, it was awarded theEuropa Nostra Prize in 1982
• Reformed church - built in the 18th century with cassette ceiling decorated with folklore motives
• A local tradition in Szenna, taking place around Easter and dating back to around the 2nd century AD (and during a pre-Christian time in Hungarian tribes), is called the "watering of the girls", a fertility ritual where boys throw buckets of water at young girls running past them.

The Hungarian folk songsA szennai lipisen andKét út van előttem were collected in 1934 in Szenna byLászló Lajtha.

• Augustinus Roskoványi (1807 – 1892), Hungarian Roman Catholic Bishop of Nyitra, philosopher, theologian

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  Wooden cassette ceiling of the reformed church in Szenna
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  Reformed church of Szenna
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  Wooden cassette ceiling of the reformed church in Szenna
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  Interior of the reformed church in Szenna
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  Interior of the reformed church in Szenna
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  Reformed church in Szenna

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  Traditional house in Szenna
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  Traditional house in Szenna
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  Traditional house in Szenna
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  Traditional house in Szenna
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  Traditional house in Szenna
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  Traditional house in Szenna
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  Traditional house in Szenna
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  Porch of a traditional house in Szenna
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  Meadow in Szenna
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  Traditional household items
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  Traditional household items
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  Geese in Szenna

• Street map (Hungarian)

• Populated places in Somogy County

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