Győr ( , ; ;
names in other languages) is the main city of northwest
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 ...
, the capital of
Győr-Moson-Sopron County and
Western Transdanubia region, and – halfway between
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
and
Vienna
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– situated on one of the important roads of Central Europe. It is the sixth largest city in Hungary, and one of its seven main regional centres. The city has
county rights.
History
The area along the
Danube
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River has been inhabited by varying cultures since ancient times. The first large settlement dates back to the 5th century BCE; the inhabitants were
Celts
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. They called the town ''Ara Bona'' "Good altar", later contracted to ''Arrabona'', a name which was used until the eighth century. Its shortened form is still used as the German (''Raab'') and Slovak (''Ráb'') names of the city.
Roman merchants moved to Arrabona during the 1st century BCE. Around 10 CE, the Roman army occupied the northern part of Western Hungary, which they called ''
Pannonia
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''. Although the Roman Empire abandoned the area in the 4th century due to constant attacks by the tribes living to the east, the town remained inhabited.
Around 500 the territory was settled by
Slavs
The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and ...
, in 547 by the
Lombards
The Lombards () or Longobards () were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written betwee ...
, and in 568–c. 800 by the
Avars, at that time under
Frankish and
Slavic influence. During this time it was called ''Rabba'' and later ''Raab''. Between 880 and 894, it was part of
Great Moravia
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, and then briefly under
East Frankish dominance.
The
Magyars
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occupied the town around 900 and fortified the abandoned Roman fortress.
Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, founded an
episcopate there. The town received its Hungarian name ''Győr'', which likely derives from Old Hungarian personal name Győr, who could be the county's first
count
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. The town was affected by all the trials and tribulations of the history of Hungary: it was occupied by Mongols during the
Mongol invasion (1241–1242) and then was destroyed by the
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
army in 1271.
After the disastrous
battle of Mohács
The Battle of Mohács (; , ) took place on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, in the Kingdom of Hungary. It was fought between the forces of Hungary, led by King Louis II of Hungary, Louis II, and the invading Ottoman Empire, commanded by Suleima ...
, Baron
Tamás Nádasdy and Count
György Cseszneky occupied the town for King
Ferdinand I while
John Zápolya
John Zápolya or Szapolyai (; ; ; ; 1487 – 22 July 1540), was King of Hungary (as John I) from 1526 to 1540. His rule was disputed by Archduke Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I, who also claimed the title King of Hungary. He wa ...
also was attempting to annex it. During the
Ottoman occupation of present-day central and eastern Hungary (1541 - late 17th century), Győr's commander Kristóf Lamberg thought it would be futile to try to defend the town from the Turkish army. He burned down the town and the Turkish forces found nothing but blackened ruins, hence the Turkish name for Győr, ''Yanık kale'' ("burnt castle").
During rebuilding, the town was surrounded with a castle and a city wall designed by the leading Italian builders of the era. The town changed in character during these years, with many new buildings built in
Renaissance
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style, but the main square and the grid of streets remained.
In 1594, after the death of Count
János Cseszneky, captain of Hungarian footsoldiers, the Ottoman army occupied the castle and the town. In 1598 the Hungarian and Austrian army took control of it again and occupied it. During the Turkish occupation the city was called Yanık Kala (burned place, as a reference to the enormous damages caused by the siege).
In 1683, the Turks returned briefly, only to leave after being defeated in the
Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy) and the Polish–Li ...
.
During the following centuries, the town became prosperous. In 1743 Győr was elevated to
free royal town status by
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the ...
. The religious orders of
Jesuits
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and
Carmelites
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settled there, building schools, churches, a hospital, and a monastery.
On 14 June 1809, during the
War of the Fifth Coalition
The War of the Fifth Coalition was a European conflict in 1809 that was part of the Napoleonic Wars and the Coalition Wars. The main conflict took place in Central Europe between the Austrian Empire of Francis I and Napoleon's French Emp ...
, this was the site of the Battle of Győr (
Battle of Raab), where the army of
Eugène de Beauharnais
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French statesman and military officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, ...
defeated the Hungarian "noble insurrection" (militia) and an Austrian corps under the Archdukes
Joseph
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and
Johann
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Graciou ...
. Napoleon's forces occupied the castle and had some of its walls blown up. The leaders of the town soon realized that the old ramparts were not useful any more. Most of the ramparts were destroyed, allowing the town to expand.
