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Szentgotthárd
German: Sankt-Gotthard
Slovene: Monošter
Town/város
City centre with the Rába River
City centre with the Rába River
Coat of arms of Szentgotthárd
Location of Vas County in Hungary
Location of Vas County in Hungary
Country Flag of Hungary Hungary
Region Western Transdanubia
County Vas
Subregion Szentgotthárd
Government
 • Mayor Gábor Huszár
Area
 • Total
67.73 km2 (26.15 sq mi)

Szentgotthárd (German: St. Gotthard; Slovene: Monošter) is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated in Vas County on the Rába River near the Austrian border, and is home to much of Hungary's small Slovene ethnic minority.

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.

The town serves as the cultural centre of the Hungarian Slovenes.

People[]

  • Tibor Gécsek
  • Ferenc Joachim

External links[]

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