Sitke is a village in
Vas County,
Hungary
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, 40 km from the county seat of
Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...
.
The first written documents of Sitke are the records from 1251, but some Roman remains refer to an even earlier date of origin.
The manor of the ''Felsõbüki Nagy'' family was built on the slope near the settlement, originally in
baroque style
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. Later, in 1851 it was rebuilt in romantic style.
After nationalization it would be a school for a long time, until in 1982 two families volunteered to have it renovated. It has been operating as a manor hotel since 1983.
External links
Street map (Hungarian)Castle-Inn at Sitke
Populated places in Vas County
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