Őrjeg raised from one-time branch of river Danube (Sár, Turján, Red marsh) as a boundary of eastern land created a closed area, which probably is the same as 'Big island' written by Anonymous and stayed by princely dynasty. Water-shaped characteristic of this area was considerably changed by protections against floods lasting since beginning of the last century. Nowadays only geographical names of the village boundary remind us of the old water world. Mostly we can see tillages besides the peatery, meadows and pastures everywhere.
Area of Homokmégy had been inhabited for a thousand year. Thorough field trips, archaeological records accidentally coming up and come up to the surface by planned excavations lead to Hungarians from Körös culture across Sarmatians, Huns, Germans, Avars. During the excavation of Halom princely centre even a sensational runic record were discovered. ('Tíznyilas tegezzel győzz!' - Certain translations to other languages: 'I offer my arrow to my Khagan'). We can conclude being of eastern Christianity from certain records.
The highest point called Halomi-högy (its height is 106 m) can be found in the boundary of Homokmégy, where dishes from the Bronze Age had been discovered during viniculture. Later, Avar Period cemetery, then rich cemeteries of time of Hungarian conquest, finally cemeteries from 10-11 century came up on this vicinity. In Arpadian age, royal manor house had been found on the side of the hill, which was given to Szekszárd abbey by king Béla I.
Medieval Homokmégy mentioned in 1444, like other villages its neighbourhood, were destroyed under the Turkish occupation of Hungary. People of nearby, surviving settlements were quick to take possession of boundaries of deserted villages. That is how it also happened with Kalocsa plains, which were become villains' land as outside boundary of the town. Here special, grouped settlements with streets (not with spread farms), in which domestic animals were kept in every winter, and only men lived there. But every summer the whole family (except of old people) moves there to perform agricultural works. In the offshore area they had made re-parcelled cultivation for some length of time; however they herd the animals in the deeper areas. Near 1880, people of Homokmégy had already lived in the quarters, belfries and they stood Maria icons. In the 18-19 century, present area of Homokmégy belonged to Kalocsa town. By becoming independent of Kalocsa lower-quarters, it became an independent village in 1898.
In 1877, Roman Catholic presbytery was founded, its register of birth have been guided since 1877. In 1878, the new church was consecrated in honour of St. Adalbert.
Population of Homokmégy was in 1890 and it increased to 3043 in 1941. Almost 100% of people lived by agriculture. 43% of habitants worked on 1-5 acres, 21% worked on 0-1 acre, 32% worked on 5-50 acres. In 1938, Gyula László excavated a cemetery from Avar age in Halom. Material of this excavation was preserved in Hungarian National Museum.
After 1945, infrastructure of the village improved a lot (electricity, kindergarten, library, flats, artesian well, and groceries).
From 1954 till 1973: several folk music researcher and collector visited the village.
In 1963: One of collection point of Hungarian Ethnographical Atlas was Homokmégy.
In 1996: Tombs from 10-11 century were dug beside the Alsómégy-Homokmégy dirt road. Őrjeg - with its peateries, pastures, grasslands almost on 1000 - was pronounced a nature conservation area in 1997.
Domestic industry of embroidery of this place is considerable; birthplace of famous egg-painter, embroiderer women is Homokmégy. Recently, hunting tourism becomes more considerable in the village life.
Popular art and archaeological collection in Museum Károly ViskiIn 1998,
Homokmégy- Essays from history and ethnography of Homokmégy edited by Imre Romsics was published under the editorship of Foundation for Homokmégy, shows the village history.