In the mid-19th century, Győr's role in trade grew as
steamship
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traffic on the River Danube began. The town lost its importance in trade when the railway line between Budapest and
Kanizsa superseded river traffic after 1861. The town leaders compensated for this loss with industrialisation. The town prospered until World War II when several buildings were destroyed. Some large-scale
strategic bombing
Strategic bombing is a systematically organized and executed military attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy' ...
devastated industrial and residential areas as well as the airport. It was targeted because the
Rába factory was a main tank (
Turán) and aeroplane (
Bf 109) producer. One of these raids destroyed some parts of the maternity hospital.
The 1950s and '60s brought more change: only big blocks of flats were built, and the old historical buildings were not given care or attention. In the 1970s the reconstruction of the city centre began; old buildings were restored and reconstructed. In 1989 Győr won the European award for the protection of monuments.
A 100-year-old Raba factory on the River Danube close to the historical centre is to be replaced by a new community called Városrét. The mixed-use community will have residential and commercial space as well as schools, clinics and parks.
The city's main theatre is the
National Theatre of Győr, finished in 1978. It features large ceramic ornaments made by
Victor Vasarely.
The city has several historical buildings, for example the castle, and the Lutheran Evangelic church.
Climate
Győr's climate is classified as
oceanic climate
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(
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* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''Cfb'') closely bordering on a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''Cfa''). Among them, the annual average temperature is , the hottest month in July is , and the coldest month is in January. The annual precipitation is , of which July is the wettest with , while February is the driest with only . The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from on December 28, 1996, to on August 8, 2013.
Main sights
The ancient core of the city is Káptalan Hill at the confluence of three rivers: the
Mosoni-Danube,
Rába, and
Rábca. Püspökvár, the residence of Győr's bishops, can be easily recognized by its incomplete tower. Győr's oldest buildings are the 13th-century dwelling tower and the 15th-century Gothic Dóczy Chapel. The cathedral, originally in
Romanesque style
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. The style eventually developed into the Gothic style with the shape of the arches providing a simple distinction: the Ro ...
, was rebuilt in
Gothic and
Baroque
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style.
Other sights include:
*Town Hall
*Benedictine church of St. Ignatius of Loyola
*Carmelite church
*Museum of Roman Archaeology
The
Pannonhalma Archabbey is located some outside the town.
Renovation

After the year 2000 the city started many big construction and renovation projects.
The bigger changes include:
* The Nádor-underpass, which relieved the Downtown's traffic infrastructure, and made the renovation of the Baross-Bridge possible.
* Renovation of the Baross-Bridge.
* Renovation of the old Soviet barracks and Bus Station by the company Leier.
* Development of the
Széchenyi István University, which is in close connection with AUDI Hungária ZRT.
* Newly built Parking Houses which take off the high traffic load of the Downtown area. (e.g. József Attila and Dunakapu garage)
* Renovation of the inner-downtown district. Széchenyi-square, Dunakapu-square, the territory next to the Moson-Danube and Rába.
* Free City Bus which can be used by everyone to get anywhere in the Downtown Area.
* The Győr Arcade at Városliget.
* The Kálóczy Square near the Széchenyi István University.
* The Jedlik Bridge, which enabled traffic & transport between Sziget and Révfalu district.
* The Rába Quelle thermal spa
Economy
Audi AG subsidiary company
Audi Hungaria Zrt. has a large
factory
A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. Th ...
in Győr, where the
Audi TT sports car, the
A3 Cabriolet,
A3 Limousine,
and many
engines
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power gen ...
(1,913,053 engines in 2007) are built. The factory opened in 1994, at first producing
inline-four engine
A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
The majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout ( ...
s for the Audi
marque
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. Business then grew to assembling the Audi TT Coupé and TT Roadster. Eventually,
V6 and
V8 engine
A V8 engine is an eight- cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
Origins
The first known V8 was the Antoinette, designed by Léon Levavasseur, a ...
s were also included, and after the acquisition of
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., Audi then began to build
V10 engines. The V10s for Audi vehicles are fully assembled here, but only the
cylinder block
In an internal combustion engine, the engine block is the structure that contains the cylinders and other components. The engine block in an early automotive engine consisted of just the cylinder block, to which a separate crankcase was attach ...
s for the
Lamborghini V10. Engines are also supplied to other
Volkswagen Group
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marques, but over 90% of Audi vehicle engines are made here. By 2020, the factory has a 12 MW solar roof, producing 9.5 GWh/year.
Politics
The current mayor of Győr is
Bence Pintér.
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the
2024 local government elections, is made up of 23 members (1 Mayor, 16 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:
List of mayors
List of City Mayors from 1990:
Notable people
*
Tamás Bakócz
Tamás Bakócz OP (, Erdőd, Esztergom) was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. He was a serious candidate in the 1513 papal conclave.
