Balatonszárszó is a village along the southern shore of Lake Balaton in Somogy county, Hungary.

[2] The village is famous for being the home and place of death of the renowned Hungarian poet József Attila.

Under the Turkish occupation, the village was depopulated and repopulated multiple times.

by the end of the 19th century, tourism and bathing culture began to develop in the village as well.

In 1943, the village hosted a famous conference called the "Szárszó Conference" discussing the state, fate, and future of the Hungarian people following the Second World War.