Újudvar is located on the main road 74, a few kilometers north of the exit section of Nagykanizsa, along the road 7527 in the valley of the Principalis canal. From the latter road, here, the 7528 road, which leads to the main road 74 through the Magyarszerdahely, branches off. It can also be reached by train on the Szombathely – Nagykanizsa railway line ; Újudvar railway station is almost 2 km from the settlement, not far from the Korpavár part of Nagykanizsa.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in 1193 from is from Ojvduor As III. In Béla's diploma, when compiling the estates of the Crusaders of Fehérvár. Presumably Queen Eufrozina, II. King Géza's wife could donate to the St. Stephen's Monastery Church in Székesfehérvár. In 1256 its name appeared in the form of Nova Curia, and in 1377 the village was named Wyoduar. According to a charter dated 1236, Johannite knights arrived in the village, where a convent was soon established. In 1325 a palatine assembly was also held in the village, the church of which was later consecrated in honor of St. John the Baptist; It was mentioned in 1350. The settlement was also a fair place, in 1329 a fair was mentioned in a diploma, until 1381 it also served as a place of authenticity. In 1382, Ujudvár was pledged to the sons of János Kanizsai by the Johannites, and later remained their property, although in 1453 the Vrána slash against the Kanizsais began a pawn change, his successor continued under King Matthias, but to no avail. Although Kanizsai family Kanizsai Francis died in 1532, the estates Kanizsai Kanizsai Orsolya fiúsítással through the Nádasdyakra stopovers. In a 1693 census, the village was listed as a former Nádasdy estate, but by 1693 it became the property ofthe treasury. At that time the number of inhabited houses was 10, to which 60 acres of arable land and meadow belonged. The village was destroyed in Turkish times, rebuilt a little to the east during the post-destruction reconstruction. It was a serf village from the founding of Újudvar. Most of its population was engaged in agriculture. Until 1945, he had several smallholders.