Life
Born in Szatmár County, Bakócz was the son of a wagoner and was adopted by his uncle, wh ...
, archbishop
*
Miklós Borsos, sculptor
*
György Cseszneky, count, castellan
*
János Cseszneky, count, infantry commander
*
Josef Dobrovský
*
Freddie
*
Erzsébet Galgóczi, writer
*
Anita Görbicz, handball player
*
Izidor Guzmics
*
Stanley Jaki
*
Ányos Jedlik
Ányos István Jedlik (1800 – 1895) was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to b ...
*
Andrew Karpati Kennedy, author and literary critic
*
Tamás Kiss, footballer
*
Gyula Kőnig
Gyula Kőnig (16 December 1849 – 8 April 1913) was a mathematician from Hungary. His mathematical publications in German appeared under the name Julius König. His son Dénes Kőnig was a graph theorist.
Biography
Gyula Kőnig was active lite ...
*
Margit Kovács
*
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Raimondo Montecuccoli (; 21 February 1609 – 16 October 1680) was an Italian-born professional soldier, military theorist, and diplomat, who served the Habsburg monarchy.
Experiencing the Thirty Years' War from scratch as a simple footsoldier, ...
*
Árpád Orbán (1938–2008), footballer
*
Desiderius Orban, painter, one of
The Eight; emigrated in 1939 to Australia
*
Antal Pusztai
*
Zsófia Rácz, footballer
*
Alexander Raab, pianist
*
Hans Richter, conductor
*
Frigyes Riesz
Frigyes Riesz (, , sometimes known in English and French as Frederic Riesz; 22 January 1880 – 28 February 1956) was a HungarianEberhard Zeidler: Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Its Applications: Linear monotone operators. Springer, 199/ref> ...
, mathematician
*
Marcel Riesz, mathematician
*
Samuel Aba
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, king of Hungary
*
József Szlávy, prime minister of Hungary
*
Miklós Takács de Saár, silviculturist, politician
*
Tibor Varga
*
Garcilaso de la Vega, poet
*
Ibolya Verebics, soprano
*
Paul von Werner, Prussian Lieutenant General
*
Emil Zuckerkandl
Transport
The city is a national hub for rail and road traffic. The transport-geographical position of Győr is excellent.
Győr railway station has important railway connections via the
Eastern Railway and
Budapest–Hegyeshalom lines (
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
–
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
, operated by
RailJet), but the Győr-Sopron railway line owned by the
Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurt railway company (GYSEV), as well as the
Győr-Celldömölk railway line and the
Győr-Veszprém railway run by
MÁV
In Győr, several main transport routes meet each other (M1, M19, 1, 14, 81, 82, 83, 85), and the motorway is accessible from several parts of the city. Győr-Pér Airport can be reached from the city on Highway 81, 15 kilometers towards Székesfehérvár. At the section of the
Danube
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lies the port of Győr-Gönyű with its fully equipped 25 hectare serving terminal.
Sports
Győr is the home of the Győri ETO Sport Club, which has many sport divisions. The most popular sport in the city is handball, with the
Győri ETO KC
Győri ETO KC (, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the official name for the team is Győri Audi ETO KC.
On dome ...
being the city's main team. ETO won the
Champions League in
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
,
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
and in
2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
and also reached the final in
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
and in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
. In addition, Győr reached the final of the
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
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Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...
in 2006 and the final of the
EHF Cup in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2005. The men's handball team,
ETO-SZESE Győr FKC also plays in the
first division.
WKW ETO FC Győr is a
football
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team, currently (as of 2024/2025) in the
Hungarian first division.
Twin towns – sister cities
Győr is
twinned with:
*
Brașov
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According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...
, Romania
*
Colmar
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, France
*
Erfurt
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, Germany
*
Ingolstadt
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, Germany
*
Kuopio
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, Finland
*
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...
, Russia
*
Nof HaGalil, Israel
*
Poznań
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, Poland
*
Sindelfingen, Germany
*
Wuhan
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, China
*
Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
References
Notes
External links
* in Hungarian, English, and German
Aerial photography: Győr ''civertan.hu'', ''www.legifoto.com'', ''www.latvany-terkep.hu''
Aerial view of Gyor by Volkan Yuksel,
Panoramio
Győr at funiq.hu with '
zoom in, zoom out' regional map
Things to see and do in Győr
An online exhibition about the Jews of Győrduring
World War II
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, on
Yad Vashem
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website.
*''Jewish Encyclopedia:'
"Raab (Hungarian, Györ)"by Gotthard Deutsch & Moritz Schwarz (1906).
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