Rábahídvég is a village in
Vas county,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning 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 ...
. In 2001 it had 1053 inhabitants, and in 2008 it had 981. It is settled on the left coast of the River ''
Rába
The Rába (german: Raab; hu, Rába; sl, Raba ) is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a right tributary of the Danube.
Geography
Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur below Heubodenhöhe Hill. ...
''.
History
Reference to the village was first recorded in 1265, with the name of ''Hydwegh'' (end of the bridge). The name was given it because of a bridge on the Rába River. The villagers were the bridge guards. In the written sources the name of the village was ''Terra Hyduig'' (1280), ''Hydwegh'' (1283), ''Hyduig'' (1286) and ''Hydueg'' (1450).
This was later the manor of the Hídvégi-family. Andrew from the Herman tribe got this territory in 1280 and his descendants took its name.
In 1342 a chapel was built in the place where today's church now stands. In the Middle Ages the village also had a castle for the defence of the bridge. In 1532 the Turks destroyed this castle. In 1605 there were two battles here between
István Bocskai
Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay ( hu, Bocskai István; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of th ...
's army and the royal army.
Notable people
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Charlie Gogolak
Charles Paul Gogolak (in Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Gogolák Károly Pál'', born December 29, 1944) is a retired American football placekicker.
The sixth overall selection of the 1966 NFL Draft, Gogolak was signed out of Princeton Tigers ...
,
NFL player was born here (1944).
References
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Populated places in Vas County