Story of Mecseknádasd:

The town is one of the two Nádas villages mentioned in the foundation letter of Pécsvárad abbey, which was transferred to the Benedictines from St. Stephen's possession. Keeping the memory of the royal estate the Romanesque Chapel of St. Stephen, Réka castle, Saint Margaret of Scotland tradition are standing in the bend of road 6.

After the Turkish occupation, settlers arrived to Nádasd from the Rhine form Hessen providence, from Alsace-Lorraine and from Stájer in 1781. After World War II, 200 families, about 1,000 persons were evacuated to Germany. In 2001, only 39.5% of the population identified themselves as Germans.

The core of the village was by the medieval Chapel of St. Stephen. Here were the houses of the first German settlers. The village is famous from the three vineyards stretching to follow the order of the village houses, also today excellent wines are aged in the cellars.

After the conquest the popular estate of the Bishop of Pécs was named Püspöknádasd until 1950.

Points of interest:

• Chapel of St. Stephen, with medieval fresco fragments in the cemetery by the road round up on the hill.
• Bishop's Castle
• German National House in the Gungl's tavern building
• Roman Catholic Church
• Ruins of the Reka Castle or Schlossberg – according to Evlija Celebi during the Turkish conquest here was a town with forty houses, in the center of it was the mosque of Sultan Suleiman, which was built from an older church. On the hill next to the ruins the new belvedere and the Turkish sources house is worth visiting. There is a tourist information point at the entrance of the hill.
• Temple Square school
• Our Lad of Snows Chapel or Sorrows Chapel and Calvary
• Granary
• Parish Church

Bishop's Castle	German National House in the Gungl's tavern building	Belvedere	Schlossberg or Ruins of Reka Castle

Chapel of St. Stephen	Our Lad of Snows Chapel or Sorrows Chapel and Calvary