Felsőszölnök ( . ) is a village 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
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. It is the westernmost point of Hungary, and lies on the borders with Slovenia and Austria. It is closer to the capitals of four countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, and Slovakia) than it is to Budapest, its own country.
Location
The nearest settlements are Oberdrosen in
Jennersdorf
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,
Burgenland
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to the northwest, and Neradnovci in the Municipality of
Gornji Petrovci, Slovenia to the south.
Culture
The
Alliance of Hungarian Slovenes has its seat in Felsőszölnök, there is a preschool with education in Slovene, and Slovene is taught in the primary school.
The
Martinje-Felsőszölnök border crossing between Hungary and Slovenia was opened in 1992, resulting in more frequent contacts between the districts in the neighbouring countries.
Twin cities
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Kuzma,
Slovenia
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Sankt Martin an der Raab,
Austria
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People
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József Kossics József Kossics, also known in Slovene as Jožef Košič (around October 9, 1788, Bogojina, Austria-Hungary – December 26, 1867, Felsőszölnök), was a Hungarian-Slovenian writer, Catholic priest, ethnologist, linguist and historian.
Kossics ...
died in Felsőszölnök.
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István Pintér
István Pintér () ( January 25, 1831 – December 11, 1875) was a Hungarian Slovene writer and court in Felsőszölnök.
He was born and lived in the Jánoshegy (locally: ''Janošovi brejg''), near Felsőszölnök. His parents were István P ...
References
External links
Felsőszölnök(in
Hungarian)
Populated places in Vas County
Hungarian Slovenes
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