 During the war of Christian reoccupation its citizens became "Hajdús" which meant a certain freedom.In the Habsburg administration Somogyszil came from Tolna County under the control of Somogy County in 1696, after the Turkish occupation thanks to a decree of Pál Esterházy.German settlers arrived in the at that time - due to the Ottoman rule - deserted settlement in the beginning of the 18th century.