Csepreg (German: ''Schapring; Croatian: Čepreg'') is a town in
Vas County
Vas (, ; ; or ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project.
Geography
Vas County lies in weste ...
,
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. It is the largest town on the
Répce River. The current mayor of the town is Zoltán Horváth, elected on November 13, 2019.
Although tourism, particularly camping and fishing, are important sources of income for the town, a plan for the establishment of a metal finishing factory was accepted by the council after the first plan had been rejected.
Education
* The town has a nursery, a kindergarten, an elementary school, a music school and a secondary school( Nádasdy Tamás Economic and IT Secondary School).
* The town library has a significant collection.
Notable people
*
Miklós Takács de Saár, silviculturist, politician
*
Antalovits Ferenc was born in Csepreg in 1953. He is a double European Championship bronze medalist and a four-time World Championship bronze medalist weight-lifter.
Sport
The football club of Csepreg was founded in 1924. The biggest achievement was winning the First Division of Vas County in the season of 1996/97. Currently the team is in the First Division of Vas County in the season of 2019/20, led by the coach, Zsolt Steiner.
Twin towns—sister cities
Csepreg is
twinned with:
*
Delnice, Croatia
Gallery
File:Széchenyi tér, Csepreg, civertan, légi.jpg, Aerial photography of Csepreg
File:Csepreg, Széchenyi tér, civertan, légi.jpg
File:Schöller-kastély, Csepreg, civertan, légifotó.jpg, Schöller Castle
File:Listed houses, 2 and 3 Széchenyi Square, Csepreg.jpg, Main square—Széchenyi Square (detail)
File:Csepreg 04.jpg, St. Nicholas Church
File:Csepregcivertanlegi3.jpg, St. Nicholas Church
File:Saint Nicholas Church in Csepreg 04.jpg, Inside the St. Nicholas Church
File:Chapel of the Holy Spring in Csepreg 01.jpg, Chapel of the Holy Spring
File:Csepreg 11.jpg
File:Csepreg tüzoltosag Feuerwehrhaus Firebrigarde Firestation.jpg, The Fire Station of Csepreg
File:Flag of Csepreg.svg, Flag of Csepreg
File:Csepreg 15.jpg, Lake Bene-hegy
References
External links
Street map
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Populated places in Vas County