Bakonygyirót () is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron 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 east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. It lies on the county border, between the Sokorói hills and

Bakony Bakony () is a mountainous region in Transdanubia, Hungary. It forms the largest part of the Transdanubian Mountains. It is located north of Lake Balaton and lies almost entirely in Veszprém county. The Bakony is divided into the Northern and ...

. It was called Gyirót until 1909. The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1237, when it was referred to as Gyrolt.

History

The area belonged to Czesznek Castle through the 18th century. It was depopulated during the Turkish subjugation. In the 18th century, its new owners, the

Esterházy The House of Esterházy, also spelled Eszterházy (), is a Hungarian nobility, Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages. From the 17th century, the Esterházys were the greatest landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary, durin ...

family, encouraged German settlers to move there. As of 2022, Bakonygyirót had a population of 170.

Landmarks

The Roman Catholic Church in Bakongyirót features a Baroque medieval sanctuary. A World War II memorial dedicated in 1989 is located at Béke tér. There is a row of 75 historic Swabian cellars in Bakongyirót which are now popular for local excursions and weekend events, offering wine-tasting and entertainment.

Public services

Local children attend school in

Bakonyszentlászló Bakonyszentlászló is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 30 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust Th ...

, and are transported by school bus. A nine-passenger village bus transports elderly residents to the outpatient medical center in

Pannonhalma Pannonhalma (; ), called Győrszentmárton until 1965, is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron county in western Hungary. With a little under 4,000 inhabitants, it is about south-southeast of Győr. Pannonhalma is home to the oldest extant religious and ...

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Populated places in Győr-Moson-Sopron County {{Gyor-geo-stub