Szentgotthárd (Slovene: Monošter; German: St. Gotthard) is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border.
Szentgotthárd
Monošter | |
|---|---|
 Town centre with the Rába River | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Szentgotthárd Location of Szentgotthárd  Szentgotthárd Szentgotthárd (Hungary) | |
| Coordinates: 46°56′56″N 16°16′45″E / 46.94876°N 16.27907°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Vas |
| District | Szentgotthárd |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.73 km2 (26.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 8,696 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9970 |
| Area code | (+36) 94 |
| Website | www.szentgotthard.hu |
HistoryEdit
The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, founded here in 1183.
In 1664, it was the site of the Battle of Saint Gotthard, where an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli defeated the Ottoman Empire so that the Turks had to agree to the Peace of Vasvár, which held until 1683.
A second Battle of Saint Gotthard in 1705 was a victory for Rákóczi's anti-Habsburg Hungarian rebels.
During World War II, Szentgotthárd was captured by Soviet troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front on 31 March 1945 in the course of the Vienna Offensive.
The town is also considered as a centre of Rába Slovenes, the slovenians living in the Rába region.
Notable peopleEdit
- Ferenc Joachim (1882–1964), painter
- Alajos Drávecz (1866–1915), Slovenian ethnologist and writer
- Ágoston Pável (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer and poet, graduated here
- János Brenner (1931–1957), Roman Catholic priest, died here
- Irén Pavlics (1934–2022), Hungarian Slovene author and editor
- Tibor Gécsek (born 1964), hammer thrower
- Krisztián Pars (born 1982), hammer thrower
Twin towns – sister citiesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Szentgotthárd, KSH
- ^ "Testvérvárosok". szentgotthard.hu (in Hungarian). Szentgotthárd. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
External linksEdit
- Official website in Hungarian, English, German and Slovenian
- Page of Opel Hungary (Szentgotthárd plant)
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