Mohács Voyage Tips and guide

Mohács is a Hungarian city on the Danube River in Baranya County.

Mohács (Croatian and Bunjevac: Mohač, German: Mohatsch, Serbian: Мохач, Turkish: Mohaç) is 185 km south of Budapest.

The first Hungarian mention of Mohács was in 1093 and the village was granted oppidum rights in 1394. The Turks defeated the Hungarian army in 1526, which became the most important event of the thousand years. During the long Turkish era the town was the centre of the region. At the Battle of Nagyharsány in 1687, an Austro-Hungarian-Bavarian-Croatian army defeated the Turks. These battles represented the beginning and end, respectively, of the Ottoman domination of Hungary.

In 1857 a private railway was built between the coal mines of Pécs and the port of Mohács. The town was granted city rights in 1924.

Until the end of World War II, Danube Swabians comprised the majority of the German-speaking inhabitants, called locally Stifolder, because their ancestors came in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda district. Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945-1948.

Mohács has a moderate, continental climate, like the rest of Hungary.

• Mohács city website

Mohács is on the Pécs-Mohács line via Villány, where trains from Croatia arrive.

Mohács is easily accessible from the Transdanubia region by motorway from Budapest. There is no road border crossing with Croatia, but the nearest one is easily accessible by motorway. From other parts of Hungary, a ferry service operates from the opposite bank.

Map of Mohács

In Mohács, 2 bus lines deliver passengers.

• 45.9900518.68881 Széchenyi Square. The main square of the city.  (updated Mar 2026)
• 45.9900318.689422 Church of the Assumption of Mary (Votive Church) (Mohácsi Fogadalmi templom). A memorial church commemorating the Battle of Mohács that took place in 1526.  (updated Mar 2026)
• 45.9907918.693 Town Hall (Városháza). Built between 1924 and 1926 according to plans by Aladár Árkay and Bertalan Árkay . In 1928 the mansion was expanded with a separate wing. The stained glass windows were painted in 1984, as the original glass was destroyed during World War II. The town hall houses a post office, a tourist office, and temporary exhibitions .  (updated Mar 2026)
• 45.98778418.6772474 Chapel of Saint Mary of Sorrows (Battlefield Memorial Chapel, Csatatéri emlékkápolna). The classicist-style memorial chapel was built in 1816. The chapel is located alone at the Mohács cemetery. Inside are two paintings by István Dorfmeister (1729) and a stained glass window about Dorottya Kanizsai by Jenő Haranghy in 1928. In a niche is visible a cannon, which remained from the battle in 1687.  (updated Mar 2026)
• Inner City Parish Roman Catholic Church (Belváros plébániatemplom),
• Franciscan Roman Catholic Church (Ferences templom),
• Bishop's Roman Catholic Church (Püspök templom),
• Reformed Church (Református templom),
• The Evangelical Church (Eva(Q870788)ngélikus templom),
• Holy Trinity (Serbian Orthodox) Church (Szerb-ortodox templom), Mohács Szentháromság u. 33. Serbian refugees built the church that can be seen today in 1732. The church is a typical Orthodox building. All the facilities were made of wood. The murals were painted in the 18th century.  (updated Mar 2026)
• Church of St. Roch (Szent Rókus kápolna),
• Buso Courtyard (Busóudvar),
• Kanizsai Dorottya Ceramic Museum (Kanizsai Dorottya Múzeum, kiállítás és látványtár),
• The Saint Nicholas Watermill Industrial History Exhibition (Malomtörténeti kiállítás a Vízimalomban), founded in 1331,
• Busomuseum (Busóház),
• City Hall (Városháza),
• Franciscan Priory Church of St. Stephen and Monastery (Ferencesek Szent István Zárdatemploma és Kolostora),
• Karoly Kisfaludy High School - former Bishop's Palace (Kisfaludy Károly Gimnázium - Püspöki Palota),
• Memorial battlefield or Calvary Chapel (Kálvária vagy Csatatéri Emlékkápolna),
• Greek Orthodox Serbian cemetery chapel (Görögkeleti szerb temetőkápolna).

• Busójárás carnival. Every spring, the town hosts the annual Busójárás carnival. These traditional festivities have been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO in 2009.