[2] Swabians— German immigrants — from the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) region of Germany settled here and played a major role in the evolution of the village’s viticulture.

The settlement was established in 1750, when its landlord, Prince Trautson, invited German settlers to the area after the Rákóczi War of Independence, similarly to the nearby villages of Károlyfalva (Karlsdorf) and Rátka (Ratkau).

The settlement of the area of today's village took place in the summer of 1750, the early settlers came along the Danube in carts and on foot, but some traveled as far as Buda on rafts.

[1] The German settlers originally came from Baden-Würtenberg - from the settlements of Balgheim, Binsdorf, Binswangen, Bitz, Böttingen, Bubsheim, Deislingen, Denkingen, Dürbheim, Frittlingen, Gosheim, Harpolingen (Bad Säckingen), Hettingen, Illerrieden, Kolbingen, Lautlingen, Luttingen (Laufenburg), Margrethausen, Renquishausen, Wehingen.

Hercegkút's local church customs (e.g. baptisms, marriages, funerals) to this day, carry distinctly Swabian-Alemannic features.

The greatest disaster that affected the entire community was the suffering of the 135 persons (men and women) who were deported to the Soviet Union for forced labor on January 2, 1945.

Instead of Debrecen, two weeks later and 1,600 kilometers further east, they arrived at the Chistyakovo camp in Stalin county, in today's Eastern Ukraine.

Instead of the three days of "public work", they faced forced labor for an unforeseeable period of time in Ukrainian coal mines blown up by withdrawing Nazi troops.

The first residents of the village quickly mastered the local viticultural and wine processing techniques, and for a long time they were the most sought-after vintners in the area.

The harvest of grapes grown on Kőporos, Gombos-hegy and Pogánykút was matured and stored in the two-story cellars at the two ends of the village, in the masterpieces of folk architecture, as early as the 18th century.

Since 2002, both rows of cellars have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in the cultural landscape category as part of the Tokaj Mountains Wine Region.

The vast majority of the inhabitants of Hercegkút are Roman Catholic, and this fact plays a prominent role in the life of the community.

Based on a decision by UNESCO's in June 2002, the rows of cellars were added to the World Heritage List in the cultural landscape category as part of the Tokaj Mountains.

The building erected in 2022 to evoke the nearby cellars is suitable for wine tastings for up to 50 people, as well as for corporate programs and family events.

On January 2, 1945 men and women between the ages of 18 and 35 who were gathered in the yard of the elementary school were taken to the coal mines of today's Ukraine for several years of forced labor.

The memorial of two-figure bronze sculptures in the front garden of the school depicts a woman and a man, standing on railways, seem to be connected to each other, but are about to part ways.

A rooster with a round base, floating in an off-white shield, holding a bunch of golden grapes in its beak, above it is a holy figure, a child in one hand, a cross in the other.