Ásványráró is a village in
Győr-Moson-Sopron County,
Hungary
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.
Location
Ásványráró lies the central part of
Szigetköz
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, next to the
Danube
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, between
Győr
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and
Mosonmagyaróvár
Mosonmagyaróvár (; ; 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 Slovak borders and has a population of 32,752 ().
Mosonmagyaróvár used ...
. In 1936, the two villages of Ásvány and Ráró were united.
Sightseeing
* At the end of the village nearest to
Dunaszeg
Dunaszeg is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary
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, is the famous "Kálvária". Count Lázár Apponyi built it in Baroque style in 1738.
* Near the "Kálvária", there stands the monument of the victims of World War II. József Somogyi (famous sculptor) carved out.
* Near to Kálvária stands an old black aspen tree. It is 100 years old. Protected natural values. The diameter is ~550 cm.
* Because most of the villagers are
Roman Catholic
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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.
Twin towns – sister cities
Ásványráró is
twinned with:
*
Unterwaltersdorf, Austria (in the town of
Ebreichsdorf
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Population
Mayors
The mayor is since 2010 Wolfgang Kocevar (SPÖ), the predecessor was Josef Pilz (B ...
)
*
Tysaashvan, Ukraine
References
External links
Street map
Official page
Populated places in Győr-Moson-Sopron County
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