Őriszentpéter () 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 ...
.
Geography
The town extends on the hills of the region Őrség, where the river
Zala flows through. The Zala has its source about away at
Szalafő
Szalafő ( or ''Glava Zale'') is a village in Vas county, Hungary. It lies near the borders with Austria and Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to th ...
.
The town has an ancient
szer structure. It consists of 9 szer: The central grain is at the river Zala: ''Városszer'' and ''Baksaszer'', moreover the ''Alszer'' on the northern side. Also important are the ''Kovácsszer'', ''Siskaszer'', ''Templomszer'', ''Keserűszer'' and ''Galambszer'' districts.
History
The village of Őriszentpéter is first mentioned in chronicles from 1280. The inhabitants of the village were defenders of the border of Hungary on the west frontier. They were free people and served the king of Hungary as soldiers. They built their church in the 12th century. During the Turkish wars the religion changed and the Catholic Church became a Reformed church.
In the 17th century the leading aristocrats of west Hungary, the
Batthyány
The House of Batthyány () is an ancient and distinguished Hungarian noble magnate family. The Head of the family bears the title Prince (Fürst) of Batthyány-Strattmann, while other members of this family bear the title Count/Countess ( Graf ...
family became the landowner of the region. ''Őriszentpéter'' remained a leading village in the vicinity. The building of the railway between
Körmend
Körmend ( Prekmurje Slovene: ''Karmadén,'' ) is a town in Vas County, Western Hungary.
Places of interest
The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the most important aristocrat famili ...
and
Muraszombat helped to develop the region. From 2005 it has city rank. Today is the capital of Őrség
After the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the greater traffic of tourism began because of the 3 border status among
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
,
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
and Hungary. The new railway in 2000 between
Zalalövő
Zalalövő () is a town in Zala County, 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 e ...
and
Őrihodos also developed the traffic among the three countries.
Sightseeing
* Collection of the Őrség Museum
* Városszer reformed church
* Templomszer Roman Catholic Church (Romanesque style)
* Local old peasant houses
References
External links
Digital Library of ŐrségStreet map
Literature
* Dercsényi D. (1959): Árpád-kori műemlékeink Vas megyében. (Árpád Age Architectural Heritage in Vas County). Vasi Szemle 1959. 2. sz.
* Genthon I. (1959): Magyarország műemlékei. I. Dunántúl. (Architectural Heritage of Hungary. I. Transdanubia). Budapest, 1959. 444 p.
* Gerevich T. (1938): Magyarország románkori emlékei. (Die romanische Denkmäler Ungarns.) Egyetemi nyomda. Budapest,
* Henszlmann, I. (1876): Magyarország ó-keresztyén, román és átmeneti stylü mű-emlékeinek rövid ismertetése, (Old-Christian, Romanesque and Transitional Style Architecture in Hungary). Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest
* Valter I. (2005): Árpád-kori téglatemplomok Nyugat-Dunántúlon. (Árpád Age Brick-Churches in Transdanubia, Hungary). Budapest
Populated places in Vas County
Romanesque architecture in Hungary
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