Ásványráró is a village in
Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Győr-Moson-Sopron ( hu, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, ; german: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; sk, Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or '' megye'') in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia ( ...
,
Hungary
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.
Location
Ásványráró lies the central part of
Szigetköz
The Szigetköz (literally "island alley"; german: Kleine Schüttinsel, lit=Little Schütt Island; sk, Malý Žitný ostrov, lit=Little Rye Island) is an island on the Danube in Western Hungary, part of the Little Hungarian Plain. It is the larg ...
, next to the
Danube
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, between
Győr
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and
Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár (; german: Wieselburg-Ungarisch Altenburg; also known by other alternative names) is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County in northwestern Hungary. It lies close to both the Austrian and Slovakian borders and has a population ...
. In 1936, the two villages of Ásvány and Ráró were united.
Sightseeing
* In the end of the village to
Dunaszeg, it sees the famous "Kálvária". Count Lázár Apponyi was built in Baroque style in 1738.
* Near the "Kálvária", there stand the monument of the victims of World War II. József Somogyi (famous sculptor) carved out.
* Near to Kálvária stand an old black aspen tree. It is 100 years old. Protected natural values. The diameter is ~550 cm.
* Because the most of the villagers are
Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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(c. 96%), there are two (so-called) ''búcsú'', of the village's churches. In Ásvány there is a church named for St. Andrew. It is 136 m
2 from the 14th century. In Ráró there is a church named for St. Roch which is from the 17th century.
External links
Street map
Official page
Populated places in Győr-Moson-Sopron County
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