Fertőszéplak 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 ...

. Fertődszéplak is one of the Hungarian villages on the international Lake Neusiedl Bike Trail. Other Hungarian places on the course are

Fertőd Fertőd () is a town in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, not far from Austria. Fertőd was formed when the towns of Eszterháza and Süttör were unified, in 1950. It is the location of one of Hungary's best known palaces, Eszterháza, w ...

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, Fertőhomok, Hidegség,

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Balf Balf () was a village in Sopron County, Sopron then Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Győr-Sopron County. In 1985 it became part of the town of Sopron. It has approximately 1,000 inhabitants.

und Fertőrákos. The important Hungarian noble family Széchenyi originated from Fertöszéplak and lived here until they moved to Nagycenk in the 18th century. The baroque Allsaints church was built in 1726 under Count György Széchenyi. Besides the church is a small

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. The Széchenyi castle is situated opposite the church. The village museum: On Széplaki Road are several examples of baroque farmhouses. Five of them contain the village museum. These restored buildings exhibit examples of history and work and life of the common people around the

Lake Neusiedl Lake Neusiedl (, ; or ; ; ; ), or Fertő (), is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe, straddling the Austrian– Hungarian border. The lake covers , of which is on the Austrian side and on the Hungarian side. The lake's drainage basi ...

. Different examples of fully furnished kitchens, bedrooms and living rooms show the development of the lifestyle from 1850 to 1950. Also on display are examples of craftmanship like weaving, wickerwork and fishing. In the barns and sheds, some of them with thatched roofs, are examples of technical developments in farming.

Gallery

Image:Fertö z01.jpg, Hungarian side of the

Image:Fertödszeplak z01.jpg, Museum, streetfront Image:Fertödszeplak z23.jpg, Museum, farmyard Image:Fertödszeplak z07.jpg, Museum, furniture Source: * Museumsguide of Sopron,
www.tourinform.sopron.hu
* Allgemeines Bildungszentrum Porpáczy Aladár, 9431 Fertöd, Joseph Haydn str. 2

External links

Official website (jet only) in Hungarian

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